President Trump said "all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon" in a tweet after a recent report he had inquired about the authority he has to pardon aides, relatives or even himself in connection with the Russia investigation
Trump tried doing things the Washington way. But in hiring Anthony Scaramucci as communications director, Trump overruled the advice of his top advisers and relied on the guidance of his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner
An errant U.S. airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed 12 Afghan National Police officers and wounded two others. The airstrike on the Security Forces compound happened during a U.S.-supported operation against Taliban insurgents in the area
Forty years, that is, since the hot-awful summer of 1977 when, on the evening of August 16, newscasters and headline writers in 50 U.S. states and then in provinces around the world began to spread the news: Elvis Presley, dead at 42
Donald Trump is complaining about a report that the Russian ambassador to the U.S. said he discussed election-related issues with U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race
A federal grand jury in Hawaii indicted a U.S. soldier Friday for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang was arrested by an FBI SWAT team on July 8. Kang was ordered held without bail
The Philippine Congress on Saturday overwhelmingly approved the president's appeal for martial law in the south to be extended to the end of the year to help troops quell a two-month siege by Islamic State group-linked militants
The Minneapolis police chief has resigned following the fatal shooting of an Australian woman by a police officer. Chief Janee Harteau stepped down one day after making her first remarks on the death of 40-year-old Justine Damond
Donald Trump's eldest son and his former campaign chairman won't testify publicly next week and are instead discussing being privately interviewed by a Senate committee investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election
Justin Bieber has been banned from performing in China over "bad behavior." The 23-year-old pop star will not be allowed to perform in the country as part of the Asia leg of his Purpose world tour
Tensions over the Holy Land's most contested shrine boiled over into violence that killed six people — three Palestinians in street clashes in Jerusalem and three Israelis in a stabbing attack at a West Bank settlement
Americans will be barred from traveling to North Korea following a prohibition on using U.S. passports to enter the country. The move follows the death of American student Otto Warmbier, who fell into a coma while in North Korean custody
The Asian superpower is pushing the boundaries of green tech, whether wind, solar or hydropower
