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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper accused NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden of compromising the safety of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

The suit, filed in Texas, seeks to declare unconstitutional rules raising the ceiling on overtime earnings to $913 a week, calling it a threat to government budgets and the U.S. economy.

The global refugee population grew by 5.8 million people in 2016 in part because of conflicts in the Middle East and Africa.

Hillary Clinton is currently lagging behind Barack Obama's 2012 support among Hispanics.

Norea Korea's nuclear ambitions saw U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang discuss during a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York Monday possible U.N. sanctions against the isolated nation.

Discrimination is the culprit for a widening gap between black and white workers, which could be a hot topic at the first presidential debate.

The summit is being co-hosted by Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Jordan, Mexico and Sweden, as well as U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

A tweet by Donald Trump Jr. read: “If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee problem.”

Senator Grace Poe wrote Monday that lowering the minimum age from the current 15 years to 9 years will have a profound negative impact on children’s well-being.

The Democratic presidential nominee supported the deal — unpopular with trade unions and environmental groups — while she was Secretary of State, but has opposed it since.

China and the U.S. also are targeting the finances of Hongxiang Industrial, a Chinese company headed by a Communist Party cadre, that the Obama administration thinks has a role in the North's nuclear program.

The administration plans to issue a series of rules and guidelines Tuesday to shape the development of self-driving vehicles.

“The current pattern of high Democratic confidence and low Republican confidence will likely continue if Democrat Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election,” Gallup analysts predicted.

A New Zealand-based game developer has created a mobile game featuring 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Obama has pledged to increase the number of refugees entering the U.S., including a “significantly higher” number of refugees from Syria. 

The United Nations called Monday’s General Assembly summit “a watershed moment” and the first-ever high-level meeting to address “large movements of refugees and migrants.”

Critics in the U.S. Congress argue that Iran could use passenger jets for military purposes such as transporting fighters to battle U.S. troops or allies in Syria.

President Barack Obama, who was Hillary Clinton’s rival for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential race, has endorsed her candidature for the 2016 elections.

Trump claimed Friday that the former secretary of state wanted to “destroy your Second Amendment” even as she continued to have armed bodyguards.

Oliver Stone's new movie dramatized parts of the Edward Snowden story.

Buhari, who was elected on an anti-corruption campaign in 2015, was accused of stealing Obama's words by Nigerian newspapers.