Trump did not explain his decision and continued to claim there were a lot of very strong contenders he could choose from. read more

Federal prosecutors in New York said last week that Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to make six-figure payments to two women so they would not discuss their alleged affairs with the candidate ahead of the 2016 presidential election. read more

Trump has expressed concern that he could be impeached when Democrats take over the House. read more

Under US law, campaign contributions, defined as things of value given to a campaign to influence an election, must be disclosed. Such payments are also limited to $2,700 per person. read more

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) pointed out that climate change will be leading cause of loss of species. read more

The 68-year-old retired Marine Corps general has been President Trump’s Chief of Staff since July 31, 2017. In the first seven months of the Trump administration, Kelly was the secretary of Homeland Security. read more

Federal law requires that any payments made “for the purposes of influencing” an election must be reported in campaign finance disclosures. The court filing Friday makes clear that the payments were made to benefit Donald Trump politically. read more

Trump said that “people do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment.” read more

A Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 58/59, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency.

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Rex Tillerson, the former US secretary of state, broke his silence Thursday calling his former boss, President Donald Trump, “undisciplined” and saying that he was given to violating the law. read more

Can the “female Obama” go the distance? read more

India is the world’s third largest oil consuming nation, which is more than 80 per cent dependent on imports to meet its energy needs read more

Heather Nauert joined the Trump administration in April 2017 as the state department spokesperson, a position that thrust her into international limelight explaining, defending and clarifying the new dispensation, and all the early mistakes of the outsiders... read more

OPEC members are meeting to agree on their response to recent declines in oil prices, with analysts predicting a cut in production of at least 1 million barrels per day. read more

While Trump has promised big results from the negotiations, he also threatened more tariffs if the sides cannot reach an agreement, which would add to the economic pain already inflicted on American consumers and companies. read more