The Fraying of the Trump Brand

Even in deep red Alabama, Trump’s tainted brand appeared to have an impact on a special election that led to the upset win of Democrat Doug Jones to replace now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the U.S. Senate. Trump initially endorsed interim Sen. Luther Strange, but the Republican lost the primary …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration is breaking the law in not granting loan relief to students defrauded by Corinthian Colleges and other defunct for-profit schools, according to four U.S. state attorneys general who sued the Education Department and Secretary Betsy DeVos …

The annual national count of homeless people in the U.S. has risen for first time since 2010, and officials say the booming West Coast economy is a main … The U.S.Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the …

Dr. Benjamin Hoffman (L) speaks with Nancy Minoui about 9 month old Marion Burgess, who suffers from a chronic heart condition, at an appointment at the Dornbecher Children’s hospital in Portland, Oregon, U.S. December 6, 2017. Picture taken December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Natalie Behring Reuters.

The communities we are protecting are depending on us and we will not fail,” he said at an afternoon news conference. Authorities said it now covered 379 square miles (982 square kilometers). That surpassed a blaze that burned inland Santa Barbara County a decade ago. Firefighting costs so far were …

At a news conference, Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said Ullah picked a rush hour on a weekday to maximize casualties in his quest “to kill, to maim … Less than two months ago, an Uzbek immigrant who came to the U.S. through a visa lottery was accused of killing eight people in New York by mowing …

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators protest in front of the White House after the Trump administration today scrapped the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that protects from deportation almost 800,000 young men and women who were brought into the U.S. illegally as children, …

CORRECTS TO A PROBABLE SUICIDE INSTEAD OF COMMITTED SUICIDE FILE – In this Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, file photo, Kentucky State Rep. Republican Dan Johnson addresses the public from his church regarding sexual assault allegations in Louisville, Ky. Johnson died Wednesday night, Dec.