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House panel plans action on gun background check bill next week

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will take up legislation next week that (More...)

Tillerson says U.S. ready to talk to North Korea; Japan wants pressure

By David Brunnstrom and Christine Kim

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered to begin direct talks (More…)

Trump to make final tax push as Republican negotiators near deal

By Amanda Becker and Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will make a final push on Wednesday (More…)

U.N. envoy urges Security Council to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A top U.N. official recounted to the Security Council on Tuesday “heartbreaking and (More…)

FBI officials said Clinton ‘has to win’ race to White House: NYT

(Reuters) – Senior FBI officials who helped probe Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign told a colleague that Democratic Presidential candidate (More…)

Philippine Congress gives Duterte green light to extend martial law in south

By Martin Petty

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to extend martial law (More…)

Accused NYC bomber to formally face terrorism charges as soon as Wednesday

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Bangladeshi man accused of attempting a suicide bombing in one of New York City’s busiest (More…)

Exclusive: After Grenfell fire, same builders rehired to replace dangerous cladding, Reuters finds

By Tom Bergin

LONDON (Reuters) – Some building companies that installed dangerous cladding on social housing blocks across Britain are (More…)

Dollar drops on disappointing U.S. inflation data

By Karen Brettell

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar weakened on Wednesday after consumer price data showed sluggish inflation, (More…)

Democrat Jones wins U.S. Senate seat in Alabama in blow to Trump

By Rich McKay

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Democrat Doug Jones won a bitter fight for a U.S. Senate seat in (More…)

Turkish teachers linked to Erdogan foe detained in Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) – One Afghan and three Turkish teachers linked to an organization regarded with suspicion by the Turkish government (More…)