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.

The president said he would sign the measure next week. Stock markets, foreign officials and Republicans were rattled by the news.

The North told South Korean envoys it is willing to negotiate with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons. President Trump welcomed what he called “possible progress.”

Under a deal reached Tuesday, lawmakers enacted 5 percent raises for all state workers. Union leaders said it was enough to get the teachers back to work after almost two weeks.

Mr. Cohn had made clear his opposition to the steel and aluminum tariffs that Mr. Trump plans to impose. It’s the latest departure from a White House in chaos.

The White House was scrambling to put together an order that the president could sign at a 3:30 p.m. meeting with industry executives, but aides said details were in flux.

No sitting American president has ever met a North Korean leader, and the meeting with Kim Jong-un would be a breathtaking gamble.

Rex W. Tillerson, a former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, had been among President Trump’s most well-regarded cabinet choices. He is replaced by Mike Pompeo, currently the C.I.A. director.

A physicist and best-selling author, Dr. Hawking did not allow his physical limitations to hinder his quest to answer “the big question: Where did the universe come from?”