Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is privately telling his members to separate a bipartisan infrastructure deal from Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan, Politico is

Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance fell last week to a fresh pandemic low, indicating that dismissals are easing as business conditions improve and firms

Chancellor Angela Merkel, who visits Washington, D.C., Thursday for the last time as her country’s leader, watched Germany drift away from the Western Alliance, former

At least 10 people were shot in Chicago in two separate incidents on Wednesday as violence continued its nightmare grip on the city. “Mass shootings

Minnesota state Sen. Foung Hawj was never a fan of the “Asian carp” label commonly applied to four imported fish species that are wreaking havoc

For the owner of a small private security company with a history of avoiding paying debts and declaring bankruptcy, it looked like a good opportunity

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel for the first time is offering some self-criticism while saying that government shortcomings in handling shortages and other problems played a

Justice Stephen Breyer, the Supreme Court’s oldest member, told CNN he has not decided when to retire from the bench. Progressives and some other Democrats

A fund formed in response to the deadly racial violence four years ago in Charlottesville, Virginia, said Thursday it will award $3 million in grants

Connoisseurs of Pablo Picasso will soon be able to own a share in one of his paintings for less than $6,000 – though that won’t

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Thursday there was “zero” risk of Tokyo Olympics participants infecting Japanese residents with coronavirus, because cases would

A blaze that erupted near the flashpoint of the deadliest wildfire in recent U.S. history was heading away from homes on Thursday but survivors of

French restaurant owners and workers are as worried as anyone about the coronavirus – but they’re also concerned that new mandatory COVID passes will turn