Politics
- Yahoo News Photo Staff
U.S.-backed militias defeat Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria
U.S.-backed militias ended a four-month campaign to recapture the territorial capital of the so-called Islamic State on Tuesday. Photos from the scene show destruction as well as jubilation.
- Liz Goodwin
Sessions: U.S. not doing enough to stop future election interference
Attorney General Jeff Sessions conceded Wednesday that the U.S. government is not doing enough to prevent future interference in elections by Russia and other foreign adversaries.
- Christopher Wilson
Trump says he has 'proof' on his call to soldier's wife, and the nation awaits
If the president's proof is anything like the evidence he’s promised to offer for some of his other controversial assertions, the nation will believe it when — or if — it sees it.
- Gabby Kaufman
Trump resumes Twitter attacks on Comey and 'Crooked Hillary'
James Comey may have begun drafting a statement about the Clinton email investigation before it was finished, to judge from newly released documents. The president, jumping on this, criticized both Comey and Clinton in tweets Wednesday.
Dylan StablefordTrump accuses congresswoman of fabricating what he said to dead soldier's widow
Florida congresswoman Frederica Wilson’s account of what the president said to a military widow on Tuesday was disputed by the president on Wednesday, but the congresswoman fired back.
- Jon Ward
Ed Gillespie's scaremongering TV ads may define his campaign
Ed Gillespie, an architect of the GOP outreach to Hispanics, is running for governor of Virginia with commercials demonizing Hispanic immigrants as gang members. His turnaround is reminiscent of another Southern centrist who made coded appeals to conservative white rural voters to win office: Jimmy Carter.
- Hunter Walker
Trump's tax reform pitch to conservatives comes with a 'sense of urgency'
The president will use the speech before the audience of conservatives to make the case that his tax cuts will spur “massive economic growth,” senior administration officials said in a conference call with reporters. While the White House officials said they’re “very confident and excited” the plan will boost the economic fortunes of the middle class, they also acknowledged it has critics on both sides of the aisle and comes with high stakes for the president.
- Gabby Kaufman
Biden: World leaders call me to interpret Trump
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that 14 world leaders have sought him out to seek insight into President Trump.
- Liz Goodwin
Senators reach bipartisan deal to restore Obamacare payments
Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Tuesday announced a deal to stabilize Obamacare markets that President Trump has tentatively blessed
Olivier KnoxTrump ambassador promises Russia he'll be 'practical'
U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman is promising his hosts to be “practical” when it comes to relations damaged by Moscow’s invasions of Georgia and Ukraine, and by alleged meddling in the 2016 election.
Caitlin DicksonHigh in the Puerto Rican mountains, waiting for help after Maria
Branches and electrical wires dangle like streamers across the steep road that winds through Puerto Rico’s central mountain range to Ivan and Carmen Martinez's home and alternative-medicine clinic.
- Dylan Stableford
Trump defends false claim that predecessors didn't call fallen soldiers' families: 'There’s nothing to clarify'
“You could ask Gen. Kelly if he got a call from Obama,” the president says in a Fox News Radio interview.
- Michael Walsh
As Marino steps down, Trump praises drug czar pick as 'a fine man'
President Trump revealed that Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., is no longer his nominee for the top position at the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
- Olivier Knox
Trump says U.S. neutral as Baghdad and Kurds clash
The president was asked Monday about concerns that the Iraqi government’s drive to retake control of Kirkuk from Kurdish forces could draw in Turkey and Iran. Trump answered that the U.S. isn’t taking sides.
- Gabby Kaufman
Trump falsely says Obama did not call families of dead soldiers
In an attempt to defend his lack of public statements about four soldiers killed in Niger, President Trump falsely claimed that previous presidents did not call the families of dead soldiers — name-checking former President Barack Obama specifically as one of those who did not.
- Dylan Stableford
Trump and McConnell downplay White House attacks on Senate GOP
A little more than an hour after expressing his disgust with Republicans in Congress, President Trump emerged from a working lunch with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to declare that he and Kentucky senator are “fighting for the same thing.”
- Michael Walsh
After exposé, Trump says he’ll ‘be looking into’ his choice for drug czar post
President Trump’s choice for the country’s next drug czar once championed a bill that dramatically weakened the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to go after drug companies that have been flooding the nation with addictive pain pills.
- Garance Franke-Ruta
How Harvey Weinstein got away with it for so long
Only a small percentage of sexual assaults result in criminal charges, and even fewer with convictions. As a result, many victims don’t even bother filing complaints. And powerful men, from the president on down, face few lasting consequences.
- Gabby Kaufman
Trump: ‘I hope’ Clinton runs for president in 2020
President Trump tweets that he would like Hillary Clinton to run for president again in 2020.
Yahoo NewsRussian trolls were schooled on ‘House of Cards’
A former Russian internet troll says the training for influencing the American election included screening "House of Cards," and reading – and writing – comments on the websites of the New York Times and the Washington Post.
- Dylan Stableford
Tillerson still won't say whether he called Trump a 'moron'
The secretary of state is refusing to discuss reports that he called the president a “moron” after a meeting with the commander in chief and top national security officials over the summer.
Yahoo NewsNow I Get It: Trump’s decision not to certify the Iran deal
Every 90 days, President Trump is required by Congress to certify that Iran is complying with the nuclear agreement. It’s up to Congress, and they have a few options. If they make either of these moves, Iran could see it as a deal-breaker and resume the development of its nuclear program through uranium enrichment.
Holly BaileyLas Vegas sheriff, in emotional press conference, admits he's still searching for answers
In the nearly two weeks since Stephen Paddock rained gunfire on concertgoers in Las Vegas, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has become the face of the ongoing investigation.
- Liz Goodwin
Democrats scramble to prop up Obamacare amid Trump 'sabotage'
As the Trump White House administers blow after blow to the Affordable Care Act, congressional Democrats are planning to take steps on their own to try to prevent or delay the demise of individual marketplaces where 12 million Americans buy insurance.
- Olivier Knox
Trump calls for changing, or killing, Iran nuclear deal. What’s next?
Trump’s dramatic ultimatum did not by itself kill the accord but kicked its uncertain fate to Capitol Hill and six world capitals, including Tehran. Here's what could happen next.
