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David Petraeus, former CIA director and US CENTCOM commander, told CNN he believes Donald Trump no longer wants to reintroduce torture.

During President Obama's farewell address he spoke to his daughters and said of all his accomplishments, he is most proud to be their dad.

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday will hold his first news conference in more than five months.

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In times of global and economic uncertainty, many chose to take stock and hold off on making major financial decisions.

If you're like most Americans, you've made getting more fit and losing weight your New Year's resolution to kick off 2017. Unfortunately, your resolution will most likely fail.

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From soulfully singing "Amazing Grace" to dropping the mic at his last White House Correspondents' dinner, these are Obama's best speech moments.

Kim Kardashian West's Paris chauffeur is one of 17 people arrested in connection with the armed robbery of the reality star last year, officials said.

Four thousand US soldiers have arrived in Germany as part of permanent troop rotations to Europe that the Pentagon said are meant to send a clear message to one country in particular: Russia.

Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple US officials with direct knowledge of the briefings tell CNN.

Is it still okay to quote Atticus Finch even though he turned out to be a racist?

For the first time, a bee species in the continental United States has been declared endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Is Donald Trump really a "big fan" of the intelligence community, as he claimed on Twitter, or did he disparage intelligence professionals when he repeatedly referred to them and their work in sneer quotes about "Intelligence" briefings and the "so-called 'Russian hacking'"?

President Obama's farewell address Tuesday night, in combination with Senate hearings for Alabama senator and attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions on Tuesday afternoon, presents a stark example of America's schizophrenic racial landscape.

During his farewell address in Chicago, President Obama thanked Vice President Joe Biden, calling him the "scrappy kid from Scranton."

President Obama was emotional as he recognized his wife, Michelle Obama, during his farewell address in Chicago.

Donald Trump's newest demand Tuesday that Republicans vote immediately to repeal and replace Obamacare -- maybe even as quickly as next week -- had Republican lawmakers struggling to understand the President-elect's intentions.

Clare Hollingworth, who was the first to break the news that World War II had started, died Tuesday at the age of 105.