Analysis: GOP’s tea party promises dashed in tax cut embrace

University of Oklahoma regent apologies for anti gay remarks

OKLAHOMA CITY — A University of Oklahoma regent who likened gay people to pedophiles publicly apologized Tuesday during an appearance with the head of an LGBTQ...

Trump nominates Susan Thornton as top diplomat for East Asia

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has nominated a career foreign service member, Susan Thornton, as top U.S. diplomat for East Asia. Thornton has been serving in...

Senators oppose surveillance law extension in spending bill

WASHINGTON — Two Senate Republicans are warning they’ll oppose a government spending bill if the measure includes a permanent or long-term extension of a foreign intelligence...

Senate GOP aims for short term extension of surveillance law

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are aiming for a short-term extension of a soon-to-expire foreign intelligence collection program, a move that would appear to satisfy libertarian-leaning lawmakers...

Senate Russia probe looking into 2016 candidate Jill Stein

  FILE: Stein said Tuesday that she was co-operating with the probe and providing documents to the committee. (Photo by Paul Stein – http://www.flickr.com/photos/kapkap/7999998562/sizes/m/in/photostream/, CC BY-SA...

Green Party candidate says she’s co operating in Russia probe

WASHINGTON — The Senate intelligence committee has asked for documents from former presidential candidate Jill Stein as part of its probe into Russian interference in the...

Trump speaks to UK’s May after row over Tweets

WASHINGTON — A White House official said President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May of the U.K. spoke Tuesday morning for the first time since...

Kremlin calls Trump’s national security strategy ‘imperial’

MOSCOW — The Kremlin has lambasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy as “imperial” but lauded the U.S. for willing to co-operate with Russia...

Police: Man who pulled weapon while in interview room shot

MINNEAPOLIS — A man who was alone in an interview room at the Minneapolis police investigative unit in City Hall was shot by officers on Monday...