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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) discusses the relationship between the US and foreign countries, stating that current relations are the "possible unraveling of post-WWII peace."

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates defended Sunday President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, over his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch says she regrets not recognizing that her meeting with Bill Clinton over the summer would turn out to be problematic, saying it was "painful" that it called into question the integrity of the Justice Department.

More than half of Americans say they're bothered by Russian hacks of Democratic emails in an effort to help Donald Trump win the election, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows.

Egypt says it will release the remains of EgyptAir 804 plane crash victims nearly seven months after the plane plunged into the Mediterranean sea, killing 66 people.

Video surveillance allegedly showed CeeLo Green's cell phone exploding in his hand. Green later announced that the incident was staged for a project he is working on.

A large tree fell on a wedding party in Whittier, California, Saturday afternoon, killing one person and injuring at least five, the Los Angeles County Fire Department tweeted from its verified Twitter account.

The on-again, off-again evacuation agreement in eastern Aleppo is back on track, rebel groups said Saturday.

After being criticized by the President-elect as "mean-spirited" and "not very good," Alec Baldwin and his impersonation of Donald Trump returned on "Saturday Night Live" this week.

Dunya is pale and exhausted.

A blast of frigid air sweeping across the United States will bring bone-chilling winds and subfreezing temperatures to millions across the country this weekend.

Many residents of Corpus Christi, Texas, have been told by city officials they will have to wait another 24 hours to see whether they can drinking the city water again.

Dr. Henry Heimlich, who invented the world-famous Heimlich maneuver to save people from choking, has died Saturday at age 96, his family said.

The University of Minnesota football team has agreed to practice again and will play in the Holiday Bowl on December 27, players told reporters Saturday, ending a boycott over the suspensions of 10 of their teammates.

Take a look at the week in politics from December 11 through December 17.

A used car owner says he found $130,000 worth of heroin inside a secret compartment in his car. He says he immediately called the police and turned over the drugs.

Following the election of Donald Trump, Michelle Obama said many Americans now know what it's like not to have hope.

President-elect Donald Trump said Friday his supporters were "violent" during the 2016 campaign.

Donald Trump's designated ambassador to Israel signals a potential shift in long-standing US policy that has implications for Washington's relationships in the region, with Europe and even the American Jewish community.

Robert Hurt and Tim Pyle have provided the world with stunningly photo-realistic glimpses at what gravitational waves, Earth-like exoplanets, rain storms of molten iron and even the Milky Way from above might look like if we could ever see them for ourselves. They also have the joy of illustrating when science fiction meets science fact, like planets orbiting two stars that harken back to twin suns setting on Tatooine in "Star Wars: A New Hope."