China and Asean agree to draft code of conduct in South China Sea

Representatives for China and all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed to the framework in Guiyang in Guizhou province after two days of talks that wrapped up on Thursday, said Liu Zhenmin, deputy foreign minister and head of China’s...

Ex-CIA chief Brennan to testify before House Intelligence Committee

Former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan will appear before the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on May 23, as part of its investigation of Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, the committee said on Wednesday. Brennan will appear in a...

Wal-Mart’s big investments put it in fighting shape for the grocery wars

Competition in the supermarket business is only intensifying. Amazon’s AmazonFresh initiative is rolling out brick-and-mortar pick up locations, Target has tapped a Kroger executive to run its grocery division, and discount chains Aldi and Lidl are encroaching...

Burr backtracks, says Senate intel panel hasn’t received response on Flynn subpoena

Sen. Richard Burr, walking back an earlier statement, said Thursday that former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s lawyers had yet to indicate how they’d respond to a subpoena related to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Russia...

House panel seeking documents about Comey ouster

The House intelligence committee is asking for more government documents — this time about the ouster of FBI Director Jim Comey and conversations he had with President Donald Trump about investigations into Russian meddling in the election. The committee said...

Trump is trying to run the government like his business. That’s why he’s failing.

Mitt Romney said during his 2012 presidential campaign he’d like a provision in the Constitution to “say that the president has to spend at least three years working in business before he could become president of the United States.” Trump’s...