The midterm election results are still rolling in, but Republicans have won control of the US House of Representatives, ensuring that we will have a divided government. If history is a guide, this means the next two years of economic policy will be frustrating, punctuated by legislative logjams and fiscal brinkmanship. And if the economy suffers a recession, as is widely anticipated, lawmakers won't step up to cushion the downturn.
Melinda French Gates, Michelle Obama and Amal Clooney announced a collaboration between their foundations to advance gender equality and end child marriage. Here's what Gates had to say about 'the issue of our lifetime."
School board meetings have become ground zero for clashing political movements. Once placid meetings now erupt in chaos with heckling, protests and even death threats.
Republicans inched their way toward control of the House of Representatives while significantly underperforming expectations. Now that they've prevailed with what is likely to be slender majority, the hard task of governing begins.
Elon Musk has been saying for months that he wants to stamp out spam and fake accounts on Twitter, but a subtle change he's planning to make to the platform could complicate that goal.
Russia's first mobilization since World War II may be complete, but the deployment of thousands of soldiers to the battlefields of Ukraine is generating dissent and protest on the front lines -- and back home.
The endless permutations of five-letter words took over the internet in 2022 as the online puzzle game Wordle dominated social media feeds, pop culture and even determined the Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year.
When the US Food and Drug Administration confirmed a shortage of the drug Adderall last month, many people who rely on the medication weren't surprised: They've been struggling to fill their prescriptions for months.
The never-ending legal problems swirling around former President Donald Trump are already taking center stage in his freshly announced 2024 presidential campaign.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the missile strike that killed two people in a Polish border village, and accidentally caused by Ukrainian air defenses, is not Ukraine's fault but an attempt to defend against Russia's continued attacks on the country. CNN's Matthew Chance reports on one Ukrainian victim of these attacks.
• Russia agrees to extend key grain deal
• Anger on the front lines and anxiety at home as Russia's mobilization is mired in problems
• How the Biden administration responded when Russia-Ukraine war spilled into NATO territory
Parents shopping for their kids this holiday season need to be alert and carefully examine toys before they buy them because recalled and counterfeit toys are being sold online, a consumer report said Thursday.
For many people, travel is a necessary part of celebrating the holidays with loved ones. This means enduring all the stressful hiccups that can come with traveling and spending time away from the comforts of your own home.
Hong Kong leader John Lee has arrived at a regional economic summit in Bangkok in the first appearance by the city's chief executive at an international event in nearly three years -- as the Asian financial hub angles for a comeback.
Kamal was standing outside a shop with other migrant workers, having finished yet another grueling working day, when he and -- he says -- a few others were arrested this August. Without explanation, the 24-year-old says he was put into a vehicle and, for the next week, kept in a Qatari jail, the location and name of which he does not know.
