By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. congressional committee began a hastily called hearing into the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by then- President Donald Trump's supporters, summoning a former White House aide to…

NEURUPPIN, Germany (Reuters) - A German court sentenced a former SS guard, now 101 years old, to five years in prison on Tuesday for assisting in the murder of some 3,500 people at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, bringing to an…

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A Texas judge on Tuesday blocked officials from enforcing a dormant 1925 abortion ban that the state's Republican attorney general said was back in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to the…

By Daphne Psaledakis and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on more than 100 targets and banned new imports of Russian gold, acting on commitments made by the Group of Seven leaders this week to…