Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night for "refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States," the White House said. "(Yates) has betrayed the Department of ...

Now you can get "5 Things You Need to Know Today" delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. (CNN) With all of the political talk dominating the headlines, we almost forgot that it's Super Bowl week. And the storyline for Super Bowl LI looks very ...

Quebec City (CNN) The gunman came during evening prayers. Worshipers had gathered at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center when the suspect stepped into the mosque on Sunday around 8 p.m.. Witnesses said the gunman fired indiscriminately into the ...

Quebec City (CNN) The suspect in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday that left six people dead was charged Monday with murder and attempted murder, according to Canadian authorities. Alexandre Bissonnette was identified as the person who ...

Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of "United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists." David Sterman is a ...

(CNN) Gambia's new President finally arrived in the West African country to govern on Thursday, after days of waiting in a neighboring nation while his predecessor belatedly and reluctantly stepped down after 22 years in power. President Adama Barrow ...

Mexico City (CNN) It's time to talk about the wall. US President Donald Trump signed executive orders calling for a border wall Wednesday, followed hours later by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's promise Mexico would never pay for it. Officials ...

(CNN) This is what "America First" looks like. President Donald Trump is showing that he is not forgetting the blue-collar voters who sent him to the White House, making clear during an energetic first full weekday in office that his administration ...

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump has begun carrying out his campaign pledges to undo America's trade ties -- starting Monday with executive action to pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. "Great thing for the American ...

(CNN) Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Washington, D.C., and cities around the world Saturday to show support for women's rights and anger over the election of President Donald Trump. The Women's March drew members of Congress, ...

(CNN) Ghana danced its way into the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal thanks to a hard-fought win over Mali in the coastal city of Port-Gentil. After heartbreak at the end of an epic penalty shootout against Ivory Coast two years ago, the Black Stars ...

Washington (CNN) Six police officers were injured and 217 protesters arrested Friday after a morning of peaceful protests and coordinated disruptions of Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony gave way to ugly street clashes in downtown Washington.

New York (CNN) Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a Houdini-like master of escape accused of running one of the world's largest drug trafficking organizations, entered a not guilty plea through his attorney at an arraignment Friday in federal ...

(CNN) "Crew error" appears to have caused the deadly crash of the Turkish cargo plane that barreled into a Kyrgyzstan village on Monday, a top Kyrgyz official told state-run news. The plane slammed into the village of Dacha-Suu on the outskirts of the ...

Washington (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump's selection to be defense secretary emerged from his confirmation hearing Thursday with seemingly broad support, after he took a strong posture against Russian President Vladimir Putin and answered tough ...

New York (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday will hold his first news conference in more than five months. Trump is expected to explain the actions he is taking to distance himself from his multibillion-dollar business to avoid conflicts of ...

(CNN) FIFA, soccer's world governing body, has approved a grand plan to revolutionize the World Cup by increasing the number of teams from 32 to 48. The FIFA Council agreed unanimously to the move Tuesday, with the new format starting in 2026.

(CNN) The shooting Friday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport may test the bounds of something that is entirely legal and commonplace in the United States: Flying with a gun and ammunition. The incident highlights the peculiarities and ...

Washington (CNN) The leading US intelligence official said Thursday that his foreign counterparts have expressed concern that President-elect Donald Trump is disparaging the US intelligence community, potentially damaging public confidence. "I do think ...

Washington (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump picked a fight with the US intelligence community in recent days, elevating the statements of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Russian President Vladimir Putin over his own nation's top spies.