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Bennet's cancer surgery termed a success as he looks to 2020

Sen. Michael Bennet has been successfully treated for prostate cancer, clearing the way for a possible 2020 presidential ...

Jerrold Nadler

House subpoena for Mueller report escalates investigation

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Friday for special counsel Robert Mueller's report as ...

Joe Biden

Biden expected to launch presidential campaign next week

Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to join the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential race next week. The decision ...

Feds' space for holding migrant families goes mostly unused

President Donald Trump has warned that Central American families are staging an "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border. He has ...

Report: FTC considering oversight of Facebook's Zuckerberg

Federal regulators are reportedly considering seeking some kind of oversight of Mark Zuckerberg's leadership of Facebook over ...

Harry Reid

Rural Nevada creating a virtual presidential campaign trail

Democrat Kimi Cole is tired of excuses from presidential candidates who say it's too expensive and time-consuming to visit ...

The Latest: UNESCO: Notre Dame can evolve in its rebuilding

The Latest on the fire that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local): 6:15 p.m. The Paris fire brigade ...

Climate protests close London bridge; 570 arrests in 4 days

Climate protesters are once again trying to shut down parts of London to urge residents to do more to protect the Earth from ...

Pompeo dismisses NKorea's rejection of him as US negotiator

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday rejected a North Korean demand that he be replaced as President Donald Trump's top ...

Sara Lee

How many cherries in frozen pie? FDA may soon drop rules

President Donald Trump may soon be able to claim a sweet victory for his deregulation push, with officials preparing to get ...

Sheriff's officer corrals donkey on interstate near Chicago

It wasn't a routine day for a sheriff's officer after she spotted a donkey meandering along Interstate 90 near Chicago.

Donald Trump, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Powerful Emirati crown prince entangled by Mueller report

One of the most powerful leaders in the United Arab Emirates has found himself entangled in special counsel Robert Mueller's ...

Former counsel may have saved Trump from himself

Don McGahn was barely on speaking terms with President Donald Trump by the time he left the White House last fall.

Colbert donates $400K from book to NC hurricane relief

"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert has donated proceeds from his Hurricane Florence-related book to disaster-relief efforts ...

Algeria protesters keep up pressure on regime

Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Algeria demonstrated for a ninth straight Friday against the country's leadership amid ...

Sanders claims she didn't lie, despite Mueller finding

President Donald Trump's spokeswoman Sarah Sanders pushed back Friday against allegations that special counsel Robert ...

Donald Trump

Trump blasts ex-advisers who say he tried to stop Mueller

A day after celebrating the release of the Mueller report as "a good day," President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone ...

Protesters in Bangladesh after girl is burned to death

Dozens of protesters gathered in Bangladesh's capital on Friday to demand justice for an 18-year-old woman who died after ...

Donald Trump, Shinzo Abe

Japan using emperor, first lady's birthday to court Trump

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduling a rushed visit to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump and ...

Hamid Karzai

Ex-president: Peace possible when all Afghans sit together

Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai said Friday that peace in his homeland, ravaged by more than 17 years of war, ...