Numbers unlikely to cause recount
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Still-uncounted ballots are unlikely to change the outcome of the U.S. Senate race in Alabama enough to spur an autom...
Cuts coming for next year
WASHINGTON — Confident congressional Republicans forged an agreement Wednesday on a major overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that would provide g...
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...
