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WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon awarded seven individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor. His most controversial pick w...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, saying Acosta suffered "irreparable harm" fr...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is proposing a major overhaul to the way colleges handle complaints of sexual misconduct.The Education Department released a plan Friday that would require schools to i...

SINGAPORE - World markets were subdued on Friday as trade tensions and political risks surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union kept investor cautious.KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC lost 0.2 pe...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed directly to voters to back her Brexit plan Friday as she braced for a potential leadership challenge from rivals within her party.May answered ques...

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department inadvertently named Julian Assange in a court filing in an unrelated case that suggests prosecutors have prepared charges against the WikiLeaks founder under seal. ...

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea on Friday said it will deport an American citizen it detained for illegal entrance, an apparent concession to the United States that came even as it announced the test...

CHICO, Calif. - At least 63 people are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the victi...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's secretary of state has ordered a manual recount in the state's hotly contested U.S. Senate race. Department of State spokeswoman Sarah Revell said in a news release ...