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Eighteen-count indictment handed down as US president calls former ally a ‘bad guy’. Plus, director Kathryn Bigelow on AI, Andy Warhol and nuclear Armageddon

Saudi Arabia is reportedly in talks with the Trump administration for a defense agreement that mirrors last month’s U.S.-Qatar pact, which commits Washington to view any attack on the Gulf nation as a threat to “American peace and security.”

Mitch McConnell's recent fall reignited debate over his health and fitness for office, as viral footage fuelled unproven claims that it was staged for attention.

Trump allies would love an excuse to step up their crackdown. Nonviolence, both disciplined and open-hearted, must define the day

Second round of protests at more than 2,500 sites are set for Saturday, including in cities where Trump has sent troops

More than 2,700 US rallies are planned in all 50 states as protesters call for limits on presidential power

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John Bolton, the former national security adviser under President Donald Trump who later became a sharp critic, was charged Thursday with unlawfully storing top secret records at home and sharing diary-like notes about his government work with relatives that contained classified information, according to an 18-count federal indictment.

"It's a revolving door at the White House of foreign leaders," she said.

The labor shortage could drag down growth and reshape the economy for years.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday he offered Democrats a chance to vote on their top demand of extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, to help end the federal shutdown, but the overture has not broken the stalemate now in its 16th day.