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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...)

U.S. sends food, medical aid to Colombia-Venezuela border

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is sending food and medical supplies to Colombia’s border with Venezuela (More…)

Colorado jogger fends off, kills mountain lion on rural trail

By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado jogger fought off a mountain lion in the foothills of Horsetooth Mountain (More…)

Russia plans new missile systems to counter U.S. by 2021

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will race to develop two new land-based missile launch systems before 2021 to (More…)

Senate breaks from Trump with Syria troop vote

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. Senate backed largely symbolic legislation on Monday that broke with President (More…)

U.S. says foreign meddling didn’t affect 2018 election systems

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. officials said on Tuesday that foreign actors did not have a significant (More…)

Shares surge to 2-month high, dollar climbs ahead of Trump speech

By Lewis Krauskopf

NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stocks raced to a fresh two-month high on Tuesday to keep up (More…)

Trump pushes border wall fight ahead of State of the Union speech

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday was set to deliver a State of the Union (More…)

Congress negotiators struggle to reach border security deal

By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With little time remaining, congressional negotiators on U.S. border security funding (More…)

The rise and fall of ‘El Chapo,’ Mexico’s most wanted kingpin

By Dave Graham

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is Mexico’s most notorious kingpin who shipped tonnes of (More…)

Trump says U.S. military intervention in Venezuela ‘an option;’ Russia objects

By Brian Ellsworth

CARACAS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said military intervention in Venezuela was “an option” as Western (More…)