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A spontaneous round of applause broke out at Sydney International Airport for a group of American firefighters who arrived this week to help fight the wildfires hitting Australia.  Video posted on Twitter on Thursday by the commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service showed Australians at the airport bursting into applause and cheers […]

The Department of Defense identified two U.S. soldiers Sunday that were killed the day before in a roadside bombing attack in Afghanistan that was claimed by the Taliban.  The soldiers were identified as Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, from Virginia, and Pfc. Miquel A. Villalon, 21, from Illinois.  Both soldiers were assigned to 307th […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly surpassed 29,000 on Friday for the first time, setting a new record. The index hit the record earlier in the session following a moderate December jobs report, which found 145,000 new jobs created in 2019 and the unemployment rate staying unchanged at 3.5 percent, the lowest level in nearly 50 […]

Documents sent to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Thursday by aircraft manufacturer Boeing included conversations between the company’s employees who talked about getting the agency to approve the now-beleaguered 737 Max airplanes while concealing problems with the product, The New York Times reports. Many of the messages handed over to the agency included conversations detailing the software and […]

The U.S. and Iran may have walked back from the brink of war, but the potential for a cyber battle looms with no clear rules of engagement. Lawmakers and military officials say there’s no agreed-upon definition of what constitutes cyber warfare, leaving them to decide on a case-by-case basis how best to respond to individual incidents. […]

The U.S. and China are reportedly resuming regular talks in an effort to resolve conflicts between the countries. Washington and Beijing are planning to announce the semiannual talks on Wednesday, when officials sign phase one of a new trade deal, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Sources told the newspaper that officials are considering calling the conversations […]

Democrats are racing against the clock to shore up support for checking President TrumpDonald John TrumpCoalition forms to back Trump rollback of major environmental law Canadian CEO blasts Trump over downed plane in Iran: ‘I am livid’ Business groups worry they won’t see a Phase 2 Trump-China trade deal MORE’s war powers as the fight […]

The White House has reached out to North Korea to resume denuclearization talks, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien told Axios in an interview published Sunday. O’Brien told the news outlet on Friday that President TrumpDonald John TrumpCoalition forms to back Trump rollback of major environmental law Canadian CEO blasts Trump over downed plane in […]

Lawmakers in the House of Commons agreed Thursday to move forward with legislation to leave the European Union at the end of the month, 10 months after the United Kingdom was first scheduled to exit. The House of Commons in a 330 to 231 vote approved legislation to carry out plans to take the U.K. out the EU by […]

A new advertising campaign spearheaded by Democratic strategists aims to excoriate congressional Republicans and the Trump administration for opposing Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials want Supreme Court to delay ObamaCare case | Medicaid expansion linked to decline in opioid deaths | Drug price outrage threatens to be liability for GOP Impeachment trial […]