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WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden sought to console the daughter of ailing Sen. John McCain after she began crying while discussing her father’s battle with b...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from hard-hit states such as Florida are demanding tens of billions of dollars of hurricane relief and rebuilding funds as part of another tempora...

NEW ORLEANS — Permafrost in the Arctic is thawing at a faster clip, according to a new report released Tuesday. Water is also warming and sea ice is melting at the faste...

Lawmakers hope deal near WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans on Tuesday rushed toward a deal on a massive tax package that would reduce the top tax rate for wealthy A...

Guilty plea seen as best outcome WASHINGTON — In the days before he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, and as he braced for the public revelation that he’d morphed from ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Repub...

Women's access key to argument OAKLAND, Calif. — Lawyers for California and the U.S. Department of Justice clashed in court Tuesday over whether new rules from President ...

WASHINGTON — Fending off the renewed focus on sexual harassment allegations against him, President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday, declari...

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday narrowly confirmed one of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees despite a rare “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Assoc...

If “Today” show fans are missing Matt Lauer, it isn’t showing up in the Nielsen ratings. NBC’s morning program was the most watched in its slot for the week of Dec. 4-8....