North Korea ‘unlikely’ to give up nukes, top US intelligence chief says despite Donald Trump’s optimism

    North Korea is “unlikely” to give up its nuclear weapons program, America’s most senior intelligence chief has said, in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s optimistic comments on securing a breakthrough.  Dan Coats, the US director of national intelligence, said that North Korea’s leaders see keeping their nuclear arsenal as crucial to “regime survival”.  Mr Coats also…

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      House Dems accuse GOP of myriad oversight failures on Trump

      House Democrats are turning up the heat on Republicans, accusing them of negligent oversight of President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE in hopes the…

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        Renault progress as expected – Ricciardo

        Daniel Ricciardo says Renault made the expected step forwards with its power unit over the winter. Red Bull and Renault’s relationship became strained in 2015 due to reliability and performance issues, leading Red Bull to re-badge the power units as Tag Heuer’s this year. Having been expecting to fight for the championship last season, Ricciardo…

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