WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul Ryan was overwhelmingly elected House speaker by fellow Republicans Thursday, closing a bitter and protracted leadership battle but not fully reso...
WASHINGTON — Legislation sparing the country the specter of a catastrophic default and partial government shutdown is ready for President Barack Obama’s signature after ...
BALTIMORE — Members of Congress pressed for more information about how a giant surveillance balloon broke free of its moorings at Aberdeen Proving Ground, as troops reso...
WASHINGTON — Linda Massey opposes gay marriage. But she was incensed last summer to see that Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk, was refusing to issue marriage licenses ...
BURKESVILLE, Ky. — A fugitive accused of shooting a Tennessee police officer and firing at a Kentucky trooper was killed in a shootout with authorities early today, endi...
WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. — A Kentucky fugitive accused of shooting at police in two states remained on the run, despite a five-day manhunt and a chaotic scene at a small-town ...
WASHINGTON — Republicans are ready to make Rep. Paul Ryan the new House speaker, hoping the young but grizzled lawmaker can heal the splintered party’s self-inflicted wo...
BOULDER, Colo. — Marco Rubio bid forcefully for control of the Republican Party’s establishment wing in Wednesday night’s third GOP debate, deflecting jabs from Jeb Bush...
Student refused to leave class
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina sheriff says he acted swiftly but carefully in firing a school resource officer caught on video flipping ...
Deputy's fate to be decided
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The attorney for a teen who was flipped backward out of her desk and tossed across a classroom says his client did suffer sev...
