The nation's top military officer says U.S. policy on transgender individuals serving in uniform has not — and will not — change until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis receives the president's policy direction and Mattis determines how to implement it
A bipartisan group of 10 governors have penned a letter to Senate leaders blasting the Republican-led "skinny repeal" of Obamacare. The move would get rid of just a few aspects of Obamacare, including the individual mandate and certain taxes
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is an outspoken critic of recreational marijuana, and he has the power to hobble cannabis sales in states where it's legal. But for now, business owners and advocates say they don't think he'll actually do it
Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world. With a net worth of more than $90 billion, Bezos surpassed fellow Seattle resident and Microsoft founder Bill Gates when shares for Amazon surged. He now has about $500 million more than Gates
Anthony Scaramucci clarified a tweeted he posted Wednesday night, and later deleted, about his leaked financial information. Scaramucci added that he and President Donald Trump "have a very, very good idea of who the leakers are"
One man has died and seven others injured after an amusement ride at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus malfunctioned and sent people hurling through the air, officials said. Three people are in a critical condition
Muslim leaders told the faithful to return to pray inside a major Jerusalem holy site after Israel removed security devices it installed outside entrances to the shrine following a deadly attack at the compound. Thousands of Palestinians had been praying in the streets
Federal authorities planned to announce charges in what was described as a domestic dispute aboard a cruise ship in U.S. waters off Alaska that led to the death of a 39-year-old Utah woman
Justin Bieber accidentally hit a photographer with his pickup truck outside a Beverly Hills church, causing noncritical injuries. The 23-year-old Canadian pop star remained at the scene as police and paramedics arrived
The Trump administration announced sanctions on 13 current and former members of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's administration, in an effort to pressure the president into halting his plans to rewrite Venezuela's constitution
The Academy Award-winner closed a deal to star in HBO's third season of the crime anthology series True Detective, the network's president of programming said at a Television Critics Associations' presentation
President Donald Trump said that electronics giant Foxconn will build a $10 billion factory in Wisconsin that's expected to create 3,000 jobs. The factory will produce liquid-crystal display panels that are used in televisions and computer screens
The Asian superpower is pushing the boundaries of green tech, whether wind, solar or hydropower
