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September 29, 2016

Philippines' President Duterte to scrap war games with US

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said joint military exercises of Filipino and American troops next week will be the last ...

September 29, 2016

AP Explains: What does OPEC's tentative deal mean for oil?

OPEC nations have agreed in theory that they need to reduce their production to help boost global oil prices during a meeting ...

September 29, 2016

Saudi Arabia may still fight back against 9/11 lawsuit bill

Saudi Arabia's lobbying and warnings to Congress were not enough to blunt the passing of legislation allowing families of ...

September 29, 2016

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ISRAELIS PAY ...

September 29, 2016

The Latest: Clinton visits Iowa as early voting begins

The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (All times EDTl): 5:00 a.m. Hillary Clinton is kicking off early voting in Iowa ...

September 29, 2016

Clinton visits Iowa as early voting gets underway

Hillary Clinton is kicking off early voting in Iowa on Thursday with a major effort to boost support in the battleground ...

September 29, 2016

Russia says it would support 48-hour truce in Syria's Aleppo

A top Russian diplomat says a United States' threat to halt cooperation with Russia in the Syria conflict constitutes an ...

September 29, 2016

Congress tied up in partisan knots over the most basic duty

Acutely partisan and all but dysfunctional, Congress has completed its most elementary task after an intense weekslong ...

September 29, 2016

Obama saw override coming, but still it stung

The White House saw it coming, but still it stung. When President Barack Obama was hit with the first veto override of his ...

September 29, 2016

Afghan president, insurgent warlord sign peace agreement

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani signed a peace treaty with a notorious warlord on Thursday, pledging to lobby the U.S. and the ...

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Abdullah Abdullah, John Kerry

September 29, 2016

Afghan unity deal expires, but gridlocked government remains

Afghanistan's unity government is expected to remain in place despite the formal expiration on Thursday of the U.S.

September 29, 2016

Governor to approve state-run retirement for private workers

Gov. Jerry Brown is scheduled to sign legislation Thursday to automatically enroll nearly 7 million people in a retirement ...

September 28, 2016

Philippines' Duterte to scrap future war games with US

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he was giving notice to the United States, his country's long-standing ally, that ...

September 28, 2016

1936 Olympians receive overdue recognition at White House

Shortly after Jesse Owens returned home from his snubbing by Adolph Hitler at the 1936 Olympics, he and America's 17 other ...

September 28, 2016

Officer involved in deadly confrontation was sex-suit target

One of the officers involved in a deadly confrontation with an unarmed black man in a San Diego suburb was demoted last year ...

September 28, 2016

The military's ritual of saluting for the national anthem

The Navy has investigated the case of a sailor who didn't salute as the national anthem played at Pearl Harbor, in a protest ...

September 28, 2016

Congress adopts bill of rights for sexual assault survivors

A proposed federal bill of rights for survivors of sexual assault won final legislative approval Wednesday, sending it to the ...

September 28, 2016

Pentagon: Tests confirm no mustard agent in Iraq attack

The Pentagon says that an Islamic State rocket that hit a military base used by hundreds of U.S. troops in northern Iraq did ...

September 28, 2016

Obama: Veto override 'a mistake' and 'a political vote'

President Barack Obama says Congress' vote overturning his veto of Sept. 11 legislation was "a mistake" and "basically a ...

September 28, 2016

Wells Fargo CEO to face lawmakers with better defense

Wells Fargo's CEO, newly stripped of tens of millions in compensation in a scandal over sales practices, will face lawmakers ...