Did Donald Trump Jr Break US Law?
Did Donald Trump's eldest son break US law in meeting a Russian lawyer he hoped would dish compromising dirt on the woman standing between his father and the White House? Could the 39-year-old real...
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Washington Extends Review Period For Sudan Sanctions
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday opted to extend by three months the deadline on whether to lift decades-old sanctions against Sudan, saying "more time is needed" for review. Trump was to decide...
US Women’s Open Under Shroud of Trump Controversy
The shadow of President Donald Trump hangs over the US Women's Open golf tournament which takes place this week at the Trump National golf course in New Jersey. Brittany Lincicome said a couple weeks...
U.S. Expects To Lift Laptop Ban Soon For Four Remaining Airports
The United States expects to lift the laptop ban soon for the four remaining foreign airports that are still impacted by the electronics restriction. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security...
Opioid Maker Fined $35mn Over Shipments That Fed Addiction Crisis
Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals was fined $35 million Tuesday for supplying and not reporting suspicious massive orders of its highly addictive oxycodone, helping to fuel the US...
US Would ‘welcome’ Ailing Chinese Dissident For Medical Treatment
Washington on Tuesday invited cancer-stricken Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo to come to the United States for medical treatment, renewing its call for Beijing to free him. "We continue to call on the...
US Olympic Gymnastics Doctor Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges
A former US Olympic gymnastics team doctor accused of molesting more than 100 female athletes pleaded guilty Tuesday to three charges of child pornography, avoiding tougher sexual assault charges in...
Arab States Say Qatar-US Terror Accord ‘insufficient’
An agreement between Qatar and the United States on combating terror funding is "insufficient", the four Arab states that imposed sanctions on the emirate said in a joint statement Tuesday. The...
US Stocks Stable After Midday Trump Tumble
Wall Street stocks finished little changed Tuesday, rebounding from a mid-session swoon sparked by unease over Donald Trump Jr's interactions with Russian interests. Markets had been chugging through...
Air Canada Jet Nearly Lands On Taxiway In San Francisco
US aviation authorities are looking into an incident involving an Air Canada plane which nearly landed on a crowded taxiway instead of a runway at San Francisco airport, officials said Tuesday. The...
US Need For Four Polar Icebreakers ‘critical,’ Warns Report
The rapid pace of global warming and ice melting at the poles have underscored the "critical" need for the United States to build four new polar icebreaker ships, US officials said Tuesday. The cost...
VP Pence Distances Himself As Russia Probe Threatens Trump
US Vice President Mike Pence sought Tuesday to distance himself from the snowballing scandal over possible collusion with Russian election interference that increasingly threatens President Donald...
US Court Blocks Exxon From Forcing Payment From Venezuela
A US appeals court rejected an effort by ExxonMobil Tuesday to enforce a $188 million judgment against Venezuela for the 2007 nationalization of the company's heavy oil operations in that country....
Collusion? Who’s Who In the Russia Probe
The bombshell revelation that President Donald Trump's oldest son Don Jr. met with a Kremlin-tied Russian lawyer hawking damaging material on Hillary Clinton has taken suspicions of election...
NASA Probe Successfully Peers Into Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
A NASA spacecraft, Juno, has successfully peered into the giant storm raging on Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot, and its first pictures should be out in days, the US space agency said Tuesday....
US Eyes Continued Presence In Iraq After IS
The United States and several coalition countries want to maintain a military footprint in Iraq after the eventual defeat of the Islamic State group, a top US general said Tuesday. Lieutenant General...
Twitter Users File Suit, Saying Trump Block Is Unconstitutional
A group of Twitter users blocked by President Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming the White House is violating the constitution by keeping them out of a "public forum." The lawsuit...
US Senate Delays Summer Break Amid Health Care Impasse
The US Senate will delay its summer break by two weeks to focus on breaking an impasse over health care reform and other pending work, Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. A day after...
LLB Graduates File For Injunction On July 14 Entrance Exams
A group calling itself the Concerned LLB Graduates, has run to court to seek an interlocutory injunction to stop the upcoming entrance examination and interview session for potential students seeking...
Four Airports Remain Under US Laptop Ban
Four airports remain under a ban for carry-on laptops on US-bound flights, imposed amid fears that Islamic State is developing a bomb concealed in personal electronics, officials said Tuesday. The...