Mr. Cohen is at the center of several aspects of the special counsel’s investigation. He also acknowledged paying $130,000 to Stephanie Clifford, who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump.

Speaker Paul D. Ryan took the helm to heal a fractured Republican Party. He will leave in January with fault lines still visible, this time drawn by President Trump.

The president’s action would wipe out the perjury and obstruction convictions of Mr. Libby, who was Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff.

The strikes sought to punish the Syrian government after what Western officials said was a deadly chemical attack in a Damascus suburb that had been held by rebels.

Mrs. Bush avoided controversial issues while in the White House and became known for her straight talk, lack of pretension and self-deprecating humor.

The major failure, nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, could take up to 36 hours to fix.

Two federal regulators are expected to penalize the bank for its alleged misconduct, people familiar with the action said.

The announcement by Kim Jong-un came less than a week before he meets with the president of South Korea.

More than a dozen other people were injured in what was one of the worst mass killings in the modern history of Canada. The police said the driver was in custody.

After the Senate voted to confirm Mike Pompeo to be the nation’s 70th secretary of state, he turned to urgent problems around the world.

A jury in Pennsylvania voted to convict Mr. Cosby of sexually assaulting a former Temple University staff member who had looked up to him as a mentor.

A meeting between Mr. Kim, North Korea’s leader, and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea seemed unthinkable just a few months ago.

Hundreds of Palestinian protesters attacked the fence between Gaza and Israel. Israeli troops opened fire.

The president’s statements seem to contradict his earlier comments that he knew of no payments to the actress who says she had an affair with Mr. Trump.

Mr. Trump’s decision, while long anticipated and widely telegraphed, plunges America’s relations with European allies into deep uncertainty.

The president announced the summit meeting’s date and place in a Twitter post hours after meeting the three Americans freed by North Korea at Joint Base Andrews.

The relocation of the embassy from Tel Aviv, timed for Israel’s 70th anniversary, was celebrated by many Israelis and enraged Palestinians.

The case concerned New Jersey, but it has implications for other states eager to allow and tax sports gambling. Americans are estimated to annually place $150 billion in illegal wagers on sports.

Ms. Haspel, a career clandestine officer, will take the helm as the agency’s first female director at a time of shifting alliances and intelligence threats from countries including Russia and Iran.

The gunman, who is believed to be a student, opened fire inside Santa Fe High School around 7:45 a.m., the authorities said.

The plane, a nearly 40-year-old Boeing 737, went down moments after departing Havana’s international airport.