The companies behind the Dakota Access Pipeline project are asking a federal court to allow them to complete the pipeline, following the announcement from the Army Corps of Engineers that construction was delayed for further talks with the Native American tribe opposed to the project.
Fears of heightened bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality for some Americans after Donald Trump's presidential win. And the list of incidents keeps growing.
Donald Trump named two top advisers to his administration Sunday, tapping Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus to be his new chief of staff and Steve Bannon, the Trump campaign CEO and executive chairman of Breitbart News, as chief strategist and senior counselor.
Just last week, five more states voted to legalize recreational marijuana, but users may want to be cautious. A study released Sunday suggests that marijuana use can weaken heart muscles, particularly in young men. The study was presented at the annual scientific conference of the American Heart Association in New Orleans.
US Customs and Border Protection is sending 150 extra agents to the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas as authorities report a surge in the number of undocumented children and families trying to cross into the United States from Mexico, the agency said Saturday.
Former NBA star turned activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is denouncing what he called "voter suppression" tactics he says influenced the results of last Tuesday's presidential election.
Police have arrested a man they say fatally shot a police officer in central California on Sunday, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department.
Leon Russell, who emerged as a rock 'n' roll star in the 1970s after working behind the scenes as a session pianist for other musicians, died Sunday in Nashville, his wife Janet Bridges told CNN. He was 74.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday despite Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric, lawmakers are not prepared to form a deportation force to round-up and deport undocumented immigrants.
Ethics experts say Trump's plan to reduce potential business conflicts doesn't go far enough to ensure that Trump's presidential duties don't clash with his money-making dealings.
Shortly before the election, I wrote a column laying out some of the big questions that would be answered on Election Day. One that loomed large was whether there would be a governing moment -- a rare period like what we saw in 1965-1966, 1981-1982 or 2009-2010 -- when major policy change is possible.
