Trump's pardon claim for Tina Peters stirs controversy over limits of presidential power

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced earlier this week that he had granted a pardon to Tina Peters, a former Colorad…[More]

2 U.S. service members, 1 U.S. civilian killed in IS attack in Syria

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian were killed in an ambush carried out by a lone Islamic State (IS) gunma…[More]

U.S. Ninth Circuit rules to clear National Guard troops from LA: California Attorney General

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday welcomed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circui…[More]

U.S. civilian employee gets prison term for smuggling drugs into U.S. military base in S. Korea

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A civilian employee of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) got a final prison term for smuggling massive drugs into the U.S. milit…[More]

U.S. Fed cuts rate as expected, leaves next year uncertain

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) on Wednesday lowered the basic interest rate as markets expected, leaving whether to cu…[More]

U.S. intends to keep oil from seized tanker, eying more vessels off Venezuela

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attends a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 11, 202…[More]