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Phillip M. Bailey ,  Ledyard King   | USA TODAY Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell continues to drift away from President Donald Trump in the final weeks of the 2020 election even as the pair barrel toward filling a third U.S. Supreme Court seat.McConnell speculated last week about the time period after Judge Amy Coney Barrett's…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has admonished the new interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Milland Dikio, to give priority to the sustenance of human capital development in the region in line with the objectives of the programme. He made the call over the weekend when he hosted Mr…

President Donald Trump called Sen. Ben Sasse a ‘liability’ after negative comments the Nebraska Republican made about the commander-in-chief emerged. “The least effective of our 53 Republican Senators, and a person who truly doesn’t have what it takes to be great, is Little Ben Sasse of Nebraska, a State which…

By Sanni Onogu, Abuja Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South, on Friday narrated how members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) killed one of his constituents. Tofowomo in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Akinrinlola Olumide, in Abuja, also commended Nigerian youths for their protests against…

Perdue was speaking at a rally for President Trump Friday.October 17, 2020, 12:43 AM• 4 min readGeorgia Sen. David Perdue is drawing outrage after appearing to mock Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris' name while warming up the crowd ahead of a rally for President Donald Trump speech on Friday…

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed forward Joe Thornton to a one-year contract. The value of the contract is $700,000.Thornton, 41, skated in 70 regular season games with San Jose last season, registering 31 points (7 goals, 24 assists). In 1,636 career NHL regular…

Republican Senator Ben Sasse slammed President Trump's behavior in a town hall with constituents this week, saying that he "kisses dictators' butts," mishandled the coronavirus pandemic and spends "like a drunken sailor." A spokesperson for Sasse confirmed to CBS News that the senator had made these comments, which were first…

(Reuters) — Four Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, demanding answers over its alleged moves to track and monitor employees and limit efforts to form unions. Democratic senators Brian Schatz, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Kirsten Gillibrand asked the company for details on…

Senior US human rights official named as special coordinator for Tibetan issues amid increasingly tense relations between Washington and Beijing.The United States has appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues, amid increasingly tense relations between Washington and Beijing. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced…

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to say whether she accepts the science of climate change, saying she lacks the expertise to know for sure and calling it a topic too controversial to get into.On Wednesday, pressed at her confirmation hearing by Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Barrett…