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President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense attorney appears before Senate Judiciary Committee seeking support to lead Department of Ju...

Civil rights leaders announced plans on Tuesday for a Washington march ‌to defend voting rights

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse expands investigation into Trump-directed ‘waste’ at the performing arts venue

Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill on Tuesday, citing ‌frustration with the Iran war and President Donald Trump's...

Kathryn Ruemmler is the latest prominent figure called before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers investigate the network of powerful...

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of interrelated risk factors, including high blood sugar, high blood pressure and excess belly fat

H5 bird flu strain has spread globally, with more than a dozen cases confirmed in Australia since last month

The Sunshine Protection Act, which the House approved by a bipartisan vote of 308–117 Tuesday, would implement year-round daylight saving ti...

Outgoing prime minister will formally hand power to Andy Burnham on Monday

A new exhibition in Hungary brings ancient residents of the Roman frontier city of Aquincum to life with detailed facial reconstructions

Move comes after years of post-Brexit wrangling

Smoking might make it easier for plastic particles to enter bloodstream, study warns

US Central Command says forces struck missile and drone facilities, naval assets and coastal defence systems in Iran overnight

In the biggest shift in 300 years, there will no longer be a land border between the two neighbours. Graham Keeley speaks to locals on the R...

As more and more estate agents use ‘staging’ tools to give their drab properties a glow-up, Helen Coffey argues that seeing is no longer bel...

Iran launches new bout of airstrikes targeting US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait

Asian shares are mostly higher, tracking a rally on Wall Street following a report that showed U.S. inflation was not as bad last month as e...

A blood test that helps diagnose Alzheimer's might also forecast if healthy older adults will develop symptoms

China has reported its economy grew at a 4.3% annualized pace in the April-June quarter, slowing from its strong 5% start for the year

The Department of Homeland Security vowed to ‘rapidly’ equip officers with body cameras after agents carried out a pair of fatal shootings i...

Firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard are on the scene

A federal appeals court has ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate al...

Severe weather will hit nearly 60 counties, with flash flood warnings in effect for parts of south-central Texas

Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out highways and stranded motorists Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather...