Representative Jackie Speier (D., Calif.) has called on Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell to recuse himself from the impending impeachment trial over his admission that he would not be an “impartial juror” and his claim that the trial was politically motivated. “I’m not an impartial juror,” McConnell told CNN on Tuesday. “This is a political […]
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested six foreigners for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs onto the tourist island of Bali. A Swiss man, a Thai man, a Singaporean woman, a Chilean man and two Hong Kong men wearing orange detainee uniforms were paraded with their feet and hands tied […]
WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence may be “purposefully misleading” Congress about a September conversation between Pence and Ukraine’s president, the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee told Pence Tuesday. In a letter to Pence, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., renewed the committee’s request for the vice president to declassify information about the conversation that has been provided to […]
The numbers: Builders began construction on new homes in the U.S. at a pace of 1.37 million in November, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. This represented a 3.2% increase from a revised 1.32 million in October and was 13.6% higher than a year ago. Meanwhile, permitting activity hit yet another post-recession high. Building permits for […]
Stock indexes traded on either side of unchanged Tuesday following yesterday’s session when all three major indexes scored records in the wake of Friday’s preliminary U.S.-China trade announcement. What are major indexes doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.13% rose 20 points, or 0.1% to 28,258, while the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.15% gained […]
This December, for the second year in a row, Chrys Kefalas and his husband didn’t deck the halls. Instead, they hired a friend to do it. Kefalas, who lives in the Washington, D.C., area with his husband, radio and television host Tommy McFly, enlisted the services of his friend Heather Cooper, a Washington-based interior designer […]
Gold hovered around the $1,480-an-ounce mark on Tuesday, consolidating in the wake of last week’s “phase-one” U.S.-China trade deal. Gold for February delivery GCG20, -0.05% on Comex fell by 30 cents, or 0.02%, to $1,480.20 an ounce. March silver SIH20, -0.31% shed 3.8 cents, or 0.2%, to $17.075 an ounce, while March copper HGH20, +0.05% […]
The summit has been pushed by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who has long championed greater solidarity among the world’s Islamic communities (AFP Photo/Lillian SUWANRUMPHA ) Malaysia will this week host a summit of Muslim leaders billed as a forum to look at the Islamic world’s problems, but it will be closely watched for Middle […]
Associated Press U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson The British pound climbed and U.K. equities boomed on Monday in the wake of last week’s election, which kept the Conservative Party in power with a majority. The British pound GBPUSD, +0.1651% rose to $1.3355 from $1.3329. The currency did rise above $1.35 shortly after Prime Minister Boris […]
Older Americans make up a large share of hospital visits, and yet the medical industry — and society — still don’t know how to treat them. People are living longer and more active lives in old age, but ageism is rampant, said Louise Aronson, author of “Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life,” a book […]