Opposition parties are slamming the brakes on billions in defense funding as the China escalates military pressure.

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Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two boys, three journalists and a woman, ...

A large storm system is expected to hit this weekend, with snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas and up the Eastern ...

The district abruptly closed the school that serves students grades 6-12 in the community on Monday, Jan. 19. Superintendent ...

Rahm Emanuel has been a fixture in Democratic Party politics for more than 30 years — serving as a member of Congress, President Obama's chief of staff, mayor of Chicago and ambassador to Japan.

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In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French ...

At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the ...

The U.S. president is set to meet with an array of leaders to discuss Greenland. Trump's push to acquire Greenland has turned ...

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...

The president previously supported Britain's agreement to hand back sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago, where the ...