Washington — Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Sen. John Thune as leader, anointing a new standard bearer to replace ...

Washington — House Republicans backed Speaker Mike Johnson to lead for another two years as they voted in leadership ...

Opioid overdose deaths have now slowed to the lowest levels nationwide since 2020, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This marks the 12th straight month of ...

In January 2023, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California finally won the speaker’s gavel after 15 ballots amid a prolonged — and public — fight with conservatives who demanded concessions, ...

Washington — Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune as leader on Wednesday, after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — the ...

Washington — President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has selected former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as his director of national intelligence. Gabbard represented Hawaii in Congress ...

President Biden met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House Tuesday, as the two leaders address the conflict ...

The remains of a Massachusetts airman who died as a prisoner of war during World War II have been accounted for, military ...

The last day of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season is Nov. 30, but as we near that finishing line, the Caribbean has other ...

A U.S. government employee who worked in some capacity for the CIA faces charges over an online leak of classified documents about Israel’s potential plans for a retaliatory strike against Iran.

Sen. Bob Casey is not giving up on retaining his U.S. Senate seat. The three-term Democrat is currently locked in a tight race with Dave McCormick, trailing the Republican by just over 29,000 votes as ...

Two Somali pirates have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and ...