With Breanne Deppisch. THE BIG IDEA: When Andrew Jackson became president, he called it “The People's Inauguration” and opened up the White House to anyone who wanted to come celebrate. The place was mobbed. Many got drunk on the free ...

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):. 10:50 p.m.. Tony Orlando has joined the list of entertainers performing at galas around Washington the night of Donald Trump's inauguration. Orlando is best known for the 1973 ...

BAMAKO, Mali — The Nigerian air force on Tuesday bombed a crowded town full of people who had fled Islamist militants, killing more than 50 in what was described as a mistake by pilots targeting Boko Haram fighters. The bombardment occurred in the ...

BEIJING — The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was finally called off Tuesday after nearly three years spent combing the desolate Indian Ocean and its deep seabed, leaving one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time unsolved.

TOKYO — Special prosecutors in South Korea are seeking to arrest the de facto head of Samsung, accusing him of bribery, embezzlement and perjury over his alleged role in a dramatic corruption and influence-peddling scandal. The independent counsel ...

NEW YORK — Nintendo has finally raised the curtain on the Nintendo Switch, its first console since 2012, and set out an ambitious vision for how home and mobile gaming could blend in the future. These are the basics: The console will be $300, about ...

WASHINGTON — The Latest on activities in Congress (all times EST):. 4:35 p.m.. C-SPAN says its online feed of House floor action was briefly interrupted Thursday by programming for the Russian news site RT. The network says the problem was likely a ...

WASHINGTON — The Latest on activities in Congress (all times EST):. 4:35 p.m.. C-SPAN says its online feed of House floor action was briefly interrupted Thursday by programming for the Russian news site RT. The network says the problem was likely a ...

WASHINGTON — The Latest on activities in Congress (all times EST):. 4:35 p.m.. C-SPAN says its online feed of House floor action was briefly interrupted Thursday by programming for the Russian news site RT. The network says the problem was likely a ...

On Tuesday, news broke — in rather sensational fashion — that U.S. intelligence agencies had briefed both President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump on the possibility that Russia possesses compromising information on Trump. While questions ...

Authorities in Chicago charged four people with hate crimes Thursday following the emergence of a disturbing video showing them shouting obscenities about President-elect Donald Trump and white people while abusing a man authorities say has mental ...

With Breanne Deppisch. THE BIG IDEA: It took grit and gumption for Donald Trump to call out House Republicans yesterday. Maybe he did not fully comprehend the risks of criticizing the very lawmakers who he needs most to advance his agenda, but two ...

WASHINGTON — The Latest on Congress convening for a new session (all times EST):. 9:25 p.m.. The American Medical Association wants Republicans to show how they would replace President Barack Obama's health care law before Congress votes to ...

When he was a kid, Jose Guadalupe Solano Sanchez, who goes by the nickname of “Doc Pyrotecnia,” would hear the boom of the fireworks on the streets of Tultepec, Mexico and imagine that it was the sound of a mysterious and exciting giant creature.

BERLIN —The attack by a huge black truck that smashed into a Berlin Christmas market killing 12 people and leaving Germans horrified during the holiday season is being called a “deliberate” act by police on Tuesday. The incident, desribed by the White ...

Donald Trump's selection Monday of retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development sets up what could be a collision between the nominee's philosophical aversion to social safety-net programs and an agency ...

“A legendary revolutionary and orator, Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation.” — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, statement on the death of Fidel Castro, Nov. 26, 2016. In his surprisingly ...

“A legendary revolutionary and orator, Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation.” — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, statement on the death of Fidel Castro, Nov. 26, 2016. In his surprisingly ...

Fidel Castro, who led a Cuban revolution that made his Caribbean island a potent symbol of the 20th-century ideological and economic divisions, and whose embrace of communism and the former Soviet Union put the world at the risk of nuclear war, died ...

Fidel Castro, who led a Cuban revolution that made his Caribbean island a potent symbol of the 20th-century ideological and economic divisions, and whose alliance with communism and the former Soviet Union put the world at peril of nuclear war, died Nov.