MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed the adoption of Russian children by US citizens at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the Kremlin said on Thursday. "I confirm that this issue was discussed. Nothing to add," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Tass news agency. The spokesman denied that the Dima Yakovlev Law, which bans US citizens from adopting...

BY DEVIKA C. MEHTA
ANAHEIM, CA - An astute politician, a shrewd businessman and a family man at heart, Republican Harry Sidhu is a known face in Anaheim city and requires little mention. Yet, his upcoming involvements force us to take a special take on his past life, present status and future endeavors. After being part of several political journeys,  

WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department said on Friday that it will ask the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling by a federal judge in Hawaii that the administration's definition of close family in allowing exemptions to President Donald Trump's ban on US entry for residents of six Muslim-majority countries is too narrow. "(W)e will now reluctantly return directly to the Supreme Court to again vindicate the rule of law and the Executive Branch's...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told reporters aboard the Air Force One that the conditions are not in place for a thorough overhaul of the US immigration system. "What I'd like to do is a comprehensive immigration plan. But our country and political forces are not ready yet ... There are two sides of a story. It's always tough," he said in what was originally supposed to be an off-the-record session with journalists accompanying him on a...

HAMBURG - US President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday face-to-face for the first time on the sidelines of the G20 Summit here and wished for "positive results" from the meeting, media reports said.
President Putin and I have been discussing various things, and I think it's going very well," the New York Times quoted Trump as saying. "We look forward to a lot of very positive happenings for Russia and...

WARSAW - US President Donald Trump said that he thinks Russia was behind 2016 election meddling, but added he feels "it could have been other people in other countries" and that "nobody really knows for sure". "I think it very well could be Russia but I think it could very well have been other countries," Trump said on Thursday during a news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in which he also slammed the news media,

WASHINGTON - A portion of Donald Trump's first paycheck as the US President will be used to fund restoration projects at a Civil War battlefield, the Interior Department announced. Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wednesday said the portion of the salary -- $78,333.32 -- which Trump in April announced he was donating to the National Park Service, will support restorations at the protected area in Sharpsburg, 

MOSCOW - A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will take place on the sidelines of a G20 summit in the German city of Hamburg on July 7, the Kremlin announced on Tuesday. "(It's been) agreed for the seventh [of July]," Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov was quoted as saying by Sputnik news agency. Putin's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told Tass news agency that it has been planned as a...

LOS ANGELES - Thousands of people took to the streets in marches and demonstrations convened in 46 US cities to ask Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. The Sunday marches, called by rights activists, also served as an opportunity for people to protest against Trump's immigration policies, his business ties abroad and possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Efe news reported.

WASHINGTON - After months of winding through the courts, a "watered down," revised version of President Donald Trump's fiercely litigated travel ban will finally go into effect from Thursday evening. The White House on Wednesday set new guidelines for visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries -- Libya, Syria, Iran, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan -- and all refugees, requiring them to have a "close" family or business tie to the US,