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As the Trump administration grapples with issues abroad, the President is facing mounting pressures at home, including calls to release his tax returns and the possibility of Democrats gaining ground in the Georgia special election. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.

Kim Fish, a patient care assistant and union member at Staten Island University Hospital, was on duty the night Superstorm Sandy hit New York four years ago. After evacuating their family to higher ground, her husband, Jon, returned home to watch over their property. As the storm intensified, Kim got a call from her sister-in-law with terrifying news. Jon was trapped in their living room by floodwaters up to his neck and didn't think he was going to survive.

The Pentagon will conduct two major high-stakes tests in May of its ability to shoot down missiles launched out of North Korea.

During a town hall meeting in Wall Lake, Iowa, Senator Joni Ernst was asked about the President's frequent travel to Florida. She said that she wishes that he would spend more time in Washington.

Hotels and railroads go way back.

A McDonald's franchise owner describes how one of his employees recognized Steve Stephens, the Cleveland murder suspect who posted video of the slaying on Facebook, which led police on a chase before Stephens took his own life.

As Georgia voters go to the polls to choose a new member of Congress in the 6th district today, President Trump wants to make sure he's on their minds.

Donald Trump began his presidency with a handful of strengths in the eyes of the public despite lower-than-usual approval ratings, but two new polls suggest that those positive reviews are souring as the 100-day mark of Trump's term approaches.

Richard Cole was not thinking much about the future when flying in the surprise Doolittle revenge raid on Japan 75 years ago Tuesday. He says he was scared all the time. Now, at age 101, he is the last survivor of the 80 gallant men who successfully bombed Japan and delivered a giant morale boost for the United States just months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Democrats in the Senate are raising concerns about the potential cost of President Donald Trump's border wall -- releasing documents Tuesday from the Department of Homeland Security that explain what the administration is planning.

I recently lost my cousin to gun violence, writes Areva Martin, and no one I met at his funeral would feel sorry for a killer because of his race.

Facebook just built a virtual reality version of ... Facebook.

President Donald Trump has made overhauling the nation's immigration system a central promise of his administration -- and Tuesday he announced new efforts to get companies to "buy American (and) hire American."

It was standing room only as Lauren Cooley stepped in front of a classroom of college Republicans on a recent Saturday afternoon at the University of Central Florida's main campus.

Two Russian TU-95 Bear bombers were intercepted in international airspace off the coast of Alaska by two US F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft on Monday, the Pentagon confirmed to CNN.

Just before Steve Stephens is seen shooting dead 74-year-old Robert Godwin, a grandfather whose family members describe him as "one in a million," he forces the man to say a woman's name. Godwin, confused, complies. "Yeah," Stephens responds. "She's the reason why this is about to happen to you." Stephens pulls the trigger and later posts the video of the killing for a Facebook audience.

Egyptian officials unearthed eight mummies, 10 colorful sarcophagi and numerous figurines in 3,500-year-old tombs, the Ministry of Antiquities announced Tuesday.