The visit comes more than two months after Trump abruptly broke off peace talks with the Taliban after a bombing in Kabul killed 12 people, including an American soldier.

U.S. shoppers hit department stores on Thanksgiving evening and spent $1.75 billion online by 5 p.m. ET as a strong economy and rising wages drove a solid start to the holiday selling season.

While Canada and the United States share many holidays - including Christmas and Labour Day - Canadian and American Thanksgivings are held almost two months apart.

Experts say the day is losing traction as consumers become savvier and look to online sales for the real bargains.

Trump is celebrating the holiday from his private club Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.

It's the 70th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey tradition.

A Michigan police officer stopped a man last week for "walking with his hands in his pockets."

Activists in New York City targeted the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in protest of the Ferguson grand jury decision not to bring criminal charges against police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

A sloppy mix of rain and snow rolled into the Northeast on Wednesday just as millions of Americans began the big Thanksgiving getaway, grounding hundreds of flights and turning highways hazardous.

U.S. President Barack Obama pardoned two Thanksgiving turkey on Wednesday in what he said was sure to be the "most talked-about" executive action of the month.