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Vienna (dpa) – Potential changes in the US stance towards Iran dominated Tuesday as representatives from Iran and six major powers met in Vienna to review their agreement on curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme. The regular meeting by senior diplomats from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China, the European Union and Iran took place […]

The chair of the Democratic National Committee said Tuesday that Sen. Jeff Sessions should be considered too extreme to win confirmation in the Senate as Donald Trump’s attorney general. Shortly before Mr. Sessions confirmation hearings were set to kickoff, interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile provided a likely preview of what’s to come from Democrats, saying

Tokyo (dpa) – Japan’s biggest carmaker Toyota Motor Corporation will invest 10 billion dollars in the United States, company president Akio Toyoda said, days after US president-elect Donald Trump criticized its planned factory in Mexico, Japanese media reported Tuesday. Toyoda made the announcement during a news conference at the North American International Auto Show in

NEWARK — Phil Murphy, the Democratic front-runner in the 2017 race to replace Gov. Chris Christie, picked up the endorsements of New Jersey’s Democratic U.S. Senators on Monday and vowed to disobey orders from a President Donald Trump that would violate the constitution or are “un-American.” Murphy appeared at his campaign headquarters in downtown Newark

Washington (dpa) – US president-elect Donald Trump has appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to be one of his most influential White House counselors. Trump named the 36-year-old husband of his daughter Ivanka to be senior advisor to the president, the Trump transition team said Monday in a statement. “Kushner will work closely with chief of

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a legal challenge Monday to a new law that requires women to have an ultrasound before receiving an abortion in Kentucky. The law, which took effect immediately after Gov. Matt Bevin signed it Monday, requires doctors to show women an image of the ultrasound, describe what

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In Eric Greitens’ first official act as Missouri’s 56th governor, the Republican newcomer signed an order barring employees under his control from accepting freebies from lobbyists. It isn’t a new concept, or even one that may be judicially enforceable based on a 2002 court ruling. But it highlighted what the political

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer pushed back Monday against charges Democrats are obstructing confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, saying Republicans demanded the same thorough vetting of President Obama’s picks. Democrats have legitimate concerns, he said, that most of Mr. Trump’s nominees have not been properly vetted by the transition team and are being

HARTFORD, Conn. — A 91-year-old gay veteran from Connecticut has won his legal quest to upgrade his discharge status to honorable. H. Edward Spires of Norwalk was notified Friday morning that his application to the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records was approved, eliminating the undesirable discharge designation that has marked his service