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The U.S. has begun deploying the Terminal High Altitude Aerial Defense - THAAD - an anti-missile system meant to defend South Korea against attacks from the North. The first components arrived in South Korea last week.

A Long List Of Challenges Awaits Rex Tillerson In Asia

As the new secretary of state starts a six-day sweep through East Asia, he heads into a region full of challenges, both old and new.

Conservative French presidential candidate Francois Fillon during a visit to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin in January.

Officials Launch Formal Investigation Of French Candidate Francois Fillon

Preliminary charges center on allegations the center-right presidential nominee paid his wife and children for fake jobs with public funds. Once the favorite, Fillon has faltered under the scandal.

Anastasiya Grigoryeva (center) during a 60-meter heat at the Russian Winter national athletics meet in Moscow on Sunday.

World Track And Field Body Maintains Russian Suspension From Competition

The International Association of Athletics Federations found Russia had not reformed its state-sponsored track and field programs sufficiently to warrant reinstatement into international competition.

During a Saturday parade commemorating its founder's birthday, North Korea rolled out what appeared to be new intercontinental ballistic missiles. The country has been warned against having such weapons.

North Korea Rolls Out Missiles During Founder's Birthday Celebrations

What appeared to be new long-range and submarine-based missiles were paraded out during the nation's annual celebration of its founder, Kim Il Sung.

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller attends the ceremonial swearing-in of FBI Director James Comey at the FBI headquarters in 2013.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller Had Been On White House Shortlist To Run FBI

The Trump White House had been considering Robert Mueller to lead the FBI. Then, the Justice Department moved in and asked him to serve as special counsel in its Russia investigation.

The Affordable Care Act took money from the rich to help pay for health insurance for the poor. The repeal bill passed by House Republicans would do the opposite.

GOP Health Care Bill Would Cut About $765 Billion In Taxes Over 10 Years

The Affordable Care Act was funded with a patchwork of taxes — mostly but not exclusively on the wealthy — which would be undone by the Republican repeal-and-replace bill.

Multiple Deaths Reported As Tornadoes, Floods Roll Through South, Midwest

Thunder storms ripped across Texas, the South and Midwest this weekend killing at least 15 and spawning tornadoes and floods that left parts of the countryside devastated.

Congress had been set for briefings on election security in mid-September. But briefings by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have been called off, top Democrats say.

Director Of National Intelligence Cancels Verbal Election Security Briefings

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will no longer verbally brief Congress on election interference, instead providing written information, Director John Ratcliffe wrote.

Parisians To Elect New Mayor Sunday

The election for the high-profile post of mayor of Paris takes place in France this weekend, and for the first time the top three candidates are women.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley confers with ranking member Dianne Feinstein at a committee hearing on April 19. The committee has approved legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Bill To Protect Mueller Investigation Approved By Senate Judiciary Committee

While the bill lacks support from GOP leaders in the House and Senate, it's intended to send a message to President Trump that he avoid interfering with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

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