A programme will begin to test special operations forces members for performance-enhancing drugs, a step military leaders have resisted.

Scott Graham Hall becomes the first defendant to accept a plea deal with prosecutors in the case, receiving five years of probation for agreeing to testify.

A New York court declined to delay the former president's trial scheduled for next week after he accused the judge of wrongly refusing to throw out most of the case.

The US government announced plans to end their use on public lands by the year 2032.