Any success is far from assured, especially as Russia and Ukraine remain far apart in their demands for peace.

A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation's capital has been ...

The U.S. State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, aiming to provide economic ...

Human Rights Watch alleged Thursday that an Israeli airstrike on Iran's notorious Evin Prison in June was “an apparent war ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have lots of history. As their planned Alaska summit nears, ...

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday his state will hold a Nov. 4 special election to seek voter approval of new ...

Israel’s far-right finance minister says a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ...

The long-term rate fell to 6.58% from 6.63% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate ...

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday. Nations remain deadlocked over ...

It was a day of expectation-setting across several nations, as President Trump prepares to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin in ...