The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Joel Rayburn to be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, according to three people familiar with the matter. Why it matters: Rayburn ...

Joel Rayburn had been questioned over ties to a former Trump administration official who admitted to defying the president’s push to withdraw troops from Syria during his first term. By Robert Jimison ...

Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has died at age 84. His successor, Roger Goodell, was among the leaders from the world ...

Paul Tagliabue led the NFL to greater success and diversity during his 17 years as commissioner. He died Sunday at age 84.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Joel Rayburn, an envoy for Syria during his first White House term, to be assistant secretary of state for ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in ...

A mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities said.Local politicians in Mexico are ...

If you’re a sucker for a tense political thriller, you’ve likely already seen trailers for The Diplomat. The Netflix original series, which premiered in April 2023, has finally released its third ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as “Suspicious Minds” and “When a Man Loves a Woman” and was a featured singer ...

Two separate shootings in a span of three hours left one person dead and one hospitalized in York City. The first shooting happened around 11:21 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of West Poplar Street.