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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on President Donald Trump to withdraw the nomination of Andrew Puzder, to head the Labor Department, citing his record as a business executive and his position on labor issues.

Congress usually reserves words like "tyranny," "destructive," and "dangerous" for condemning intolerant regimes in the Middle East and elsewhere.

The Jackson family matriarch is accusing her nephew of abusing her.

Six Democratic sponsors filed legislation in the North Carolina House of Representatives on Thursday that would repeal the state's "bathroom bill" and expand LGBT protections.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" became a literary sensation, heightening anticipation for a movie that proved more silly than sizzling. Its sequel, "Fifty Shades Darker," goes well beyond that on the groan meter, repeatedly failing to pass the unintentional-giggle test.

Republicans in the Senate are plotting an aggressive effort to save Andrew Puzder's embattled nomination to become labor secretary, leaning on well-funded business groups, the White House and the powerful Senate majority leader to ensure his confirmation over stiff opposition from the left.

Shorts and flip-flops just gave way -- literally, overnight -- to earmuffs and boots, as unseasonably warm weather Wednesday across the Northeast ushered in a heavy snowstorm on Thursday.

At least six people have been injured in an attack at a market in Petah Tikvah, a town on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, according to police.

You don't have to be a senator like Elizabeth Warren to know what it feels like to be silenced. Sen. Mitch McConnell, as you may have heard, stepped in to shut down the Massachusetts Democrat this week during confirmation hearings for Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

President Donald Trump falsely accused a Democratic senator of misrepresenting his Supreme Court nominee's words, according to several familiar with the incident.

Bill Maher doesn't have much patience for Trump supporters these days.

President Trump says that Sen. Richard Blumenthal misrepresented a conversation with Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Ron Bonjean, who is leading communications for Gorsuch during the confirmation process, confirmed Gorsuch called Trump's tweet about the "so-called judge" "disheartening" and "demoralizing" in his conversation with the senator.

Robert Cameron pushes through a thick wall of Carrizo cane and in a few seconds the Rio Grande and Mexico suddenly appear.

Researchers in Tanzania hope to help reduce malaria rates by putting mosquito repellent on objects that people can't live without.

It was tough to separate the snow from the confetti in Boston on Tuesday, but the New England faithful didn't care -- they cheered as the wind swirled, chanting "BRADY!" and "TB12!" at the sight of the Vince Lombardi trophy bestowed on their Super Bowl-winning Patriots.

Senior adviser to President Trump Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox News and promoted the first daughter's merchandise after President Trump criticized Nordstrom for stopping the sale of Ivanka Trump's products.

Singer Jason Derulo is claiming he was the victim of racial discrimination by American Airlines employees.

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch told a US senator Wednesday that President Donald Trump's tweets about the judiciary are "demoralizing" and "disheartening."

A group of Republican senators released a stern letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday calling for a "tough-minded and principled policy" toward Russia and urging that Trump "should maintain the current US sanctions regime" until Russian policy in Ukraine and Syria is changed.

It was Harry Truman — as History 101 shows — who famously placed "The Buck Stops Here" sign on his desk. The meaning was crystal clear: The president makes the decisions, and bears full responsibility for them.