The fact that Pope Francis received the eight-page letter, obtained by the AP, challenges his insistence that he has "zero tolerance" for sex abuse and cover-ups.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Sunday that a GOP-produced congressional memo on FBI surveillance powers did not clear President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation.

By Meg Kinnard  Associated Press CAYCE, S.C. — An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train parked on a side track in South Carolina early Sunday, killing two Amtrak crew members and injuring more than 110 people, authorities…

White, who is not a scientist, has compared the work of mainstream climate scientists to "the dogmatic claims of ideologues and clerics."

House Republicans on Friday released a partisan and bitterly disputed memo that they say shows surveillance abuses in the early stages of the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia.

William Emanuel, already criticized for allegedly favoring clients of the corporate law firm he used to work for, now faces a probe by the agency’s inspector general.

Facebook is rolling out a global program to prevent foreign meddling in elections. Ads targeted to a narrow audience may be seen by other Facebook users — if they look hard enough.

Here's a look at some of the claims from President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech.

The FBI said Wednesday it has "grave concerns" about the accuracy of a classified memo on the Russia investigation that President Donald Trump wants to release to the public.

The Trump administration has decided not to punish anybody for now under new sanctions retaliating for Russia's election-meddling, the State Department said Monday.

With the government's budget deficit rising, the Treasury Department announced Monday that it expects to borrow $441 billion in the current January-March quarter, the largest amount in eight years.

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of aggressive criticism from President Donald Trump, abruptly stepped down from his position Monday ahead of his planned retirement this spring.

In Washington, Mueller's team was still on the job Friday, investigating the president and his 2016 election campaign.

New discoveries are changing archaeologists' ideas about the origins of our own species and our migration out of Africa.

Trump has dismissed a New York Times report, since confirmed by multiple outlets including Fox News, that he tried to fire the special investigator last summer.