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Over the weekend, Donald Trump marked his 100th day in the White House. By now, most Americans are tired of hearing about his triumphs and failures during that historical period in which the public gets to grade the pres...

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President Donald Trump will spend his next 100 days trying to get things done that he once confidently predicted he would accomplish in his first 100 days in office.

Congressional negotiators agree to fund the U.S. government through the end of September.        

Skipping the annual White House Correspondent's Dinner, Trump told supporters he may seek to change libel laws to make it easier to prosecute news outlets.

President Trump's tax plan would wallop New Yorkers and the middle class while benefiting the wealthiest, Sen. Charles Schumer said on Sunday. "The reviews are in, from economists to experts​ . . .​ and what they're ...

The president ordered a 60% increase in the country's minimum wage starting Monday.

Platoon leader with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division was killed Saturday.        

A man and woman allegedly carjacked an SUV and opened fire at four different locations, killing one person and injuring three more.

Scottish man, named on social media as Dean Steele, was one of three men visiting a motorway rest area in Gudow A Scottish man has been knocked down and killed on a German motorway after trying to take a selfie, accordin...

Tornadoes or flooding hit areas including Texas,Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and MIssissippi, while Kansas deals with a spring snow.        

It is the first such deployment since Japan changed its security laws expanding the role of its military.

(Paris, May 1, 2017)--A comparison of the positions of the two remaining candidates for France's presidency shows that they take significantly different positions on human rights at home and abroad, Human Rights Watch sa...

Donald Trump spoke to the leaders of Thailand and Singapore about the North Korean threat and invited both of them to Washington

North Korea has attempted two missile tests in the past two weeks, both of which failed

The turbulence occurred without warning in clear skies, the airline said

SPOKANE, Wash. — New charges have been filed against a man accused of slapping the backsides of women along a popular hiking trail that runs through the eastern Washington city of Spokane. KXLY-TV reports that 28-year-...

The president had two interviews around the 100-day mark.

On April 4, 2017, an attack with chemical weapons struck Khan Sheikhoun, a town in northwestern Syria, killing at least 89 people. While the death toll likely makes this the deadliest chemical attack since an attack kill...

BRUNSWICK, Maine — Chaz Wing was 12 when they came after him. The classmates who tormented him were children, too, entering the age of pimples and cracking voices. Eventually, he swore under oath, the boys raped him an...

The traditional May holiday is marked by demonstrations around the world in support of workers' rights and social security

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's outfit choice made headlines after arriving in Saudi Arabia in her first visit to the kingdom in seven years, but her attire was devoid of the traditional head scarf and full length robe...