Three Green Berets were killed and two others were wounded in southwest Niger near the Mali-Niger border when a joint US-Nigerien patrol was attacked Wednesday, officials told CNN.
Congress is expected to take up another disaster aid package to help victims in Puerto Rico, Florida, Texas and the US Virgin Islands still struggling to recover from a string of devastating hurricanes.
One of the heroes of Sunday's massacre in Las Vegas was reunited on CNN with the off-duty officer who saved his life after he took at least two bullets while rescuing the injured and dying from the scene.
President Trump's disregard for a free press just reached a new low: He's urging the Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate American news outlets for publishing "fake" stories.
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway blamed the Obama administration Thursday for not regulating "bump stocks," which were used in the Las Vegas massacre.
House Speaker Paul Ryan signaled openness Thursday to looking into bump-fire stocks, devices that allows semi-automatic weapons into firing at a rapidly increased rate, similar to an automatic firearm.
Steven Paddock was able to buy 33 guns in a single year without raising any red flags from authorities. CNN's Jessica Schneider explains why. Photos of guns courtesy of WFXT.
As "Scandal" gladiators gear up for the seventh and final season of the show that brought them drama, intrigue and the high-powered crisis manager Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington, CNN's #GetPolitical talked with actor Joe Morton about what fans can expect, the real-life politics in the show and his passion for activism.
Though summer officially ended almost two weeks ago, hurricane season is still in full swing, with a new storm forming in the southwestern Caribbean near Central America.
