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Congress cleared a bill Wednesday to fund the government and the federal response to Zika, avoiding a potentially embarrassing government shutdown just weeks before the election.

James Corden, joined by Owen Wilson and "The Late Late Show" staff, raced Usain Bolt in an attempt to take "the fastest man in the world" title.

Donald Trump on Wednesday touted a long-debunked conspiracy theory that the most popular internet search engine suppresses negative headlines about his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.

A chemical formerly used in pesticides and most recently in carpet-cleaning products has been ingested by wildlife throughout North America, according to a study appearing today in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

First Lady Michelle Obama tore into Donald Trump Wednesday, telling Hillary Clinton supporters, "We need an adult in the White House."

Highlights from President Obama's town hall in Fort Lee, Virginia moderated by Jake Tapper.

The US Army issued an apology Wednesday after its official Twitter account posted a tweet saying Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump "lies once every 3 minutes, 15 seconds."

President Barack Obama came face to face with the human cost borne by the military's 9/11 generation on Wednesday during a CNN presidential town hall moderated by Jake Tapper.

Where Donald Trump came up with the vision of a 400-pound hacker during the first presidential debate is anyone's guess -- but it isn't the first time he has used weight as a topic of mockery.

The director of the CIA said Wednesday despite the government's best efforts, the likelihood of terrorist activity in the United States is strong.

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom where the ruling family called the American president by his first name and where the royals' every demand was met unquestioningly in the interest of mutual profit and security in a most insecure region.

Agnes Nixon, a woman who brought years of drama to daytime TV as the creator of "All My Children" and "One Life to Live," has died. She was 93.

Once again during ‪Monday night's presidential debate, Donald Trump -- a man with zero law-enforcement experience -- misled the American people about crime in New York City. According to Trump, the overuse of stop-and-frisk policing is what made New York City the safest city in America.

The FBI director is telling states to make sure they are on top of their voter registration systems, saying would-be hackers are "poking around."

Marriage is rarely perfect. And it is certainly not effortless.

We're holding back America's strongest economic asset by making life more difficult for job-creating entrepreneurs, writes Andrew Tisch

President Barack Obama told CNN's Jake Tapper Wednesday that members of Congress made a "political vote" by overwhelmingly voting to override his veto of a measure that allows families of those killed during the 9/11 terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia.

At a campaign event in Philadelphia the first lady had some words for Donald Trump on her husband's birth place, Trump's Tweets & even his tax returns.

When you're trying to pass a kidney stone, you're probably not thinking, in your cloud of agony, "Darn it! I should have ridden a roller coaster."

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has removed a speechwriter who caused him national embarrassment after he plagiarized US President Barack Obama.