BRUSSELS -- President Donald Trump sent shock waves across Europe when he railed against the NATO alliance during his campaign and threatened not to defend those nations that hadn't paid their share of defense expenses.

He wasn't the first to raise concerns: President Barack Obama had frequently lamented NATO members' failure to spend enough on...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The House Intelligence Committee is preparing to issue subpoenas to President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to the committee's ranking Democrat, following the lead of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said the House subpoenas "will be designed to maximize our...Read more

LONDON -- British police made a fifth arrest Wednesday in connection with the Manchester terrorist attack that killed 22 people as they investigate whether the suicide bomber was part of a network.

The latest arrest came in the nearby town of Wigan, when police took a man who was carrying a package into custody, according to Manchester police. ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- A Baltimore defense attorney was arrested in the downtown courthouse Tuesday and charged with obstruction of justice and witness intimidation for allegedly telling a rape victim she risked deportation by the Trump administration in an effort to dissuade her from testifying against his client.

In a recorded conversation, Christos ...Read more

MIAMI -- A year after getting caught off-guard by the first outbreak of the Zika virus in the continental U.S., Miami-Dade County aims to enter this mosquito season armed and ready.

The small mosquito-fighting division has been shored up with $25 million -- most of it covered by the state -- and tripled in size to 59 positions, including a ...Read more

MIAMI -- The Joker got busted. But the Caped Crusader didn't take him down, Miami-Dade police did.

Lawrence Patrick Sullivan, 29 -- whose green hair and tattooed face bears a striking resemblance to The Joker in the Batman movies -- was stopped by police Tuesday night outside the Hammocks Place Apartments in West Kendall.

In his pocket: a ...Read more

MIAMI -- USAID programs in Cuba, which have been highly controversial in recent years, aren't funded under the Trump administration's proposed State Department budget for Fiscal Year 2018.

"As we work to streamline efforts to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of U.S. taxpayer dollars, we acknowledge that we have to prioritize and make some ...Read more

NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump has hired one of his longtime lawyers, Marc Kasowitz, to help guide him through what is shaping up to be wide-ranging probes of his campaign and Russian interference in the election, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Kasowitz, managing partner at Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, has represented Trump ...Read more

LONDON -- Police on Wednesday arrested three more suspects linked to the attacker who killed 22 people at Manchester Arena, saying they were investigating the role of a terrorist network in the attack.

"I think it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating," Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins told reporters...Read more

When George W. Bush ran for president in the late 1990s, he did it on a platform of "compassionate conservatism," a smooth-edged rebranding of the conservatism that had become synonymous with callousness in the age of Newt Gingrich. Bush's compassionate conservatism assured voters that he wasn't going to waste their money the way he said ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- The remote bushlands of West Africa are far from Johns Hopkins University, and the path was neither sure nor straight for the boy whose name meant "beloved by his ancestors." They called him Kpimenongme Mwinnyaa.

Only now, as he prepares to graduate -- having been baptized George, having earned semester after semester of straight A...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The midterm elections are still nearly a year and a half away, and the political dynamics could yet change, but we shouldn't ignore the fact that history and the current environment are merging together for a potentially great set of elections for Democrats in November 2018.

The president's party has lost House seats in 18 of the ...Read more

Freshman Rep. Andy Biggs, 58, an Arizona Republican, talks about his love of music, old movies, and friendships in the Freedom Caucus.

Q: What has surprised you about being in Congress so far?

A: It's pretty much like I thought it would be, to be honest with you: same legislative dynamics that you have in any self-governing or legislative body...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence has quietly spent his weekends visiting key battleground states, raising eyebrows in political circles about just what the ambitious politician is up to as scandals threaten Donald Trump's presidency.

Last weekend provides a glaring -- and fascinating -- example. The former Indiana congressman and ...Read more

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's constitutional court on Wednesday ruled in favor of same-sex marriage and said the legislature should revise the country's civil code or establish new laws within two years.

The decision sets the stage for Taiwan to possibly become the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage.

The civil code, which does not ...Read more

VATICAN CITY -- President Donald Trump held a half-hour private meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday, declaring it a "great honor" despite their past public dissension.

The unconventional Republican and the first Jesuit pontiff made for an unlikely pair in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, where Catholic leaders have presided for...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller started as special counsel to oversee the bureau's investigation of alleged Russian efforts to impact the 2016 presidential election, but the cost of his work won't be part of the regular appropriations process.

The funds for Mueller and his team come from a Treasury Department account for ...Read more