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Top US intel officials: Russia bent on influencing US midterm elections

WASHINGTON — With U.S. congressional primary elections just weeks away, top intelligence officials are warning that Russia appears intent on trying to disrupt the 2018 vote much as it did during the...

US Official: N. Korea will be ‘most confrontational’ mass destruction threat to US, allies

U.S. National Intelligence Director Dan Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday during its annual worldwide threats hearing that North Korea's weapons of mass destruction will pose a significant danger to...

New York ‘Chelsea bomber’ given life sentence

A New Jersey man convicted of setting off and trying to set off bombs in New York in 2016, one of which injured more than 30 people, was sentenced Tuesday to...

Trump budget request includes funds for border wall, military

WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump is sending a $4.4 trillion budget request to Congress that includes money for a southern border wall and building up the military, but is...

US, Israel Differ on Whether They Have Discussed Israel Settlement Annexation

WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he has had talks with the United States about the possibility of annexing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, but in a...

Mattis: Syria Foreign Fighters Should Face Justice at Home

ROME — The United States wants detained foreign fighters being held by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to be turned over to face justice in their home countries. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is...

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