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WASHINGTON- Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee early next month, the panel’s chairman Jerry Nadler announced Tuesday. Whitaker’...

WASHINGTON- Just hours after Republican leadership announced that Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa wouldn’t be seated on any committees this Congress because of recent racist comments he made,...

NEW YORK - A Gillette ad for men invoking the #MeToo movement is sparking intense online backlash, with accusations that it talks down to men and groups calling for a boycott. But Gillette says it doe...

WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says the House will not take its scheduled recess next week if the government is still partially shut down. The Maryland Democrat says the House wi...

WASHINGTON- The temporary restraining order was requested by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. District Judge Richard Leon also denied two requests for temporary restraining orders reg...

Toto’s “Africa” has come home, so to speak, thanks to an installation by an artist who plans to play the song on loop in a Namibian desert — for eternity. German-Namibian artis...

LONDON - British lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the European Union, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and leading to a no-confidence v...

SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 percent to 18 percent, its biggest increase since the company launched its streaming service 12 years ago.Its most popular plan will see the la...

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency hit a 30-year low in 2018 in the number of pollution cases it referred for criminal prosecution, Justice Department data show.EPA said in a statement t...

BARRON, Wis. - For nearly three months, 13-year-old Jayme Closs was forced to hide in a 2-foot space beneath her kidnapper's bed, going without food, water or a bathroom for hours, too terrified to fl...