WASHINGTON — Despite unrelenting criticism from the White House on the course of the investigation into Russia’s election interference, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Monday offered unqualified support for special counsel Robert Mueller. “The special counsel is not an unguided missile,” Rosenstein said in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY. …

WASHINGTON: Elements of the Taliban are open to talks with the Afghan government, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday as he arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit. Mattis’ remarks came as he flew into the war-torn city, weeks after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani unveiled a plan to open …

NEW YORK CITY: A helicopter carrying six people crashed in New York City’s East River on Sunday, killing all passengers, while the pilot escaped, police said. Two of the five passengers died at the scene and three were taken to two area hospitals where they later died, a spokesman for …