Even before any peace push-related drawdowns, the U.S. military is expected to trim troop levels in Afghanistan as part of an efficiency drive by the new commander, a U.S. general told Reuters on Friday, estimating the cuts may exceed 1,000 forces.

President Trump launched into a lengthy explanation of the legal challenges he expects over his national emergency order to fund his border wall. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

President Trump spars with a reporter who presses him on his immigration facts after Trump declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that Democrats vowed to challenge as an unconstitutional attempt to fund his proposed border wall without approval from Congress. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Bill Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, says he will challenge U.S. President Donald Trump for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in 2020. Linda So reports.

Sports betting is not yet legal in California, but the Sacramento Kings want fans to come as close as they can to the real thing with a new “predictive gaming” lounge.

As the two biggest ride hailing apps Uber and Lyft race to debut on the stock market this year, sources tell Reuters the much smaller Lyft is planning to pitch itself to investors as the one that’s growing faster.

A suicide bomber rams a car into a bus carrying Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir, killing 44 of them in the deadliest attack in decades on security forces in the disputed region, raising tensions with arch foe Pakistan. Michelle Hennessy reports.

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that President Donald Trump told him he would sign a bipartisan border security bill and at the same time declare a national emergency to tap more funds for a wall along the southern border.

On the anniversary of the Parkland high school shooting, student and gun control advocate Emma Gonzalez tells reporters in New York, 'for me and most of my friends, we fight our trauma by fighting against gun violence.’

Travis Kauffman, a Colorado man who was jogging though a nature trail north of Denver when he was attacked by a mountain lion, speaks out about how he managed to survive by suffocating the animal to death. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

When Azam Jangravi climbed onto a platform in Tehran and raised her hijab over her head she knew she would be arrested. A year on from her protest she tells Reuters correspondent Emily Wither why she decided to fight Iran's restrictive laws on clothing.

Amazon.com announced Thursday that it will not go ahead with plans to build headquarters in New York City due to stiff opposition from lawmakers and area residents.

One year after a massacre inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas Highschool left 17 people dead, students and families leading a nationwide push for gun safety will pause for the anniversary of the deadliest U.S. high school shooting.

Rural areas of the U.S., especially in the South, are lagging far behind more developed parts of the country, despite the nearly decade-long economic recovery. It’s a problem Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hopes to tackle on his watch.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was looking forward to trade talks with China as discussions in Beijing moved to a higher level in a push to de-escalate a tariff war ahead of a March 1 deadline for a deal.

A U.S. federal judge says President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors, and so breached his plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office.

Rock singer Ryan Adams says a New York Times article about him is "upsettingly inaccurate" but also says he's "not a perfect man" while apologizing to anyone he has hurt.

U.S. Senators scolded real estate executives and Pentagon leadership over "unacceptable" conditions in privatized military housing on Wednesday, vowing urgent reform to protect service families from widespread health and safety hazards in base homes.