The president ordered the firing last June as he first learned that the special counsel might be investigating whether he had obstructed justice.

At least 95 were killed and 158 others were wounded when a car bomber drove an ambulance past two checkpoints and detonated explosives.

One person in the truck was killed in the rural Virginia crash, and the lawmakers were preparing to take buses to their resort in West Virginia.

The memo accused senior officials at the F.B.I. and Justice Department of bias in the early stages of the Russia investigation.

Sharp moves in the stock market come as investors digest the growth prospects for the world and look for signs of inflation.

The 6.4-magnitude quake has injured more than 200 people and trapped others in the city of Hualien.

Government funding expired at midnight after Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky held up the Senate’s vote on a budget deal, but both chambers eventually gave their approval.

Government funding expired at midnight after Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky held up the Senate’s vote on a budget deal, but both chambers eventually gave their approval.

President Trump blocked the release of a classified Democratic memo, setting up a potential showdown with Congress over the fate of its contents.

The Saratov Airlines flight went down about 50 miles southeast of the capital, and the cause of the crash was unclear.

The charges, which would be the first against a sitting prime minister, raised immediate doubts about his ability to stay in power.

Cyril Ramaphosa, newly elected as the leader of the African National Congress, is in line to be the next leader of the country.

The gunman, armed with a semiautomatic AR-15 assault rifle, was a former student of the school who began his rampage shortly before dismissal time, the authorities said.

The indictment does not allege collusion but reveals in painstaking detail how Russians posed as American activists to boost Mr. Trump’s campaign.

Aseman Airlines said the plane was carrying 60 passengers and six crew members when it went down in a mountainous region south of Tehran.

Mr. Graham spread the Gospel around the world through a combination of religious conviction, commanding stage presence and shrewd use of advanced communication technologies.

The charges do not involve President Trump or his campaign, but they compound the legal problems for Mr. Manafort, his former campaign chairman.

The indictment comes weeks after Mr. Greitens, a first-term Republican, acknowledged an extramarital affair before he took office.

The plea deal could be a sign that Mr. Gates plans to share incriminating information against Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman, or other members of the Trump campaign.

The Communist Party has proposed revising the Constitution to end a two-term limit, which would let Xi Jinping remain president, perhaps indefinitely.

Ms. Hicks, who had been considering a departure for several months, did not indicate what her next job would be, and it was unclear when she would leave.