President Trump pushed Russia and Ukraine to agree to halt strikes on energy infrastructure, as he continued to face bipartisan criticism over moves in recent days to ease U.S. pressure on Moscow and shift blame for the continued fighting to Kyiv.
The Saudis' escalating fight with Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen is piling new challenges on the kingdom's security and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's plans to transform the country's oil-dependent economy.
California Gov. Newsom, who has long opposed a ballot measure that would tax billionaires' wealth, is endorsing a different measure aimed at prohibiting wealth taxes.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt any further airing of taxpayer-funded television ads touting the president, ruling they are likely illegal.
The Justice Department is investigating whether TV networks violated antitrust laws when they briefly suspended a rotation of broadcast journalists covering the White House last month following CNN's removal from a planned assignment.
Christa Pike, the inmate who survived Tennessee's attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been discharged from the hospital and is back in prison.
India locked down the capital in a bid to thwart a mass protest over an effort to clean up voter lists that critics say is stripping millions of the right to vote.
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