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Pope Francis has created a commission to study the historical role of female deacons in the Catholic Church, the Vatican's press office said Monday.

Donald Trump's campaign invited a group of Washington Post reporters backstage at a campaign rally Tuesday, the first time Post reporters had been formally invited to meet with the campaign since he blacklisted the paper in mid-June.

Donald Trump, facing scrutiny this week over his multiple military deferments during the Vietnam War, said Tuesday that he regrets not serving in the military.

Biographer Michael D'Antonio says Donald Trump is not unstable, but he sees the world as a constant struggle for victory and lacks a moral compass.

Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves and saw some success in reducing poverty, but now it's in a deep crisis. Here's how it happened.

The new Instagram Stories feature lets you share disappearing photo and video montages with all or some of your followers

Humayun Khan isn't the only Muslim-American to give his life in the service of his country. His story has taken on a different sort of significance.

A 29-year-old Detroit man was arrested by the FBI after allegedly attempting to buy grenades in addition to amassing a large arsenal of weapons, ammunition, tactical gear and training material "unlikely" to be used recreationally, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.

Massachusetts recently passed an equal pay law that will ban employers from asking job candidates for salary history, which can put women at a disadvantage.

NBC Rio Olympics coverage amid scandals

Kesha dropped one of her lawsuits against her label and music producer Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald in an effort to revive her stalled music career.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is boasting about how his group's release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails is affecting the US presidential election -- and says it has unreleased information about Hillary Clinton's campaign.

Texas has implemented what is known as the "campus carry law."

Bill Bratton, the leader of the nation's largest police department, is stepping down as New York police commissioner.

Presumptive Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein has named Ajamu Baraka, an international human rights scholar and activist, as her running mate.

The CEO of the Democratic National Committee and two other high-level staffers left the organization on Tuesday in the wake of the committee's hacked email controversy.

As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hurl insults at each other, there are key issues the candidates are glossing over, says Paul Brandus.

The U.S. Air Force says the most expensive weapons system in its history is ready for combat.

Jamaican officials are paying back Venezuela for oil in the form of food, medicine and building supplies.