FBI: Man wanted to attack White House with anti tank rocket

Microsoft pledges $500M to tackle Seattle housing crisis

SEATTLE — Microsoft pledged $500 million to address homelessness and develop affordable housing in response to the Seattle region’s widening affordability gap. Most of the money...

After years of King’s remarks, why now for the GOP response?

DES MOINES, Iowa — Why now? Despite his seemingly endless string of racist comments and insults about immigrants, Iowa Rep. Steve King had the Republican Party’s...

Huawei founder says company would not share user secrets

SHENZHEN, China — The founder of China’s Huawei, the world’s biggest supplier of network gear to phone and internet companies, says his company would not share...

Trump’s attorney general nominee: ‘I will not be bullied’

WASHINGTON — Vowing “I will not be bullied,” President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general asserted independence from the White House on Tuesday, saying he believed...

UK’s May faces no confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed

LONDON — British lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and leading to a...

Trump declares he’ll ‘never back down’ in shutdown fight

WASHINGTON — With the government mired in shutdown week four, President Donald Trump rejected a short-term legislative fix and dug in for more combat Monday, declaring...

India’s mega Hindu festival begins under cloud of toxic air

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Thousands of portable toilets line roads constantly swept clean, drinking water flows from newly installed taps, electric substations power a massive tent city...

GOP Rep. King loses committee posts over racial remarks

WASHINGTON — Veteran Republican Rep. Steve King will be blocked from committee assignments for the next two years after lamenting that white supremacy and white nationalism...

Pentagon agrees to extended role on US-Mexico border mission

WASHINGTON — The military is taking on a new and extended role on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pentagon said Monday. At the request of the Department...