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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...)

Israel deploys 100 sharpshooters on Gaza border for Palestinian protests: Israeli army chief

By Jeffrey Heller and Nidal al-Mughrabi

JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – The Israeli military has deployed more than 100 sharpshooters on the (More…)

Facebook to change privacy controls in wake of data scandal

By Julia Fioretti

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook announced a series of changes on Wednesday to give users more control over (More…)

Trump gives positive sign on talks with Kim, good review of Xi meeting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looked forward to (More…)

Fewer Russian spies in U.S. but getting harder to track

By Warren Strobel and John Walcott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. decision to expel 60 alleged spies is unlikely to (More…)

China says North Korea’s Kim pledged commitment to denuclearization

By Ben Blanchard and Joyce Lee

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged his commitment to denuclearization (More…)

Oklahoma lawmakers look at tax hike to avert a teachers’ strike

By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton

TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s Senate could begin deliberations as early as Tuesday on the Republican-dominated legislature’s (More…)

Train believed carrying top North Korean delegation leaves Beijing

By Ben Blanchard and Christine Kim

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – A train believed to be carrying a senior North Korean delegation (More…)

Israel fast-tracks wall, escape route for new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has expedited construction permits to enable temporary quarters for the U.S. Embassy to open in Jerusalem (More…)

Before expulsions, a brick-by-brick hardening of U.S. stance toward Moscow

By Phil Stewart and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – America’s most sweeping expulsion of Russian diplomats since the Cold War (More…)