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US envoy, Taliban to resume talks on ending 18-year Afghan war

The U.S. envoy negotiating with the Taliban for an end to nearly 18 years of fighting in Afghanistan was departing Tuesday for Qatar to resume the talks, the State Department said.

Witness at Navy SEAL trial admits killing victim

A Navy SEAL called by prosecutors to testify at the murder trial of a colleague has acknowledged killing a wounded prisoner in Iraq in what he described as an act of mercy.

Trump vows veto as Senate rejects arms sales to Saudis

The Senate has voted to block the Trump administration from selling arms to Saudi Arabia, launching a new challenge to President Donald Trump’s alliance with the country amid rising tensions in the Middle East.

Supreme Court says longstanding cross on public land in Maryland OK

A World War I memorial in the shape of a 40-foot-tall cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in an important decision about the use of religious symbols in American life.

Doubling minimum wage to $15 part of Dems’ 2020 push

Nearly the entire 2020 Democratic presidential field agrees the federal minimum wage should be more than doubled, reflecting the success of an unorthodox union campaign.

Trump urges anti-abortion activists to stay united for 2020

President Donald Trump distanced himself from Alabama’s new abortion law by laying out differing personal views even as he urged anti-abortion activists to stay united heading into the 2020 election.