Red Bull star Max Verstappen looks to win his fourth Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in five years, when the race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, begins at 3 p.m. ET (2 p.m. CT) on Sunday, Oct. 19.

Max Verstappen continued his late charge at the Formula 1 drivers' championship with a win at the United States Grand Prix on Sunday.

President Trump confirmed this week that he has authorized the CIA to go into Venezuela and conduct covert operations.

The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes to pass and has now extended the shutdown to two weeks. The Senate will reconvene and vote again on Oct. 15, marking the ninth voting session on the funding bill.

China likes to condemn the United States for extending its arm too far outside of its borders to make demands on non-American companies. In expanding export rules on rare earths, Beijing for the first time announced it will require foreign firms to obtain approval from the Chinese government to export magnets containing even tiny amounts of China-originated rare earth materials or produced with Chinese technology.

The United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro, "does nothing to stop" drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America.

Defence Minister David McGuinty says the question of irritants in Canada-U.S. defence talks is “maybe a bit of a misnomer” and the two countries are working together on shared initiatives like integrated air missile defence systems.

Two people on an alleged drug smuggling boat were recovered and detained by the Navy Thursday after the vessel was destroyed.