President-elect says Iran's terror proxies must be curbed, raises concern of Mideast nuclear arms race; Rouhani rejects his parliament's 'harmful' bill to boost uranium enrichment

Iranian president says legislation in wake of killing of nuclear scientist is damaging to efforts to restore the 2015 nuclear deal and ease US sanctions

Most experts believe a self-pardon would be unconstitutional but preemptive pardons not unheard-of; US president's lawyer denies talks took place on the issue

Khartoum could pull its agreement to warm ties with the Jewish state if progress not made in coming weeks to protect it from litigation by victims, NYT reports

Jewish former Chicago mayor, who is among multiple candidates for the Cabinet position, faces opposition from progressives over cop killing of Black teenager in his city

Fakhrizadeh's assassination adds to Tehran's growing list of grievances and could force it to retaliate, but it doesn't diminish Iran's desire to return to a sanction-ending deal

President-elect gets access to classified summary of US intelligence, meant to get him up to speed before taking office, after delay due to Trump's refusal to concede

Pioneering Jewish economist was the first woman to head the Federal Reserve, has worked with 2 other US presidents, though Trump gave her a miss

4 of 7 top communications jobs filled by women of color; choice of a number of Obama administration veterans suggests return to more congenial relationship with press

Brazen daytime raid may hobble Biden's plans to rejoin the nuclear deal and draw retaliation from Tehran as it smarts from losing the architect of its atomic weapons program