South Korea has announced it will withdraw from a 2016 military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan. Here, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, center, and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, trailing at left, walk in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday. Updated at 3 p.m. ET South Korea plans to terminate a military intelligence-sharing … Continue reading "South Korea To Scrap Military Intelligence-Sharing Agreement With Japan"

Local officials point to a .50-caliber assault weapon during a 2005 news conference in Chicago, a year before Cook County officials enacted an assault weapons ban. The law has been upheld by trial and appeals courts. On Thursday, a federal appeals court again kept the law in place. A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld … Continue reading "U.S. Appeals Court In Chicago Again Upholds Laws Banning Assault Weapons"

Brandt Jean, Botham Jean’s younger brother, hugs former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger in court after saying he forgives her for killing his brother. Guyger received a 10-year prison sentence for murder. Updated at 7:16 p.m. ET Brandt Jean’s extraordinary response to a convicted murderer — he hugged Amber Guyger as she was sentenced for … Continue reading "Brandt Jean’s Act Of Grace Toward His Brother’s Killer Sparks A Debate Over Forgiving"

Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a new “Green Manufacturing Plan” on Tuesday as part of a broader “economic patriotism” platform that the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate will roll out in the weeks ahead. That platform will focus on more aggressively protecting American workers on issues like trade, currency manipulation and the moving of jobs overseas by … Continue reading "‘No loyalty or allegiance to America’: Warren targets multinationals in economic platform"

Tents at a temporary holding facility for migrants in El Paso, earlier this year. Under President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security focus has shifted increasingly towards immigration and border enforcement. The Trump administration’s decision to shift more than $100 million of federal disaster aid to help pay for more detention beds for migrants has … Continue reading "With Hurricane On Its Way, Trump’s Move To Shift Funds Puts Priorities In Question"

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang defended his proposed proto-universal basic income plan Sunday, rejecting suggestions that a campaign giving random families thousands of dollars was illegal. During the third Democratic debate Thursday, Yang announced he would give 10 random families $120,000 as a pilot for his keystone universal basic income proposal. The Yang campaign said … Continue reading "Andrew Yang defends random money giveaway"

Julián Castro, the lowest-polling candidate in the Democratic debate Thursday night, reached up the ladder and tried to yank Joe Biden off it. Castro’s decision to attack the former vice president and 2020 front-runner, in a way that appeared designed to highlight Biden’s advancing age, was a high-stakes move at a time when the former … Continue reading "The two minutes when Castro questioned Biden’s memory"

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock tried to pump the brakes Tuesday night after watching the more progressive Democrats stake out left-leaning territory on border crossings, health care for undocumented immigrants and “Medicare for All” over three debates. “Look, I think this is part of the discussion that shows how often these debates are detached from people’s … Continue reading "Moderates warn that Sanders, Warren risk throwing 2020 to Trump"

The assignment of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to the same debate stage in Detroit Tuesday night was random chance, but turned out to be a well-timed and clarifying event. There was the possibility that the two heroes of the left would sharpen the differences between them in the competition over who is the fairest … Continue reading "It’s a center-left party after all"