Attorney General Jeff Sessions said his department will make prosecuting violent criminals and breaking up drug cartels top priorities during a speech at the National Association of Attorneys General annual…
Clint Hartman, a sign spinner from Portland, Ore., performs a routine in downtown Las Vegas during the annual World Sign Spinning Championships. Hartman has been a sign spinner for 12…
Agency says list will help set priorities for new research
House Speaker Paul Ryan, followed by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, leaves a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in…
Wilbur Ross testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee. On Monday, the Senate voted 72-27 to confirm Ross as secretary of commerce.Manuel…
It was an unusual show of political engagement from future voters who may alter America’s political landscape in 2020 – or even in next year’s midterm elections. Now, a new…
Cirilo Perez, 36, had to go to work because the tomato crop was getting low, and he needed to pick as much as he could as fast as he could.…
Trump tweets: Race totally rigged
Ranchers seek to remove predators from endangered list
Producers joined climate experts and Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire on Tuesday to talk about the state’s changing climate and how it is affecting one of the…
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters Malia and Sasha, as well as members of Congress, join a symbolic walk on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,…
Change was stirring along this quiet stretch of River Road, home to a century-old community founded by freed slaves and known today as Westbard. The crews were excavating the future…
Former labor secretary edges Rep. Keith Ellison
President expected to speak about ‘renewal of the American spirit’
Attackers employ combination of armed assault, suicide bombs
President receives raucous reception at annual conservative conference
Elk make their way to the feed line on the National Elk Refuge north of Jackson, Wyoming. A Washington, D.C., man was cited for flying a drone over the refuge…
UNESCO’s Iraq representative Louise Haxthausen documents the damage wreaked by the Islamic State on a stone tablet with cuneiform writing.Maya Alleruzzo/Associated Press file At a two-day UNESCO conference, Iraqi officials…
An artist’s rendering shows NASA’s Space Launch System launching an Orion capsule into space.Marshall Space Flight Center via Associated Press The space agency’s human exploration chief said Friday that his…
Bill Cosby won a round in his pending court trial on charges of aggravated sexual assault after a judge ruled only one other accuser can testify at his trial.Mel Evans/Associated…
Baden’s “Every Day” project officially turns 30 last week, and he says he has no intention of stopping. The stark contemplation on mortality and aging has prompted some to dub…
A new poll finds widespread support among Americans for keeping the Medicaid expansion program that was part of the Affordable Care Act’s plans to expand health insurance coverage to more…
Chief of staff says Trump victory offers GOP ‘incredible opportunity’
