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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...)

Trump’s eldest son faces questions in Congress about Russia

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., returned to Congress on Wednesday to (More…)

President Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

By Steve Holland and Miriam Berger

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Donald Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy on Wednesday and (More…)

U.S. plan to move Israel embassy sign of ‘failure’, Iran’s leader says

BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. plans to move its Israel embassy to Jerusalem are a sign of incompetence and failure, Iranian (More…)

U.S. private employment growth eases but manufacturing shines: ADP

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. private-sector employment growth eased in November even as the manufacturing sector added the most jobs (More…)

U.S. Justice Department considers possible ‘bump stocks’ ban

By Sarah N. Lynch and Eric Walsh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it is (More…)

Defying warnings of new conflict, Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

By Steve Holland and Miriam Berger

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will announce on Wednesday that the United States (More…)

Unrelenting California wildfire threatens thousands of homes

By Mike Blake

VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) – An unrelenting wildfire fanned by hot, dry Santa Ana winds threatened more than (More…)

Palestinians seethe at Trump’s ‘insane’ Jerusalem move

By Ali Sawafta

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinians seethed with anger and a sense of betrayal over U.S. President Donald Trump’s (More…)

Pivotal Justice Kennedy poses tough questions in gay wedding case

By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared closely divided with likely pivotal vote Justice (More…)

U.S. trade hits nine-month high; oil prices lift imports

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit increased to a nine-month high in October due to rising (More…)