Former President Barack Obama challenged lawmakers to show "political courage" on healthcare in his acceptance speech for the Profile in Courage Award.
"I hope that current members of Congress recall that it actually doesn't take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful, already comfortable, already influential," Obama said Sunday after receiving the award on the 100th...
Georgia officials ordered mandatory evacuations in the southern town of St. George due to a wildfire that has scorched about 130,000 acres
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group said the fire, called the West Mims Fire, at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is expected to grow until at least Thursday due to high temperatures and low humidity.
The fire, started by lightning on April...
For the first time since he took office, President Donald Trump will spend the weekend in the New York City area at what might be called a "Northern White House" -- which is, in reality, another of the billionaire's posh resorts.
And like all of the president's other weekend getaways so far, this one's also costing taxpayers a lot of money.
Trump traveled to the greater New York City area...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order easing the enforcement of rules prohibiting tax-exempt religious institutions from involvement in politics.
"We are giving our churches their voices back," Trump said at the White House Rose Garden flanked by religious leaders and White House officials.
Trump signed the order, called "Promoting Free Speech and Religious...
The election may be over, with Donald Trump's presidency more than 100 days old, but Hillary Clinton isn't ready to let go.
In a brief but frank interview with foreign affairs reporter Christiane Amanpour at the Women for Women International event in New York City on Tuesday, Mrs Clinton said that she has conducted an "excruciating analysis" of her failed presidential campaign as part of a book...
The US Department of Justice has reportedly decided not to charge two white officers who shot and killed a black man in Louisiana last summer.
Video footage appearing to show the officers holding down Alton Sterling as they fired their weapons sparked days of protests in Baton Rouge.
News of the decision leaked to US media on Tuesday before the city mayor or the Sterling family had been...
The U.S. State Department urged citizens going to Europe this summer to be extra vigilant, issuing a travel alert to the continued threat of terrorist attacks.
The alert cited recent attacks in France, which will elect a new president next week, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
"While local governments continue counterterrorism operations, the Department nevertheless remains concerned...
Demonstrators planned to rally across the United States against President Donald Trump's policies in May Day protests Monday.
Events were scheduled in the biggest cities across the country -- New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
Worldwide, May 1 is known as International Workers' Day to highlight workers' rights.
The marches in the United States will involve other...
White House officials said President Donald Trump's national security aide Sebastian Gorka, a former Breitbart national security editor, will soon accept a position elsewhere.
Gorka has served as a deputy assistant to Trump and has worked on the National Security Council and Steve Bannon's Strategic Initiatives Group, which Gorka previously said is a "node of power" for coordinating task...
Kansas officials said a spring snowstorm shut down a 130-mile stretch of Interstate 70 in northwest Kansas due to blizzard conditions.
Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman Ben Gardner said the road reopened early Monday. He said the lack of truck parking and hotel accommodations also led to the decision to shut down the road on Sunday.
The storm caused other roads to close in western Kansas and...
