Brown University shooter took IT job in Portugal after abandoning physics pursuit 21-Dec 02:55

The man who police say killed two Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist had cut short a promising academic career to take a modest software developer job back in his native Portugal before returning to the United States in 2017.

Exclusive: Trump appointee inspired by conservative media outlet to push for probe of Democratic congressman 20-Dec 19:11

A mortgage fraud probe of a Democratic congressman began last month after William Pulte, the Republican head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, referred allegations from a conservative news site to his agency’s inspector general for possible criminal investigation, government emails seen by Reuters show.

Trump enters election year with big wins - and bigger political headwinds 20-Dec 19:11

President Donald Trump stormed back into office with a shock-and-awe policy blitz that expanded presidential power and reshaped America's relations with the world. But it has come at a steep cost: as he enters the New Year and midterm elections loom, his once unshakeable hold on Republicans is slipping, say historians and analysts.