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WASHINGTON — (CNN) Pope Francis landed on U.S. soil for the first time just before 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, launching a six-day visit that will highlight his love for the poor and his willingness t...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Scott Walker is dropping out of the Republican presidential race, according to a GOP strategist close to the campaign and a senior GOP adviser with knowledge of his plans. The...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control find that while adult obesity rates remain steady, they are still high around the country. In a state-by-state analysis, Arkan...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) So, we all know how popular Ahmed Mohamed has been this week. Here’s another example — 15,000 names deep. That’s how many online signatures are on a petition...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) McDonald’s is leading a group of companies to provide badly needed assistance to the United Nations’ World Food Programme as it struggles to feed millions of Syria...

(CNN) The leading Muslim civil liberties group in America called Monday for Republican Ben Carson to drop out of the presidential race after the retired neurosurgeon said this weekend he doesn’t...

John MatthewsWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) It wasn’t supposed to be this way after Week 2 in the NFL. The Redskins were supposed to be cellar-dwellers. The Cowboys were supposed to be skatin...

HAVANA — (CNN) After a warm reception by multitudes who attended Mass in Havana’s Revolution Square a day earlier, Pope Francis heads east to Holguin, Cuba, where he will hold a second Mas...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Pope Francis and his audiences will see a level of security normally reserved for national political conventions and the presidential State of the Union address during the Pon...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Defense Secretary Ashton Carter spoke with his Russian counterpart Friday as Russian military moves inside Syria continued to escalate with the arrival of fighter jets. In a &...