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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell responded to a report that his ancestors owned slaves by comparing himself to former President Barack Obama. “You know, I find myself in the same position as President Obama. We b...

President Trump once considered wealthy investor Jeffrey Epstein a friend. But on Tuesday, he distanced himself from Epstein, after he was hit with new with sex trafficking charges. Paula Reid reports.

Border officials credited the drop to Mexico's enforcement measures, but immigration experts and former homeland security officials warned that it was too early to determine the long-term effects.

The circumstances of Hannah Williams' death Friday on a Southern California freeway remain unclear

Law enforcement officers in Missouri managed to find a suspect they were looking for after he farted and gave away his position.       

The department's intervention raises the prospect that a deal lawmakers thought they had struck last month for testimony from Robert Mueller and two prosecutors could still unravel.

The arrest of Jeffrey Epstein has renewed scrutiny of how he was treated by the office of Mr. Vance, the Manhattan district attorney.

The fund-raising haul was the most ever in the first 24 hours of a Senate campaign. Mr. McConnell is a formidable fund-raiser as well, who spent more than $30 million in his 2014 re-election campaign.

The city's leader said an extradition bill that drove protests is "dead." But many are angry about the political system they feel prioritizes Beijing.

The YouTube exec who called the cops on a black man in California — as he waited for his friend inside of their apartment building lobby — insists that his actions were not racially motivated. “Unfortunately there ...

The candidates in the Democratic debates will not be asked to give one-word answers or just raise their hands in response to complex policy issues.       

Small-town police departments can suddenly afford to conduct surveillance at a massive scale. So can neighborhood HOAs and property managers.

Migrant children being detained in Arizona reported being sexually assaulted and punished by US border agents, who allegedly forced them to sleep on hard concrete and called them slurs when they complained about the cond...

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday night in support of Home Depot after social media calls to boycott the home improvement retailer.       

The third honest trailer for Game of Thrones is here and it’s clear that the team over at Screen Junkies pulled no punches in their final takedown of the uber-popular HBO drama. Covering seasons 6-8, the third installm...

A bill into law on Tuesday makes young illegal immigrants eligible for the Medicaid program in California, making it the first state to offer such taxpayer-funded health benefits to low-income adults age 25 and younger r...

Deutsche Bank shareholders will quiz Chief Executive Christian Sewing on how he plans to deliver on revenue growth targets during a global roadshow to win their backing for a 7.4 billion euro ($8.4 billion) 'reinvention'...

Jerome H. Powell told lawmakers that trade tensions and global economic issues continue to weigh on the United States economy.

Mayor de Blasio on Wednesday said if elected president he would sign an executive order to guarantee equal pay for women and men athletes — despite glaring discrepancies in pay in his administration. De Blasio, speakin...

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has scheduled a press conference for Wednesday afternoon - a day after President Trump said he will look "very closely" at Acosta's handling of a sex-trafficking case involving billionair...

Travel restrictions would remain until Saudia Arabia progresses on human rights

An alligator is living in a lagoon in one of Chicago's busiest city parks — and officials are working early Wednesday to remove the creature, police said. The gator - estimated to be between 4 and 5 feet long - was fir...