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A Black woman kidnapped in Tunisia last month has been documenting the traumatic incident and its aftermath on social media, garnering millions of views. Jameka “Meka” Ivy, 31, of Montgomery County, ...

President Trump said Tuesday U.S. cities should be military "training grounds." Some 200 to 250 National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon, began reporting to duty on Wednesday and undergoing initial ...

President Trump defended the use of U.S. troops in American cities and told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against the "enemy within." "This is going to be a big thing for the ...

President Trump told a gathering of military leaders Tuesday they should use American cities as “training grounds” and described a federal crackdown on crime in major cities as necessary due to “a war ...

In his long, even-more-rambling-than-usual address to Pete Hegseth’s peculiar assemblage of military brass this morning, President Donald Trump talked about a lot of non-germane things, as the New ...

Representative Greg Casar, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, isn't worried that his party may get blamed in a potential government shutdown coming this week, saying he's "continuing ...

Jul 31, 2017; Carson, CA, USA; General overall view StubHub Center Stadium during a a press conference to announce the awarding of the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics Games to Los Angeles. Mandatory ...

Dick Van Dyke's fitness routine has Rick Springfield in awe. In a Sept. 26 Instagram post, the "Jessie's Girl" singer posed with the "Mary Poppins" star, who turns 100 Dec. 13, in the gym as the two ...

The Democratic party has been struggling to mount a unified defense against the Trump administration. Author and scholar Bill McKibben argues that there’s a group of Democratic newcomers who may ...