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Court to Trump: Blocking Twitter critics is unconstitutional

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump lost a major Twitter fight Tuesday when a federal appeals court said that his daily musings and pronouncements were overwhelmingly official in nature and that he viol...

Jul 11, 2019

Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot dies at 89

DALLAS - H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. Perot...

Jul 11, 2019

Taylor Swift shakes off drama with fun concert performance

NEW YORK - In her first public appearance since discovering her masters were in the hands of someone she's not a fan of, Taylor Swift didn't directly address the issue, but she did play music from tha...

Jul 11, 2019

Weinstein overhauling legal team as trial looms in 60 days

NEW YORK - With one lawyer bolting amid public backlash and another saying he and his client just couldn't get along, Harvey Weinstein is recasting his defence team yet again, this time a mere 60 days...

Jul 11, 2019

UK envoy's leaked views inspire more insults in Trump tweets

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Britain's ambassador to the United States for a second day, describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool" after leaked documents revealed the envoy'...

Jul 11, 2019

Tom Steyer launches 2020 campaign after saying he wouldn't

WASHINGTON - Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor and activist, said Tuesday he's joining the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, reversing course after deciding earlier this year that he...

Jul 11, 2019

US consumer prices tick up just 0.1% as inflation stays tame

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices rose just 0.1% in June, as cheaper gas prices were offset by higher rents and auto costs. The Labor Department said Thursday that the consumer price index increased 1...

Jul 11, 2019

UK Labour Party in turmoil over new anti-Semitism claims

LONDON - Britain's main opposition Labour Party is in turmoil after a television documentary renewed allegations that anti-Semitism is rife within its ranks. In the BBC program, former staff members o...

Jul 11, 2019

Trump to hold news conference on census citizenship question

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he'll hold a news conference Thursday to talk about the 2020 census and his push to include a question on citizenship. A Supreme Court ruling barred the questi...

Jul 11, 2019

Amy McGrath announces bid for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat

WASHINGTON - Amy McGrath, a Marine combat aviator who narrowly lost a House race to an incumbent Republican in Kentucky, has set her sights on an even more formidable target: Senate Majority Leader Mi...

Jul 11, 2019