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The US will continue to waive certain economic sanctions on Iran's nuclear program while simultaneously implementing a new set of sanctions related to Iran's ballistic missile program, the State Department said in a statement Wednesday.

While President Donald Trump is embroiled in controversy -- with regularity -- Barack and Michelle Obama are enjoying a less-harried lifestyle these days, at least according to the cover story in the new issue of People magazine.

In his commencement speech at the Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday, President Trump proclaimed that "mo politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly" by the media.

Former CIA Director John Brennan is set to testify before House Russia investigators next Tuesday as the question of Moscow's possible coordination with the campaign of President Donald Trump continues to engulf the Capitol.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao told senators on Wednesday that they should expect to see the "principles" of President Donald Trump's long anticipated $1 trillion infrastructure plan by the end of the month.

A White House reeling from parallel crises won't find respite anytime soon: President Donald Trump, joined by first lady Melania Trump, will embark Friday on his first foreign trip, a five-country grind where the very issues of credibility and competence exposed by the past week's chaos will reverberate widely.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly was caught on a hot mic Wednesday telling President Donald Trump in jest that he should use a sword on the press.

Here's what we still don't know about Russia's meeting transcript claim and that White House meeting.

Turkish security officials were involved in Tuesday's assault of protesters against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington, two law enforcement sources tell CNN.

The Senate intelligence committee has invited former FBI Director James Comey to testify before the panel and has also requested copies of his memos of conversations with President Donald Trump, Sen. Mark Warner said Wednesday.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday morning that President Donald Trump needs to "right the ship" and get his "house in order" after reports emerged that Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to end his investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fiercely defended on Wednesday President Donald Trump's right to fire FBI Director James Comey and argued that reports of a bombshell Comey memo on Trump were "speculation."

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is ready to provide US Congress with a transcript of the talks between President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Few reporters know deposed FBI Director James Comey as well -- or have been covering him as long -- as CNN's Eric Lichtblau. Lichtblau, a new CNN'er after spending 15 years at The New York Times, has been reporting on Comey for more than a decade -- all the way back to the infamous 2004 hospital confrontation between Comey and then Bush chief of staff Andy Card and White House counsel Alberto Gonzales.

Ivanka Trump, amid building controversy and chaos in the West Wing, hosted an anti-human trafficking roundtable discussion at the White House Wednesday.

The fundamental question, always, when it comes to President Donald Trump is this: Is he following a grand plan that only he can see or is he just saying and doing things with no broader blueprint in mind?

Sen. John McCain invoked Watergate in describing the escalating controversy surrounding alleged ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday he still has confidence in President Donald Trump, following a tumultuous 48 hours when the President has been criticized -- including by those in his own party -- about whether he asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump Wednesday morning, the first member of Congress to officially request leveling charges against the President from the House floor.