President Obama commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Thursday by stressing the need to protect the fundamental right to vote and combat voter ID laws that that discourage "certain kinds of folks" from voting.
Pennsylvania's highest-ranking law enforcement officer on Thursday was charged with leaking secret grand jury information and lying about it under oath.
Federal investigators say the cause of Harrison Ford's plane crash was a faulty carburetor. Harrison Ford's plane crashed because a loose carburetor part led to engine failure, investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Thursday.
Following the first Republican presidential debate on Thursday, different campaigns are calling victory, but social media may prove who was the most talked about candidate.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, a high ranking New York Democrat, announced that he will vote against President Barack Obama's historic nuclear deal with Iran.
Most Americans agreed with South Carolina's decision to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds, according to a Pew Research Center study released this week.
The first Republican presidential primary debate concluded, and while many GOP campaigns are claiming victory, everyone definitely has an opinion about the issues -- or the lack thereof - and the participating candidates.
A young woman survived a grizzly bear attack that occurred while she was jogging on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Tuesday afternoon with non-life-threatening cuts and bruises.
South Carolina has removed the Confederate battle flag from its statehouse grounds and Mississippi continues to debate the use of the emblem on its banner, but Kentucky decided on Wednesday not to remove a statue of Jefferson Davis from its Capitol.
The city council of a heavily Hispanic Florida community on Wednesday rejected a proposal to condemn Donald Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants so as not to "politicize" the body's work.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced its presidential primary debates schedule, and it has received criticism from fellow Democrats including a presidential candidate.
Just weeks before Donald Trump launched his 2016 presidential campaign, he had a private phone conversation with his longtime ally President Bill Clinton.
