Ivanka Trump has long been cast as the one person that her father -- aka the President of the United States -- really, truly listens to.

We are going into what is expected to be an above average hurricane season without leaders of NOAA and FEMA, the two agencies tasked with keeping us prepared for, and responding to, hurricane disasters.

A prisoner-transport officer is arrested after three female inmates said he sexually assaulted them while taking them to jails in Arizona and New Mexico.

Kathy Griffin is fighting back against the abuse and "death threats" she has received in light of controversial images released earlier this week that showed the comedian holding up a bloody head resembling that of President Donald Trump.

Comedian Bill Maher used a racial epithet Friday night during an interview with Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska.

Jeff Sessions' decision to enforce mandatory minimum sentences with renewed vigor has some questioning if it is sending America in the wrong direction. A federal judge who gives out these sentences, and a woman whose sentence was commuted by President Obama say their experience shows the policy is fundamentally flawed.

President Donald Trump does believe in climate change and that humans have a role in it, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview on "State of the Union."

Stop the average person on the street and ask them if they know the name "Mike Dubke" and you are almost certain to get a blank stare.

The man accused of stabbing to death two men who defended a 16-year-old and her Muslim friend as they traveled on a Portland, Oregon, train is scheduled to face a judge Tuesday afternoon.

France presidential election 2017 French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising defeated rival François Fillon in a speech she delivered on Monday. Several sections of her speech in Villepinte, north of Paris, appear to repeat almost word-for-word comments Mr Fillon made in an address on 15 April.

The US military says its controversial Thaad missile defence system is "operational" in South Korea. A spokesman said the system was now able to intercept North Korean missiles and defend the South. But officials have told reporters that full operational capability is still some months away.

A group of prominent Nigerians has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, to take medical leave, amid growing concern about his health. There was an "apparent deterioration" in his health following his failure to attend the last two cabinet meetings, the group said.

The FBI has confirmed one of its translators travelled to Syria and secretly wed an Islamic State recruiter whom she had been investigating. The FBI "took several steps in a variety of areas to identify and reduce security vulnerabilities" after the incident, the agency told BBC News.

More than 30 civilians and Kurdish-led fighters have been killed in an attack by Islamic State militants near Syria's north-eastern border with Iraq. One report said suicide bombers were involved in the assault on a camp for displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees at Rajm al-Salibi, in Hassakeh province.

Did the labor market rebound after adding just 98,000 jobs in March? That's the question this week's economic news will answer. Most analysts believe job growth resumed its solid pace, but another disappointing showing would raise concerns about the economy's health after the anemic first-quarter growth reported by the government on Friday.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, beneath a portrait of populist President Andrew Jackson, speaks before the swearing-in of Rex Tillerson as 69th secretary of state in the Oval Office of the White House on February 1, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

NAKASONGOLA, Uganda - It's been a year since Cynthia Misanya found the dismembered body of her 10-year-old daughter, Jane, in a pit under an outhouse. The girl had gone to fetch water in a nearby swamp when she was abducted, strangled and dismembered. Body parts were recovered miles away.

CLOSE CANTON, Texas - At least 14 people have been killed by tornadoes or flooding in the South and Midwest by a storm that also dumped a rare late-season blizzard in western Kansas on Sunday. Tornadoes hit several small towns in East Texas, killing four people.

"I found myself spending time with people of means - law firm partners and investment bankers, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists," Senator Barack Obama wrote in his book "The Audacity of Hope." "As a rule, they were smart, interesting people.