President Donald Trump says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and before he even took office

President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. Department of Justice — that mattered

The high-stakes race for Wisconsin Supreme Court has gotten most of the attention leading up to the April 1 election

It’s that time of year again when more than a million revelers fill the streets of America’s most Irish big city for the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade

Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits of their new minority and culminated with a deeply personal rupture over how to best counter President Donald Trump

Reductions to federal support for research at universities and other institutions under President Donald Trump are dimming young scientists’ prospects, cutting off pathways to career-building projects and graduate programs

The Chicago River is once again glowing kelly green as the city opens its annual St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive

A federal judge barred the Trump administration Saturday from carrying out deportations under a sweeping 18th century law that the president invoked just hours earlier to speed removal of Venezuelan gang members from the United States

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen say a series of airstrikes have hit the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday evening

The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 12-28-33-36-54, Powerball: 5

Experts are warning that Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply water to farmers and protect communities from floods

Violent tornadoes and high winds have decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.S. Some of the initial storm deaths were report...

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to change the language in the state’s abortion laws to make it clearer when exceptions can be made to save the life of the patient

Texas officials say 3 people have been killed in vehicle crashes in a dust storm in the state's Panhandle

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has ordered airstrikes against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, and issued a warning to Tehran

A prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a Missouri police officer who shot and killed a woman and her infant child last year

The audio of a 911 call made on the day four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death reveals confusion as the callers realized at least one student was not waking up

El Salvador is agreeing to accept from the United States about 300 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang for one year

International students and foreign faculty have watched the crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University with apprehension

A dynamic storm system threatening to spawn powerful tornadoes and hail as big as baseballs has earned a relatively rare designation from forecasters

President Donald Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a Venezuelan gang

Several states are considering moves to change how they compensate people incarcerated after wrongful convictions

Kansas reports 8 dead in dust storm, raising number of storm-related deaths to at least 26

An appeals court has lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, handing the Trump administration a win after a string of setbacks defending President Donald Trump’s agenda against ...