A year in the life of Donald Trump, and the country
Republican President-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up to the crowd during his acceptance speech at his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning...
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Democrats make huge gains in Virginia House
As of 9:30, Democrats had picked up 13 seats and had a 47-46 edge in called races, with seven contests still too close to call, putting them on the...
Ralph Northam rebuffs Trumpism in Virginia gubernatorial win
Democrats across the country are breathing a sigh of relief after Ralph Northam was elected Virginia’s next governor Tuesday night.
In China, Trump confronts an emerging superpower flexing its military and economic might
President Trump has ended America’s longstanding free-trade policy in Asia and abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership. China has ambitious plans to fill the power vacuum.
Democrats are upping their game in local races this year
WASHINGTON — A Maine ballot initiative to expand Medicaid. More than a dozen contested seats in the Virginia House of Delegates. A lone Washington state Senate seat. Mayoral elections...
After the killings, shock and grief in a small Texas town
Police, grief counselors and journalists all descended on Sutherland Springs in the wake of the church massacre, trying to help and looking for answers.
In Virginia campaign, civility yields to racial appeals
After a quiet start and a civil debate, Republican candidate Ed Gillespie’s campaign turned sharply negative, releasing a highly-charged ad implying his opponent Ralph Northam would be soft on...
Air Force admits it failed to report Texas shooter's conviction for abuse
In the developing case of the shooting massacre that killed at least 26 at a small church in Texas Sunday, one thing is now undoubtedly clear: The suspected gunman,...
Eyewitness to church shooting: 'It just went on and on'
From her café across the road, Terrie Smith heard the gunfire at the First Baptist Church and saw the black-clad gunman. A wounded survivor fled the church and took...
Texas A.G.: Churches should consider armed worshipers or private security
After a mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, left 26 people dead Sunday, state Attorney General Ken Paxton suggested that institutions have to decide either to...
