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Feds ask for 18-month sentence in Russian agent case

U.S. prosecutors say a Russian gun-rights activist who admitted being a secret agent for the Kremlin should serve an 18-month ...

Fed Cup semifinal: Mladenovic vs. Halep in opening singles

Kristina Mladenovic of France will face second-ranked Simona Halep of Romania in the opening singles of their Fed Cup ...

US official lauds Cyprus' anti-money laundering efforts

A senior U.S. Treasury Department official says Cyprus has done "outstanding" work to curtail money laundering.

American astronaut's dreams of seeing space becoming reality

A Mainer who's headed to the International Space Station says she's always dreamed of being in space and "seeing this giant ...

Donald Trump, Shinzo Abe

President Trump to visit Japan in late May, meet new emperor

President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will make a state visit to Japan at the end of May to meet the newly enthroned ...

Putin envoy in Caracas rejects US revival of Monroe Doctrine

As Venezuela's reliance on Russia grows amid the country's unfolding crisis, Vladimir Putin's point man in Caracas is pushing ...

Donald Trump Jr.

What the Mueller report says about Trump-Russia contacts

In a sweeping two-year investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller identified numerous contacts between President Donald ...

Michael Cohen

Was Trump trying to silence Cohen? Mueller wasn't sure

Days after the FBI raided Michael Cohen's home and office last year, President Donald Trump called his longtime fixer and ...

Thousands protest in Sudan capital, demand civilian rule

Tens of thousands of protesters converged on the main sit-in in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Thursday to pressure the ...

Trump's adviser visits Moscow for talks on bilateral issues

The Kremlin spokesman says a U.S. presidential adviser has traveled to Russia for talks. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov says ...

Donald Trump

Where the investigations related to President Trump stand

A look at where investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ...

Mueller report release spirals into political gamesmanship

After nearly two years of waiting, America will get some answers straight from Robert Mueller— but not before President ...

Robert Mueller

AP-NORC Poll: Many want Congress to probe Trump-Russia

As the nation awaits the release of the special counsel's report Thursday, a new poll finds that many Americans aren't ready ...

Italian shipping firm fined $4M in US waste oil dumping case

An Italian shipping company admitted in the U.S. to dumping oily waste and other pollutants at sea rather than paying to ...

What you won't see in the Mueller report

The special counsel's Trump-Russia report will be out on Thursday for all to see. But not all of it. The Democrats' demands ...

To some market vets, stocks are rallying like it's 1999

The stock market has been so hot this year that it might need an ice-cold Fruitopia, or a Zima. The furious rally that's ...

Breyer finds hope, optimism in Notre Dame rebuilding effort

His main job is to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, but Justice Stephen Breyer also chairs the jury of the Pritzker Prize — the ...

Donald Trump, Melania Trump

Trump, first lady to address opioid crisis at Atlanta summit

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will discuss the opioid crisis at an Atlanta summit. The White House ...

Robert Menendez

US senator: Cyprus can build stronger relationship with US

A U.S. senator says the time is right for Cyprus to strengthen its bonds with Washington in light of new natural gas ...

US fines Italian bank $1.3 billion in sanctions probe

Italian bank UniCredit will pay $1.3 billion (1.5 billion euros) to settle charges by the U.S. government that it violated ...