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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...)

Russia to retaliate against U.S. in military observation flights row: agencies

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will retaliate against the United States in a row over a treaty that allows both states (More…)

Trump’s tax plan to propose deep U.S. rate cuts, lacks revenue details

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will call on Wednesday for slashing tax rates on businesses (More…)

Southern California wildfire forces 1,500 to flee homes

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Crews were battling a major Southern California wildfire on Tuesday that has destroyed at least one (More…)

Trump: military option for North Korea not preferred, but would be ‘devastating’

By Steve Holland and Idrees Ali

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any U.S. (More…)

SEC chair grilled by Senate panel over cyber breach, Equifax

By Michelle Price and Pete Schroeder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told (More…)

Top U.S. general says North Korea’s military posture unchanged amid tensions

By Idrees Ali and Christine Kim

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – Despite the escalation in tensions with North Korea over its ballistic (More…)

Students protest U.S. Attorney General speech at Georgetown

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Students and faculty at Georgetown Law School gathered on Tuesday to protest that (More…)

Obamacare repeal in U.S. Senate collapses as Republicans falter

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Another Republican attempt to dismantle Obamacare collapsed in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as (More…)

Trump ally Stone denies collusion with Russia

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican political consultant Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, flatly denied (More…)

Trump ramps up NFL fight, calls for ban on kneeling during anthem

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up with his fight with the National Football League on Tuesday, calling (More…)