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Capitol Hill has been dominated Thursday by a disagreement over what, if any, steps Attorney General Jeff Sessions should take after it surfaced that he spoke with the Russian ambassador to the US during last year's campaign.

Former President George W. Bush and Michelle Obama are surprisingly close considering their political differences, and the 43rd president credits the former first lady's appreciation for his sense of humor as a key reason.

President Donald Trump stood aboard a soon-to-be commissioned Navy aircraft carrier Thursday and touted his calls for a multi-billion dollar military investment, promising a "great rebuilding of our military might."

Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice last year with the top Russian diplomat in Washington whose interactions with former Trump national security adviser Mike Flynn led to Flynn's firing.

Former President Barack Obama has been named the 2017 "Profile in Courage" award honoree by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday proclaimed March as Women's History Month, following a tradition that's been in place since the 1980s. But how did it begin?

Top House Intel Committee member Adam Schiff expressed frustration Thursday about FBI Director James Comey, saying the FBI was not forthcoming about their investigation of ties between Russia and the Trump administration, and said for the first time there should be a special prosecutor to investigate.

Yet another official in the Trump administration is raising eyebrows over interactions with Russia during campaign season last year.

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and Attorney General Jeff Sessions used to be colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke rode a horse alongside US Parks Police officers in Washington on Thursday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham is scheduled to meet Thursday with FBI Director James Comey to discuss recent news related to Russia, though the location of the meeting has not been made public.

A former top ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush White House said Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should leave his post after it was revealed Sessions met twice with the Russian ambassador during the 2016 campaign, then denied it under oath in his confirmation hearings.

The United States conducted airstrikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen overnight, according to a senior US official.

Sergey Kislyak is the diplomat's diplomat -- an envoy of extensive experience whose career spans the Soviet era and that of the Russian Federation.

You might remember that Baby, the lead character of the film "Dirty Dancing," was actually named Frances after the first woman in a president's Cabinet. And Frances Perkins, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's labor secretary, certainly lived a life worthy of a namesake.

In a speech that sanded down his rough edges,Trump made commitments on health care and taxes that will prove very hard to get past a cautious Republican Congress.

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken accused Attorney General Jeff Sessions Thursday of misleading Congress and suggested the nation's top law enforcement official should recuse himself from any investigation into President Donald Trump's potential ties to Russia.

Rep. Sean Duffy, a Wisconsin Republican, said Thursday he was disappointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had not been more forthcoming during his Senate confirmation hearings about two 2016 meetings with the Russian ambassador.

Former Vice President Joe Biden's youngest son is in a romantic relationship with his sister-in-law and the widow of Beau Biden, the vice president's older son who died in 2015 after a prolonged fight with brain cancer.

Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, said Wednesday that objections to the newly created Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement office, or VOICE, are "un-American."