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FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a chiefs of mission reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on June 13, 2023. Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shared concerns on a phone call Wednesday, June 14, 2023 ahead of a planned visit by the U.S. official to China meant to shore up relations.

Blinken heads to China this weekend on mission to salvage sinking ties and keep communications open

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a chiefs of mission reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on June 13, 2023. Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shared concerns on a phone call Wednesday, June 14, 2023 ahead of a planned visit by the U.S. official to China meant to shore up relations.

June 14, 2023, 10:12am Politics

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this weekend as part of the Biden administration’s push to repair deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing and keep lines of communication open, the State Department said Wednesday. Read story

FILE - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023. The Biden administration is ready to talk to Russia without conditions about a future nuclear arms control framework even while taking countermeasures in response to the Kremlin's decision to suspend the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries. That word comes from White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan in a speech to the Arms Control Association in Washington on Friday.

Biden dispatching Sullivan to Tokyo for talks with Japan, Philippines, South Korea officials

FILE - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023. The Biden administration is ready to talk to Russia without conditions about a future nuclear arms control framework even while taking countermeasures in response to the Kremlin's decision to suspend the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries. That word comes from White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan in a speech to the Arms Control Association in Washington on Friday.

June 14, 2023, 8:10am Politics

President Joe Biden is dispatching White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan to Tokyo this week for talks with his counterparts from Japan, Philippines and South Korea. Read story

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., walks to a closed-door meeting with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Last week, Clyde was at the center of protest of McCarthy's leadership as he and a dozen Republicans, mainly members of the House Freedom Caucus, brought the House to a standstill. Clyde is a gun store owner in Georgia and is a sponsor of a bill to reverse a Biden administration firearms-related regulation on so-called pistol braces, a stabilizing feature. (AP Photo/J.

House GOP passes resolution to overturn new federal gun regulation; Biden vows veto

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., walks to a closed-door meeting with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Last week, Clyde was at the center of protest of McCarthy's leadership as he and a dozen Republicans, mainly members of the House Freedom Caucus, brought the House to a standstill. Clyde is a gun store owner in Georgia and is a sponsor of a bill to reverse a Biden administration firearms-related regulation on so-called pistol braces, a stabilizing feature. (AP Photo/J.

June 13, 2023, 3:24pm Politics

House Republicans passed a resolution that would repeal a Biden administration rule tightening federal regulations on stabilizing braces for firearms, an accessory that has been used in several mass shootings in the U.S. over the last decade. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks at Fort Liberty, N.C., Friday, June 9, 2023.

Biden is determined to say as little as possible about Trump’s indictment

President Joe Biden speaks at Fort Liberty, N.C., Friday, June 9, 2023.

June 13, 2023, 9:44am Nation & World

It’s rare for the leader of the free world to be rendered silent, but President Joe Biden is clearly determined to say as little as possible about his predecessor Donald Trump’s federal indictment. Read story

U.S. sending $325 million package of military aid to Ukraine

June 13, 2023, 9:43am Politics

The Pentagon will deliver a new package of military aid to Ukraine that totals up to $325 million and will include a wide range of rockets, missiles and other munitions aimed at bolstering the counteroffensive against Russia, the State Department said Tuesday. Read story

From left, Chris Fonzone, General Counsel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, George Barnes, Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), David Cohen, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Paul Abbate, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Matt Olsen, Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice, are sworn in before testifying at a Senate Judiciary Oversight Committee hearing to examine Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and related surveillance authorities, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Surveillance has caught hackers and fentanyl smugglers, White House says in promoting spying law

From left, Chris Fonzone, General Counsel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, George Barnes, Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), David Cohen, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Paul Abbate, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Matt Olsen, Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice, are sworn in before testifying at a Senate Judiciary Oversight Committee hearing to examine Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and related surveillance authorities, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

June 13, 2023, 8:23am Politics

The U.S. has used electronic surveillance programs to catch fentanyl smugglers and the hackers who temporarily shut down a major U.S. fuel pipeline, the White House said Tuesday as part of its push to have those programs renewed by Congress. Read story

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks to reporters outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

McCarthy and conservatives reach a truce to allow House to move forward on bills

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks to reporters outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

June 12, 2023, 6:15pm Politics

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared Monday to have resolved, for now, an impasse with some of the more conservative members of his caucus who had brought the chamber to a standstill last week. Read story

Supporters of former President Donald Trump gather outside Mar-A-Lago, Sunday, June 11, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump arrives in Florida as history-making court appearance approaches in classified documents case

Supporters of former President Donald Trump gather outside Mar-A-Lago, Sunday, June 11, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla.

June 12, 2023, 9:34am Latest News

 Donald Trump was traveling to Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance this week on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department's efforts to get the records back. Read story

Federal Protective Service Police talk outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Miami. Former President Donald Trump is set to appear at the federal court Tuesday, on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified information.

Trump allies cite Clinton email probe to attack classified records case. There are big differences

Federal Protective Service Police talk outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Miami. Former President Donald Trump is set to appear at the federal court Tuesday, on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified information.

June 12, 2023, 8:10am Politics

As former President Donald Trump prepares for a momentous court appearance Tuesday on charges related to the hoarding of top-secret documents, Republican allies are amplifying, without evidence, claims that he is the target of a political prosecution. Read story

Supreme Court won’t review North Carolina’s decision to nix license plates with Confederate flag

June 12, 2023, 8:10am Politics

The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t review North Carolina’s decision to stop issuing specialty license plates with the Confederate flag. Read story