Ryan to make statement ruling out presidential bid
By ERICA WERNER House Speaker Paul Ryan is definitively ruling out a bid for president this year, amid persistent speculation that he could emerge as the GOP nominee from a…
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Brussels authorities charge 2, detain 3 others over attacks
Two men have been charged with offenses related to the Brussels bombings, and three others have been detained in Brussels in connection to the Paris attacks, Belgian authorities said Tuesday.…
Senate Judiciary chair Grassley has breakfast with Garland
By ALAN FRAM Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley had breakfast Tuesday with the man whose elevation to the Supreme Court he has vowed to block and told him the…
Syrian government launches offensive south of city of Aleppo
By PHILIP ISSA and ZEINA KARAM Syrian troops and their allies launched an offensive Tuesday to retake an important hilltop village south of the city of Aleppo from militants, including…
‘Cuban Twitter’ fallout found relief in FOIA’s glacial pace
By JACK GILLUM As U.S. officials dealt with the fallout of the government’s once-secret “Cuban Twitter” program, they had one thing on their side: notorious delays in the federal Freedom…
Candidates with the muscle could alter GOP convention rules
By ALAN FRAM Forty-two rules govern the Republican Party and how it picks a presidential candidate. Yet with the nomination potentially up for grabs at July’s GOP convention, one reality…
Police: Ex-Saint Will Smith gunned down in case of road rage
By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was shot and killed in a case of road rage by a man who had rear-ended his car, police said…
SpaceX delivers world’s 1st inflatable room for astronauts
By MARCIA DUNN SpaceX has made good on a high-priority delivery: the world’s first inflatable room for astronauts. A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on…