Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper testified in a Senate hearing that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election consisted of hacking and the spreading of traditional propaganda and “fake news.” The testimony comes as President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly voiced skepticism that Russia interfered in the election.
The president knows that repealing the Affordable Care Act is a difficult and fraught exercise. His advice to Democrats: Let Republicans hang themselves.
By scheduling six confirmation hearings for the same day, the Senate GOP is working to prevent any one Donald Trump nominee from dominating a news cycle. The gambit is very likely to succeed.
In Andy Griffith’s rural North Carolina home town, people wish life were more like the Mayberry of TV.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said that the victim was an adult male with “mental health challenges.”
The health agency now recommends giving peanut products to infants at high risk for allergies beginning as early as four months of age. Here’s why the long-established guideline has been upended.
The Charleston church shooter said prosecutors shouldn't be allowed to present such extensive testimony about the effect of the attack on victims’ families, arguing — because he was not presenting any evidence — that it would virtually ensure a death sentence.
The cancer death rate is 40 percent higher for men than women, and the incidence of cancer is 20 percent higher in men, reflecting differences in the kind of cancers that men and women develop, according to a new report.
The Washington-area small businesses have filed liens on the property, saying they have not been compensated for their work involving plumbing, air conditioning, baseboards and crown molding.
Nearly 250,000 tickets will be released to the public, though a total crowd of three times that size is expected to join the festivities on the Mall.
Shashona Becton's attorney said that no amount of money is “great enough” to make up for how the 2015 incident in the Dallas suburb of McKinney has affected her life.
"They literally hung up on me,” said the mother of Pfc. Jake Obad-Mathis, whose disappearance with Pfc. Melvin Jones from Fort Bliss is now troubling the Army.
Drill instructors at Parris Island, S.C., repeatedly ordered recruits to do illegal calisthenics in a decrepit building called “the dungeon,” according to testimony during a hearing on recent hazing and abuse allegations.











