The verdict almost certainly guarantees years of prison for Manafort and establishes the ability of special counsel Robert Mueller's team to persuade a jury of average citizens of his investigation's integrity.
President Trump's former personal lawyer and "fixer" says in federal court that one payment was "in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office," and that a second was made "under direction of the same candidate."
Donald Trump's personal lawyer and "fixer" strikes a deal with prosecutors, according to people familiar with the plea bargain. It is not clear if the agreement requires his cooperation with the Russia probe or other investigations.
One of the first of his countrymen to meet Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, he was a singular figure in Israeli society.
The administration's proposal would roll back President Obama's 2015 Clean Power Plan, which requires reductions in climate-changing emissions from coal-fired plants.
She says she never had a sexual relationship with the young actor to whom she agreed to pay $380,000 in a settlement.
The Massachusetts senator says the bill's provisions should be a "no-brainer" in a "functional democracy."
In a tightly controlled event, about 200 South Koreans and their family members cross into North Korea for three days of meetings with their northern relatives.
A new report finds only a fraction of the $380 million earmarked by the government's Election Assistance Commission will be spent ahead of November's midterms.
Civil rights activists have decried the memorial known as "Silent Sam" at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, as a symbol of the state's racist heritage.
Despite efforts to make the state’s voting system sound, there are pressing problems, which, should they persist, will have a disastrous impact on the state and the nation.