8+ hour, 29+ min ago   (351+ words) Trump made the unusual pitch at the party’s midterm convention in Dallas last week, promising a “Trump Dividend” if voters keep the GOP in power on Capitol Hill. The president later told CBS News Texas that he did not think…...

23+ hour, 29+ min ago   (630+ words) The Houthis’ capture of a key port city and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, in recent days has alarmed markets and Yemeni civilians who fear a return to devastating…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (507+ words) Vice President JD Vance delivered the convention’s prime-time address before Trump, drawing enthusiastic chants of “JD! JD!” from the crowd at American Airlines Center. The response underscored Vance’s growing stature within the Republican Party and offered a glimpse of a…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (685+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has brought a number of high-profile cases, some of which have been dropped, dismissed or blocked by judges or juries. Here are some of the cases. The Justice Department dropped its case against…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (645+ words) The latest sanctions are part of the Treasury Department’s “Operation Economic Outcast,” announced August 24, which aims to cut off Tehran’s funding for the war, missile construction, cyberattacks and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC. Thursday’s actions by Treasury’s Office…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (285+ words) Passenger car exports in August jumped 67.1% from the year before to around 890,000 units, driven by plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). China exported more than 6.2 million passenger vehicles in January-August. Exports…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (444+ words) Although history often favors the party out of power in midterm elections, Republicans are betting that Trump’s leadership, a unified congressional conference and a focus on tax relief, immigration enforcement and government spending will motivate voters to protect the party’s…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1114+ words) Now, a quarter-century after the September 11, 2001, attacks that triggered America’s global “war on terror,” he is entangled in an unpopular conflict of his own making that analysts say risks becoming his version of a “forever war.” With the 9/11 anniversary at…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (597+ words) By Mike Stone and David Jeans After Iran captured an RQ-170 Sentinel stealth reconnaissance drone in 2011, then-President Barack Obama publicly asked Tehran to return the aircraft. Iran later claimed it had reverse-engineered the drone and subsequently unveiled domestically produced models…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (714+ words) Here’s a look at an emerging conflict involving an Iranian-backed rebel group’s efforts to keep neighboring Saudi Arabia from using a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, and how that could tear Yemen apart once more. Yemen is…...