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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...)

Interior Department won’t eliminate national monuments; to recommend changing some: AP

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will not recommend eliminating any national monuments, but will recommend changes to (More…)

Trump says U.S. debt ceiling ‘mess’ could have been avoided

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday congressional leaders could have avoided a legislative “mess” if they had (More…)

U.S. Navy suspends sea search efforts for missing USS McCain sailors

By Aradhana Aravindan

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy on Thursday suspended wider search and rescue operations for sailors missing (More…)

U.S. judge throws out Texas voter ID law supported by Trump

By Bernie Woodall

(Reuters) – A federal court judge on Wednesday threw out a Texas voter identification law that was (More…)

Defense Secretary Mattis promises support to Ukraine, but no arms

By Idrees Ali and Pavel Polityuk

KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on a visit to Ukraine on (More…)

Japan’s Tepco gets slapped with new U.S. lawsuit over Fukushima

TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings said on Thursday it has been hit with another lawsuit filed in (More…)

U.S. weighs ban on trade in Venezuela debt: U.S. official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering additional sanctions against Venezuela’s government, including a ban on trading the country’s (More…)

Trump ‘very committed’ to Mideast peace, envoy Kushner says

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump remains “very committed” to achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace, his son-in-law and (More…)

Tropical storm Harvey heads for Texas, may become hurricane

(Reuters) – The Texas Gulf Coast was getting ready for the tropical storm Harvey to make landfall by Friday, bringing (More…)

Police use pepper spray to disperse protesters at Trump’s Phoenix rally

PHOENIX (Reuters) – Police fired pepper spray to disperse protesters outside a rally by U.S. President Donald Trump in Phoenix, (More…)