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President Obama’s former communications director Dan Pfeiffer blasted President Trump over a report that he had asked Attorney General MORE to drop the federal criminal case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, saying if the report is true, Trump could be impeached. “Asking the Attorney General to drop a case against a political ally is the kind of thing people get impeached for,” Pfeiffer tweeted Saturday.     The Washington Post reported earlier Saturday that

Two fatal crashes involving Navy vessels in recent months came after years of warnings from congressional investigators and military officials about overworked crew and shorter training schedules, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that sailors often arrive at their assigned ships without adequate training and are often overworked by an average of almost 30 hours a week.  A May report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that sailors ofte

An American journalist was killed Saturday in the country of South Sudan during fighting between rebel and government forces, according to multiple news reports. Reuters reported Saturday that Christopher Allen, 26, was killed Saturday along with 18 others during fighting between government troops and rebels in Yei River state.

Sen. MORE (D-Conn.) is warning President Trump's allies that they shouldn't expect a pardon in the ongoing Russia investigation should there be any convictions. The Democratic lawmaker on Saturday tweeted that targets of the investigation should still feel compelled to testify. "Any witness counting on a Russia investigation pardon should think again," Blumenthal tweeted, linking to an earlier report from The Hill quoting Rep.

National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn on Friday said spending reforms might be necessary to pass a debt ceiling bill through Congress, despite Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's call for a "clean" increase. “Every Treasury secretary would love to have a clean debt ceiling, I understand that. I think in a perfect world you’d love to have a clean debt ceiling.

Longevity is generally better than its alternative. But when the body or especially the mind wears out, caring for yourself or finding someone else to do it for you can impoverish you in short order. We fail to plan for it at our peril.

LAS VEGAS — By the looks of things, retirement was treating Floyd Mayweather Jr. well. He had a stable of boxers to promote, businesses, including a new strip club, to run, and a vast collection of luxury cars to enjoy.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — They are not inclined to complain, not about the merciless sun or the 110-degree heat, as they labor to transform the pale sands of the Arabian desert into verdant fairways. They accept with resignation that their families are far away, in India, Pakistan or Nepal. What these migrant workers cannot abide is how frequently their employer, a local construction company, pays them late, delaying the money they send home and forcing their families to borrow.

The police arrested two men, including a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and were seeking a third in connection with violent episodes that took place at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., this month, including the beating of an African-American man that was caught on video and widely shared on social media. The arrests came two weeks after the Aug. 12 rally, which brought hundreds of white supremacists to Charlottesville to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general.