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Between cancer treatments, McCain maintains rigorous agenda

By Anita Snow, Associated Press

Sen. John McCain's packed agenda while on break from Congress in his home state of Arizona has hardly been the schedule of a typical brain cancer patient - or even someone about to turn 81.

Wounded congressman says return based on doctors’ advice

By Associated Press

The Louisiana congressman shot at a baseball practice in mid-June is telling colleagues that his return to the Capitol will be based on his doctors' advice and a date has not yet been determined.

WATCH: Trump gives speech on Afghanistan strategy

By Joshua Barajas and Associated Press

President Donald Trump outlined a new strategy for how the U.S. will proceed in the nation's 16-year war in Afghanistan.

Putin appoints new Russian ambassador to U.S.

By Associated Press

President Vladimir Putin has appointed a former deputy defense minister as Russia's new ambassador to the United States.

U.S. Embassy in Russia sharply scales back nonimmigrant visas

By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press

In a step that could affect hundreds of thousands of Russian tourists, the U.S. Embassy in Russia said it would suspend issuing nonimmigrant visas for eight days from Wednesday in response to the Russian decision to cap embassy staff.

President Trump to outline new Afghan strategy in national TV address

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Donald Trump will use a nationally televised address to outline for a war-weary nation the strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan after 16 years of combat and lives lost.

Making sense of a chaotic week at the White House

By PBS News Hour

It was another turbulent week at the White House, featuring the departure of President Trump's senior strategist Steve Bannon, who promised to wage "war" at figures inside the White House and Republicans from his Breitbart website, and the collapse of…

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Kasich urges Trump to end staff chaos and ‘settle it down’

By Darlene Superville and Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to stop the staff chaos at the White House and "settle it down."…

McCaskill reaching out to rural Missouri ahead of election

By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is spending the August recess trekking through Republican strongholds in rural Missouri as she gears up for what's expected to be a fierce battle for a third term.

Mattis tight-lipped on new Afghanistan war strategy

By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday he is satisfied with how the administration formulated its new Afghanistan war strategy. But he refused to talk about the new policy until it was disclosed by President Donald Trump.