Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Mark Sanford hopes to challenge President Donald Trump in the Republican Party with a platform focused on tackling the national debt.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A 13-foot python that escaped from a North Carolina home was recaptured when it slithered onto a farm the next day.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The Irish government and Apple denied the accusation that the government provides illegal state aid and tax benefits to the iPhone, saying the European Union's $14.3 billion fine "defies reality and common sense."

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The British Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday to determine whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson had the legal right to suspend Parliament for five weeks.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will visit Northern and Southern California Tuesday for more campaign stops in the heavily Democratic state, a day after he stumped in New Mexico, another traditionally Democratic state.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- North Korea accused a Japanese ship of violating its exclusive economic zone less than a week after Tokyo claimed it was North Korean high-speed boats that had intruded into Japan's EEZ.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- No one is combining faith -- however broadly defined -- and politics as acutely as Sarah Riggs Amico, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, running to oppose incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani was unharmed Tuesday after a suspected suicide bomber set off explosives near a campaign rally in Charikar, killing at least 26 people and injuring 42.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Disgraced former papal advisor Cardinal George Pell launched a final bid Tuesday to have Australia's High Court overturn his convictions of child sex abuse.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- After 36 years of diplomatic relations, the Solomon Islands voted to sever its ties with Taiwan in favor of establishing relations with China.