Trump Says He Called Off Secret Talks At Camp David With Taliban, Afghan Leaders

President Trump says he called off talks with the Taliban and Afghan leaders at Camp David. Above, he speaks in the White House’s Roosevelt Room on Sept. 4. Updated at 2:33 a.m. ET Sunday President Trump says Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and major Taliban leaders were set to meet with him at Camp David on…

Hundreds Attend Funeral For Pizol, A Disappearing Glacier

Click:custom clothing dance costume People take part in a ceremony to mark the “death” of the Pizol glacier on Sunday in eastern Switzerland. On Sunday, hundreds of people gathered to remember the life and commemorate the death of the Pizol glacier in the Swiss Alps. More than 200 people hiked up to the glacier, where…

'Reclamation project': Trump hits back at Biden

President Donald Trump punched back at Joe Biden on Saturday morning, calling the former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate a "reclamation project" who won’t win in 2020. "Joe Biden is a reclamation project. Some things are just not salvageable," Trump wrote on Twitter. Click Here: Tienda Monterrey Trump then continued a line of attack…

Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Man In His Own Apartment Is Found Guilty Of Murder

Fired Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger leaves the courtroom after a jury found her guilty of murder Tuesday. Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor, in his own apartment last year. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder. Updated at 6:22 p.m. ET…

Darrel Issa Wants To Return To Congress, Seeks To Beat Fellow Republican

Former Rep. Darrell Issa announced Thursday he will attempt a return to Congress to replace fellow Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who is running for reelection while under indictment for corruption. Former Rep. Darrell Issa, a once powerful chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee who retired last year, says he wants to return…

Gov. Steve Bullock on Dem debates, talking to Obama, his alligator boots

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock spoke to POLITICO Tuesday as part of a series of interviews with Democrats seeking to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. Here are key excerpts from the hour-long conversation: On getting into the race "I got into this about seven weeks ago. I think I was Taylor Swift’s No. 22. Couldn’t…

In ‘Tough Love,’ Former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice Aims To Reclaim Her Voice

Tough Love My Story of the Things Worth Fighting for by Susan Rice Hardcover, 531 pages | purchase Buy Featured Book Title Tough Love Subtitle My Story of the Things Worth Fighting for Author Susan Rice Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? In her candid memoir Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth…

British-Flagged Tanker Leaves Iranian Waters After 2 Months Of Detention

A photograph from the semiofficial Tasnim news agency shows the Stena Impero being seized in July near Bandar Abbas, Iran. Updated at 10:10 a.m. ET After more than two months of detention, the British-flagged oil tanker held by Iran has left the country’s waters and is transmitting its location signal. “We are preparing to leave,”…

FEC paralyzed by resignations as 2020 approaches

The federal agency regulating campaign finance has been rendered powerless heading into the 2020 election cycle, with the resignation of another commissioner leaving it unable to punish violations of election law. Matthew Petersen, a commissioner at the Federal Election Commission for 11 years, plans to leave his post on Aug. 31. There are normally six…