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Asked what would shape the future of his government, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is said to have remarked "Events, dear boy, events."

Hillary Clinton referred to Russia's meddling in the 2016 US presidential election as an "act of aggression" on Thursday, in her most extended comments yet about a controversy that has consumed the earliest days of Donald Trump's presidency.

The Senate doing away with the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees was a big deal.

Succumbing to mounting public pressure and common sense, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-California, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, announced that he will no longer be overseeing his committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

High school journalism students in Kansas discovered that their new principal's credentials may not be legitimate.

Don Rickles once explained to CNN's Larry King how he became king of the killer insult. And the answer is simpler than you might think.

Imagine you're driving down a deserted residential street in the middle of the night when your car suddenly loses all power and rolls to a stop.

Four boys, and many, many acceptance letters. As parents across the country work on college applications, this family had four to conquer in one year.

Brian Murphy has been through the kind of thing you see in movies and say to yourself, 'that is so ridiculous. No one could ever survive that in real life.'

College students Skylar Pentasuglia and Allison Garrett screamed in panic and swam for their lives as a 130,000-ton cruise ship bore down on them and their capsized jet ski.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions provided an update on the Justice Department's new crime reduction task force Wednesday, including new details on a subcommittee that will specifically focus on hate crime prevention.

Rep. Mike Conaway has been given the reins to the House intelligence committee's fractured Russia investigation following chairman Rep. Devin Nunes' announcement Thursday that he is temporarily stepping aside --- but who is the man now tasked with getting things back on track after weeks of partisan conflict?

Sometimes, cliches -- such as dogs chasing after unassuming mail carriers -- exist for a reason. There were thousands of dog attacks on postal workers last year, and Los Angeles had more than any other city, according to the latest ranking by the United States Postal Service.

As President Donald Trump considers a military response to the Syrian regime's chemical weapons attack, Democrats are warning the President that he needs to come to Congress first.

There has been no shortage of drama in the short presidency of Donald Trump. But until now, all the various crises have to a certain extent been self-inflicted.

President Trump has had many spats with people since he started his bid for President. Since his election, he's had to work with many of his former foes.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes announced Thursday that he would step aside from the investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, an abrupt about-face from the California Republican who had insisted he had no plans to recuse himself.