WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's legal team issued a fiery response ahead of opening arguments in his impeachment trial Saturday while House Democrats laid out their case in forceful fashion, saying the president had "abandoned his oath" and betrayed the…
WASHINGTON — The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday. The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the…
A recap of developments today: The U.S. House delivered two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate.Seven House members will prosecute the case against Trump.Still not decided: Whether the Senate calls new witnesses. The bulk of the…
Developments so far: The House vote, 228-193, comes at the start of a presidential election year.Seven House members will act as prosecutors in a Senate impeachment trial.The trial would be only the third in American history.With lawmakers divided on party…
President Donald Trump signed a trade agreement Wednesday with China that is expected to boost exports from U.S. farmers and manufacturers and is aimed at lowering tensions in a long-running dispute between the economic powers. Trump said during a White…
The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists said they see no end to the way man-made climate change…
NEW ORLEANS — Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes, ran for another score and capped one of the greatest seasons in college football history by leading No. 1 LSU to a 42-25 victory against No. 3 Clemson on Monday night…
A U.S. cybersecurity company says Russian military agents successfully hacked the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the scandal that led to President Donald Trump's impeachment. Russian agents launched a phishing campaign in early November aimed at stealing the…
Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired Monday after the pair were suspended by Major League Baseball for the team's sign-stealing during Houston's run to the 2017 World Series title and during the 2018 season. In…
Sen. Cory Booker announced Monday that he will end his campaign after failing to qualify for the Democratic debate planned for Tuesday in Iowa. "It was a difficult decision to make, but I got in this race to win, and…
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Saturday acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 people aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations and mounting evidence that it…
BURRAGATE, Australia — Two wildfires have merged to form a 2,300-square-mile inferno in southeast Australia during a night of extraordinarily treacherous conditions as the nation's unprecedented fire crisis continues. Thousands of people fled their homes and helicopters dropped supplies to…
The U.S. military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an American airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard's top general, U.S. officials said Friday. The officials said a military airstrike targeted Abdul Reza…
LONDON — In the pitch black, pre-dawn sky on the outskirts of the Iranian capital Tehran, a tiny fast-moving light can be seen racing up through the trees, as someone films from the ground. Then there is a flash of…
Two U.S. officials said Thursday it was "highly likely" that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board. The crash came just a few hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack…
Watch live and follow updates as President Donald Trump addresses the nation regarding Iran's missile strike against Iraqi bases that housed U.S. troops.
President Donald Trump faces one of the greatest tests of his presidency after Iran launched ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. It was Iran's most brazen direct assault on America since the 1979 seizing of the U.S. Embassy…
SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran — A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday, just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital's main airport, turning farmland on the outskirts of Tehran into fields of flaming debris and killing all on…
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran struck back at the United States early on Wednesday for killing its most powerful military commander, firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house American troops in what the Iranian supreme…
President Donald Trump insisted "All is well!" on Tuesday after Iran fired surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. He promised to make a statement to the nation Wednesday morning about the increasingly precarious situation with Iran. Trump…
U.S. troops sent to Iraq to fight the Islamic State refocused on their own defense.U.S. embassies in a growing number of countries outside the Middle East issued security alerts to U.S. citizens.Russia's Vladimir Putin visited Syria's President Bashar Assad, a…
This story will be updated. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday “the laws of armed conflict” prohibited attacking antiquities and added the U.S. military had no plans to do so, even though President Donald Trump declared them targets. The…
US Defense Secretary Esper: "There's been no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq."But a push led by pro-Iran factions to oust U.S. troops gained momentum.Russia and China united against U.S. attack and called for United Nations response.Dozens of Iranian-Americans were held…
Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on new sex crime charges in Los Angeles, just as his trial on separate rape and sexual assault charges in New York was poised to get underway, prosecutors announced Monday. The Hollywood mogul has been…
