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Two of Donald Trump's top nominees -- Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA chief and retired Gen. James Mattis for defense secretary -- came down hard on Russia at their Senate confirmation hearings Thursday. Pompeo, a four-term Rep...

Following an intelligence briefing on Friday at Trump Tower, FBI Director James Comey took Donald Trump aside and spoke with him one-on-one about the existence of unverified claims that Russia had compromising informatio...

Over the past 12 months, the humanitarian crisis in the Chad Basin region has grown "in dramatic fashion"

Republicans are expected to clear the next hurdle Friday to repeal ObamaCare under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump. The House will vote on a budget measure that creates the process to repeal President Obama's ...

Manning is currently serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks

A new front has opened in the battle at a largely Jewish country club over whether to admit President Obama, with supporters arguing his policies toward Israel should not be a litmus test. The effort is meant to counter ...

Betsy DeVos, a billionaire who has never been an educator or overseen a state education agency, has her own questions to answer about potential conflicts of interest.

With just week to go before Inauguration Day, most Americans disapprove of the way President-elect Donald Trump is handing his presidential transition, Gallup found. Just 44 percent of people approve, while 51 percent di...

The president-elect took to Twitter early on Friday, attacking his Democratic opponent in the election and criticizing those who leaked a dossier that smears him.

The U.S. Secretary of State nominee has provoked fury with his hawkish remarks on the South China Sea

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the most expensive and one of the most controversial weapons systems in US history, is on its way to Japan to be "the cornerstone" of US defense in the Pacific.

President Obama tells Steve Kroft that part of his job is shaping public opinion and there were times during his presidency where he "lost the PR battle"

Mother and her nine children were thought to be inside when their home went up in flames.

In their first week of confirmation hearings, President-elect Donald J. Trump's cabinet picks contradicted his positions on Muslim bans, Russia, climate change, border walls and torture.

Syria says Israel has launched missiles that hit near a military airport west of Damascus, triggering a fire. In a statement carried on the official news agency SANA, the military …

Senate Republicans took the first big step toward repealing Obamacareon Thursday, and for many Americans, that could be a literal death sentence. At the suggestion of educator and activist Brittany Packnett,Americans who...

The governor of Nigeria's embattled Borno state has apologized to the United Nations, saying his accusations that aid agencies are profiting from funds for people fleeing Boko Haram were aimed …

She has had more than her share of setbacks, but Lindsey Vonn's fierce determination has driven her back into the World Cup starting gate this week.

His latest pushback against allegations about activities in Russia

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Two members of Tower of Power, a group that has been an R&B institution for nearly 50 years, were hit by a train Thursday night as they walked across tracks before a performance in their hometown of Oa...

Police in Cologne say that hundreds of men stopped from heading into the city on New Year's Eve included large numbers of Iraqis and Syrians, rather than North Africans as authorities originally reported.

Iran's English language Press TV is reporting that world powers have approved Iran importing as much as 130 tons of uranium. The Friday report quotes Behrouz Kamalvandi, the Atomic Energy …