Trump appeared on ’60 Minutes.’ Read and watch the full interview.Video
President Donald Trump spoke with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired on Nov. 2. In the wide-ranging conversation that occurred at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31, Trump called to end the Senate filibuster, said immigration officials could do more to deport people, and weighed in on the New...
Worker trapped under collapsed medieval tower in Rome dies, media says
ROME — A Romanian worker trapped for hours under rubble in Rome on Monday following the partial collapse of a medieval tower near the Colosseum has died, local media said. The man was rescued by emergency services late on Monday and taken to hospital in a serious condition, Rome police...
Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay partial food aid benefits
The Trump administration said it plans to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans on Monday after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown. The administration laid out the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan in a filing...
Names of 5 million of 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust now identified
JERUSALEM — Five million of the more than 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust have now been identified, and with the further help of artificial intelligence, even more names could be recovered, Israeli researchers said Monday. Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, said the milestone marks...
Powerful 6.3 quake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured
KABUL — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city’s historic Blue Mosque, authorities said, with the death toll likely to rise. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit...
Russia says its forces advance in embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
MOSCOW/KYIV — Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that Moscow’s forces have been seeking to capture for well over a year. The Russian Defence Ministry said its soldiers were destroying what it described as surrounded Ukrainian...
Trump says he will not attend Supreme Court’s oral arguments on tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will not attend the Supreme Court’s upcoming oral arguments concerning the legality of his global tariffs. Justices have a Wednesday hearing scheduled for arguments on the tariffs case. Trump told reporters on Air Force One that despite his desire to be there,...
Trump held ‘Great Gatsby’-themed Halloween party as SNAP benefits were due to be cut off
President Donald Trump hosted a Great Gatsy-themed party at Mar-A-Lago on Oct. 31, as multiple federal judges ruled the administration could not stop funding food aid amid the ongoing government shutdown. The party was labeled “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” according to multiple media attendees. The title was drawn...
9 injured in gunfire at teen party in Ohio rental home
BATH TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Gunfire erupted early Sunday at a large rental home where teenagers had gathered for a birthday party that was promoted on social media, injuring nine people. The scene in northeastern Ohio was chaotic as some people fled and first responders performed life-saving measures, police said. The...
Democrats feared Republican efforts to oust Pa. Supreme Court justices. They spent significantly more on the race
The three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices on the ballot this year, and the Democratic-leaning groups supporting them, appear to have raised and spent exponentially more money than the Republican-backed groups working to oust them. As of Oct. 20, more than $14 million had been raised in the retention race by...
Mississippi woman kills escaped monkey fearing for her children’s safety
One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children. Jessica Bond Ferguson said she was alerted early Sunday by her 16-year-old son who said...
Shutdown stalemate set to drag into 6th week as Trump pushes Republicans to change Senate rulesVideo
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth week, with food aid potentially delayed or suspended for millions of Americans and President Donald Trump pushing GOP leaders to change Senate rules to end it. White House...
U.S. not planning nuclear explosions at this time, energy secretary says
WASHINGTON — The nuclear weapons testing ordered by President Donald Trump will not involve nuclear explosions at this time, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday. “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests,” Wright said in an interview with Fox News. “These are not nuclear...
Sen. Fetterman: ‘I’m representing 13 million Pennsylvanians, not just Democrats’Video
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman noted Saturday night on Fox News Channel’s “My View with Lara Trump,” hosted by the president’s daughter-in-law, that he’ll “get grief” for sitting down with her. Still, he said, having conversations is “really important.” “We can’t ever collectively turn our back to others and people are...
November’s closest Supermoon to appear even grander. Here’s what to know
A super close Supermoon will occur this week. The moon will be as close to Earth as it can get this month, fully illuminated for skywatchers, according to the Earth Sky, a science website that provides daily news and information on astronomy and space. The supermoon is set to rise...
Obama tells Democrats to push back against Trump’s ‘lawlessness and recklessness’
Former President Barack Obama touted Democratic candidates for governor in two states at campaign rallies on Saturday, urging voters in next week’s election to reject what he called the “lawlessness and recklessness” of President Donald Trump’s administration. Obama, the two-term president still highly popular among Democrats, laid out a biting...
Nigeria says U.S. help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty
ABUJA — Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of military action by President Donald Trump over what he said was the ill-treatment of Christians in the West African country. Trump said on...
High-stakes Pa. judicial races, mail-in voting to boost election turnout, experts predict
Voter turnout typically craters in the year after a presidential election, but experts predict it will be higher than usual Tuesday because of high-stakes judicial retention races and the ease of mail-in voting. Allegheny County Elections Director Dave Voye estimates that about 35% of the county’s registered voters will cast...
Trump administration must pay food aid benefits within days, judge says
NEW YORK — A federal court in Rhode Island on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to make full food aid benefit payments by Monday, or partial payments by Wednesday, while acknowledging the “irreparable harm” that exists without their timely payment. The Rhode Island case is one of two lawsuits filed...
10 people hospitalized in train stabbing attack, U.K. police say
LONDON — British police said 10 people have been hospitalized, nine with life-threatening injuries, following a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train Saturday evening, and that counterterrorism police are supporting the investigation. In a statement early Sunday, British Transport Police, which took the lead in the response given that...
Trump threatens U.S. military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians.” The U.S. government will also immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, Trump said in a post...
South Korean president Lee asks China’s Xi for help engaging North Korea
GYEONGJU, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbor North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the challenges they face. Lee hosted Xi at a...
Egypt opens colossal new antiquities museum after 2-decade wait
CAIRO — Prime ministers, presidents and royalty descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum built near the Pyramids to house one of the world’s richest collections of antiquities. The inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum, or GEM, marks the end of a...
Russia denounces ‘excessive’ U.S. military force in Caribbean, backs Venezuela
Russia’s foreign ministry denounced on Saturday “excessive military force” by the United States in the Caribbean Sea deployed as part of a drive against drug trafficking and reaffirmed its support for Venezuela’s leaders. “We firmly denounce the use of excessive military force in carrying out actions in anti-drugs operations,” foreign...
2 more charged in connection with Louvre jewel heist
PARIS — A woman and a man were placed under formal investigation over the $102 million Louvre Museum jewel heist, the Paris prosecutor said on Saturday, bringing the total number charged in the case to four. The man, 37, known to police for previous thefts, was charged with organised theft...
