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Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Wednesday he will not seek re-election -- the 34th GOP House member to head for the exit before the 2018 midterm elections. “There is a time t...

The namesake grandson of impeccably-dressed mob boss John (Dapper Don) Gotti should get issued to prison jumpsuits.

"I didn't think firing him was the best solution to the problem"

The first lady instead hosted a reception for guests invited to the speech

David Duke and Richard Spencer, among others 'thanked' the US president for his address.

Wildfires, droughts, floods and other climate-influenced disasters have already affected American military infrastructure around the world.        

President Donald Trump's attorneys are arguing that special counsel Robert Mueller's team has not met the high threshold they believe is needed to interview a president in person, according to sources familiar with the o...

Trump's order reverses an Obama directive to close the facility that has been the subject of attack from human rights groups since it opened in 2002.        

Melania Trump reportedly arrived at the Capitol building in advance of her husband President Trump Tuesday night -- despite tradition of first couples traveling together to the State of the Union. Melania traveled via mo...

A New York Post reporter was busted Tuesday for shoving a traffic agent over a parking ticket in the East Village, police said.

The president applauded all the applause lines in his State of the Union speech. Twitter noticed.        

This bird wasn't allowed to fly. A traveler and peacock she claimed was an emotional support animal were denied entry aboard a Newark-to-Los Angeles United Airlines flight, according to reports. Travel blog Live and Let�...

Del. Elizabeth Guzman immigrated to the United States from Peru.

In a chaotic capital, an annual ritual brings back a feeling of normalcy.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus wore traditional African kente cloth to Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address to protest President Trump’s alleged “shithole countries” comment. “Wearing kente clo...

Climate change will be on the agenda for this year's Group of Seven summit in Quebec despite Canada's difference of opinion with the Trump administration. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's personal …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the country's athletes to forget about doping scandals when they compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics. As punishment for what it deemed a doping scheme …

A man came outside with a broom after workers removed the body from the porch of the Lincoln Square home early Wednesday. He swept broken glass that littered the wooden surface in front of the pastel, cottage-style home....

Even though it likely won't have much of a lasting impact on any particular legislative issue or on the dynamics of American politics as a whole, Donald Trump's State of the Union speech last night was certainly instruct...

Authorities in Peru have detained a truck driver accused of damaging part of the world-renowned Nazca lines. The nation's Ministry of Culture says Jainer Flores drove into an unauthorized section …

It was the first such lunar trifecta (supermoon, blue moon and total lunar eclipse) visible fromthe U.S. since 1866.        

The South African city of Cape Town says there has been growing tension and one arrest at a source of natural spring water where residents have converged because of a …