North Korea threatened to launch a nuclear strike "at the heart of the U.S." if it sees signs that Washington is trying to remove Kim Jong Un as the country's leader. The warning follows comments from CIA Director Mike Pompeo
The Senate has blocked a wide-ranging proposal by Republicans to repeal much of former President Barack Obama’s health care law and replace it with a more restrictive plan. The vote came after Republicans voted on a motion to proceed with debate on healthcare legislation
The House has decisively approved legislation that hits Russia with additional sanctions. Lawmakers voted 419-3 to pass the bill, which prevents President Trump from waiving the sanctions against Russia without first securing permission from Congress
The Justice Department escalated its promised crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities, saying it will no longer award grant money to cities unless they give immigration authorities access to jails and provide advance notice when someone in the country illegally is about to be released
Kendrick Lamar has eight more reasons not to be humble. On Tuesday via Instagram Live, MTV announced the nominees for the 2017 Video Music Awards, and the DAMN. rapper led the way with eight nominations for “HUMBLE.,” the first single off his recent album
The most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis made his first court appearance in Australia in a scandal that has stunned the Holy See and threatened to tarnish the pope's image as a crusader against abusive clergy
President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman met with Senate investigators, providing his recollection of a Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer and agreeing to turn over contemporaneous notes of the gathering last year
Two rival Libyan leaders committed themselves to a cease-fire, working toward presidential and parliamentary elections and finding a roadmap to secure lawless Libya against terrorism and trafficking of all kinds, after talks conducted in France and meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron
President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on his attacks against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying he is "very disappointed" in the nation's top prosecutor while declining to say if he plans to fire him. Trump has repeatedly criticized Sessions
Barbara Sinatra, the fourth wife of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and a prominent advocate and philanthropist for abused children, has died at 90. John Thoresen, director of the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center, says she died Tuesday of natural causes
A 12-foot-long, 926-pound mako shark was reeled in by a fishing crew in New Jersey, and officials say it's the biggest shark catch in the state's history. The crew were fishing in an area known as the Hudson Canyon on July 21 when they caught the shark
The tractor-trailer was pitch-black inside, crammed with maybe 90 immigrants or more, and already hot when it left the Texas border town of Laredo for the 150-mile trip north to San Antonio
The Asian superpower is pushing the boundaries of green tech, whether wind, solar or hydropower
