One of Georgia’s top lawmakers has threatened to “kill any tax legislation that benefits Delta” after the airline joined several other companies in ending a discount program associated with the National Rifle Association following a school shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead. Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, president of the state Senate, had […]

A deadly storm system packing powerful wind, rain, hail and tornadoes ripped through the Southern and Central U.S. over the weekend, flattening homes, ripping off roofs and causing widespread flooding. At least four people died in incidents blamed on the weather. The National Weather Srvice says a dozen tornadoes were reported Saturday across Tennessee, Kentucky, […]

The president apparently wasn’t paying close enough attention. At first, the tweet seemed like standard criticism from President Donald Trump. “Congressman [Adam] Schiff omitted and distorted key facts,” he said, appearing to quote a Fox News report about the California Democrat, who has frequently butted heads with the president over the investigations into Russian meddling in the […]

WASHINGTON — In a fiery speech to supporters on Friday, President Trump went after his vanquished opponent from 2016. “We had a crooked candidate,” he declared. The crowd responded with a signature chant from the campaign trail: “Lock her up!” About three hours later and 10 miles to the north, Mr. Trump’s former deputy campaign […]

President Trump on Friday announced what he and his administration are billing as the United States’ “largest ever” tranche of sanctions against North Korea. Friday’s sanctions are aimed at targeting North Korea’s ability to evade international sanctions and conduct illicit maritime activities that facilitate coal and fuel transports by designating 27 shipping and trade companies, 28 vessels and […]