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By Luc Cohen Oct 11 (Reuters) - A US judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from using taxpayer money to pay for political advertisements, after publicly funded television ads glorifying US President Donald Trump began airing in late September and sparked a bipartisan backlash. Manhattan-based US District Judge Jennifer Rochon temporarily barred the advertisements after plaintiffs including watchdog group Common Cause brought a lawsuit alleging the ads were political propaganda designe

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed growing confidence that his party will regain control of the House in November , as he visited two battleground districts in recent days to help Democratic candidates unseat Republican incumbents. Jeffries campaigned Friday in New Jersey's competitive 7th Congressional District alongside Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett, a Navy veteran seeking to unseat Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. The following day, he traveled to Pennsylvania's 1st Congressi

WASHINGTON (AP) A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for President Donald Trump's administration to immediately reverse course on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices. Trump shocked lawmakers when he announced on social media Friday that he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call. He said Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the American and global market, followed by an addi

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit vote, as he warned voters in France and Germany about Moscow-backed efforts to influence their politics. Burnham, who took over as Britain's leader in July and said last month that Britain could consider rejoining the European Union in the future, is the first British prime minister to say openly there was evidence of Russian interference in the referendum a decade ago. I

Angelina Stone (right). Credit: gofundme NEED TO KNOW Angelina Stone was among the nine people killed in a mass shooting in Pennsylvania on Friday, Oct. 9 A family friend said that Stone was just days from giving birth Investigators believe that the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the incident, during which two children also died A pregnant woman was among the nine people killed in a mass shooting in Pennsylvania. Angelina Stone and her loved ones were identified as victims o

The messages told him he should rot in hell and be thrown in jail. His friends and family received a barrage of menacing threats. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Strangers found his cellphone number and peppered his phone with abusive texts. His face was plastered across angry videos online. Even TMZ called him. The messengers had wrongly concluded that the man was one of the seven Chi Phi fraternity members accused o

Deadly storm Isaias is forecast to bring heavy rains , potential flash flooding and possible tornadoes along its path Sunday, Oct. 11, as the former hurricane makes its way through the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic region. The storm came ashore as a Category 2 hurricane near Destin, Florida, late on Oct. 9, tearing down trees and snapping power lines . At least four people have been reported killed in the storm, two each in Alabama and Florida, authorities said. The storm is now a post-tropical

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said on Sunday that doctors had detected a small growth on his lung during a recent health check and he would be undergoing surgery this week to remove it, in the first health scare of the 71-year-old pontiff's tenure. Leo told pilgrims in St. Peter's Square for his weekly Sunday prayer that the growth was well-contained and had been spotted early. The Vatican did not say whether the nodule is believed to be malignant. Recently, during

The Pentagon acknowledged late Friday that the number of troops who have died in the Middle East during its operations against Iran is higher than previously reported, and updated the official count to include two more noncombat deaths. The Washington Post exclusively reported last month, based on information from six U.S. officials, that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its official, public database, known as the Defense Casualty Analysis S

By Timour Azhari and Enas Alashray RIYADH, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Several people were wounded in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Saturday that forced a suspension of operations, the country's civil aviationauthority said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but it comes amid an escalation of missile strikes by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis against Saudi Arabia. The airport had already been struck in two earlier attacks this

Christa Pike is out of the hospital and receiving medical care in prison following a failed execution attempt. Her legal team, Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen from Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, and Randy Spivey and Kelly Gleason from the TN Office of the Post Conviction Defender, issued this statement on Oct. 10: Christa Pike was discharged from a local hospital and is now at Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center where she has been housed for more than 30 years. She is gratef