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FILE PHOTO: A prospective buyer examines an AR-15 at the "Ready Gunner" gun store In Provo, Utah, U.S. in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 21, 2016. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo

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...)

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Trump administration moves to make tougher U.S. visa vetting permanent

FILE PHOTO: A sign warns of surveillance at the International Arrival area, on the day that U.S. President Donald Trump's limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, goes into effect, at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

By Yeganeh Torbati

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration moved on Thursday to make permanent a new questionnaire that asks (More…)

U.S. may soon expand U.N. talks on North Korea sanctions, signaling China deal: diplomats

U.S. may soon expand U.N. talks on North Korea sanctions, signaling China deal: diplomats

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States could shortly broaden talks on a push for stronger U.N. (More…)

Eyeing Russia, U.S. military shifts toward more global war games

U.S. army soldiers leave Black Hawk helicopter during Suwalki gap defence exercise in Mikyciai, Lithuania, June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

By Andrea Shalal

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) – The U.S. military is moving toward more global exercises to better prepare for (More…)

Trump, frustrated by Afghan war, suggests firing U.S. commander: officials

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Navy Corpsman and U.S. soldier take part in a helicopter Medevac exercise in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo

By Steve Holland and John Walcott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s doubts about the war in Afghanistan has led (More…)

U.S. says ‘grave’ consequences if Syria’s al Qaeda dominates Idlib province

A general view taken with a drone shows the Clock Tower of the rebel-held Idlib city, Syria June 8, 2017. Picture taken June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

AMMAN (Reuters) – The United States warned a takeover of rebel-held northwestern Idlib province by Syrian jihadists (More…)

Angry and inspired: Democrats train new wave of candidates

Participants give their stump speeches at the graduation event of the Emerge Oregon training program for Democratic women to enter politics, in Portland, Oregon, U.S. July 22, 2017. Picture taken July 22, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Dipaola

By John Whitesides

ROCKVILLE, Md. (Reuters) – The 100 Democratic women who packed into a suburban Maryland conference room recently (More…)

U.S. bans travel to North Korea from September 1, says Americans should leave

FILE PHOTO: People carry flags in front of statues of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung (L) and late leader Kim Jong Il during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

By Yeganeh Torbati

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A ban on travel by U.S. passport holders to North Korea will take effect (More…)

New York congregation owns oldest U.S. synagogue, court rules

By Chris Kenning

(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a New York Jewish congregation is the (More…)

Trump and senators seek to slash legal immigration

President Trump speaks during an announcement on immigration reform accompanied by Senator Tom Cotton and Senator David Perdue. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

By Ayesha Rascoe and Mica Rosenberg

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – After a crackdown on illegal immigration that has sharply reduced (More…)

Moderate earthquake shakes central Oklahoma

(Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 struck in central Oklahoma on Wednesday night, the United States Geological (More…)