CHICAGO -- A British national pleaded guilty to a fatal stabbing with bizarre sex-fantasy overtones Monday and agreed to testify against a former Northwestern University associate professor who is charged in the killing as well.

As part of the deal, Cook County prosecutors agreed to recommend that Andrew Warren be sentenced to 45 years in ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and China are moving closer to their first face-to-face trade negotiations in months, with a meeting between tech chief executives and President Donald Trump on Monday marking another step toward easing a ban on sales to China's Huawei Technologies Co.

The White House invited many of the United States' biggest technology ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department told former special counsel Robert Mueller that his public testimony should remain within the boundaries of his already released report on President Donald Trump and the 2016 election.

Responding to a request from Mueller for the department's guidance on his appearance at two House hearings scheduled for ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the Defense Department to spur the production of a slew of rare-earth magnets used in consumer electronics, military hardware and medical research, amid concerns China will restrict exports of the products.

Trump invoked the 69-year-old Defense Production Act -- once used to preserve ...Read more

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Most of Venezuela is in the dark after several states and Caracas were hit by a blackout Monday afternoon, prompting the evacuation of office buildings and a shutdown of the capital's subway system.

At least 15 states and the capital lost electrical power, according to local media reports. The Caracas subway system shut ...Read more

MIAMI -- For one South Florida man, half a million dollars couldn't cut it.

In order for the U.S. citizen to bring his parents from overseas on immigrant visas, the Department of State wanted proof that he had at least four times the required amount. In his case, federal law says the man only needed to show $220,000 in assets, but the U.S. ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Another Democratic candidate jumped into the race Monday to take on Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn -- the latest sign that Democrats could face multiple contested primaries for Senate seats they think they can win in 2020.

Despite the prospect of intramural warfare, Democrats say they aren't concerned yet the primaries could ...Read more

Earlier this month, R. Kelly was charged with a slew of new sex crimes, and his crisis manager made an appearance Monday on "CBS This Morning" to discuss the singer's case.

Darrell Johnson talked to the show's hosts about the embattled artist, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, who was recently charged with 18 new charges, including child pornography...Read more

WASHINGTON -- As a senior Justice Department official and then FBI director for 12 years, Robert S. Mueller III carefully guarded his reputation as a straight shooter in the midst of political upheaval and partisan warfare.

His square-jawed, just-the-facts approach will be put to the ultimate test Wednesday when the former special counsel ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A senior House member said Monday that he will explore legislation to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from diverting funds from critical research and programs on tracking nuclear material that could be used in a terrorist attack.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who heads the House Intelligence Committee, said that the ...Read more

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers razed dozens of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem on Monday in a fresh wave of demolitions that sparked international condemnation.

United Nations officials said hundreds faced losing their property, while at least 17 were displaced from their homes as a result of the demolition.

Israel, which ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren highlighted burgeoning debt levels and recent declines in manufacturing as factors making the U.S. economy vulnerable to a downturn, previewing a line of attack Donald Trump's opponents will use to pierce the aura of a record-long expansion and half-century low in unemployment.

In a...Read more

WASHINGTON -- An urgent push by Democrats to pass a measure in Congress that would give Venezuelans temporary legal status in the U.S. is running up against the clock, with the House of Representatives set to go into summer recess Friday.

To get the measure to a vote, House Democrats are suspending the rules so they can quickly take up a bill ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Democrats who back opening an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump are hoping former special counsel Robert Mueller's appearance Wednesday before two House committees gives the effort a pivotal boost.

Despite a House vote last week to reject opening impeachment proceedings -- a vote widely dismissed as having nothing...Read more

AUSTIN, Texas -- Former Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis announced Monday she is running for the U.S. House, mounting the first significant challenge to freshman U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, a Republican from Hays County, in a district being aggressively eyed by national Democrats.

"I'm running for Congress because people's voices ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will be able to more quickly arrest and deport undocumented immigrants anywhere in the United States without going before an immigration judge under a new policy released by the Trump administration Monday.

The move aggressively expands a process known as "expedited removal" -- quick ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- White House officials and congressional leaders are in the final stages of negotiating a deal to lift the nation's debt limit and permanently end substantial annual spending cuts mandated under a 2011 budget law, a potentially hefty agreement they hope to enact before the end of the month.

The deal, if it moves forward, would ...Read more