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WASHINGTON — Virginia Republicans are preparing an appeal to the Nation’s highest court in a bid to delay the creation of a new state-level political district map.A three-judge panel of th...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers return to work Tuesday facing a deadline to fund the government or risk a shutdown at the end of the month, something Republican leaders are anxious to avoid as they brace...

MIAMI — Officials aren’t taking any chances as Tropical Storm Gordon bears down on the Gulf Coast, with about 1.7 million people under a hurricane warning and another 6.5 million under a t...

NEW YORK — Ronan Farrow, the journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Harvey Weinstein, released an extraordinary statement Monday night that accused NBC News of having blocked h...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is set for a week of marathon hearings before the Judiciary Committee, where senators will drill down into the judge's background, writings and ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday blasted his Attorney General Jeff Sessions and lamented the indictments of two lawmakers who were his earliest supporters in Congress during the 201...

NEW YORK (AP) - Facing widespread outrage, The New Yorker has dropped plans to interview Steve Bannon during its festival next month. New Yorker editor David Remnick told The Associated Press in a sta...

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Monday recommended silence and prayer to counter those who "only seek scandal," division and destruction in what appeared to be an indirect response to allegations ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Keep the government running and confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court justice. Those are the big-ticket items that Republican leaders in Congress hope to accomplish as la...

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged $60 billion in financing for projects in Africa in the form of assistance, investment and loans, as China furthers efforts to link the continen...