More than 2,000 people could be displaced by the construction of the Río Indio dam. The Panama Canal Authority says the dam ...

Oregon voters have used town halls to tell elected leaders how they feel about the rush of changes brought on by President ...

The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender ...

A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, led the State Department to suspend its policy allowing transgender, intersex and ...

Hamas released six Israeli hostages early Saturday in three different locations throughout Gaza, in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed from Israeli jails.

Murray said at a news conference Tuesday she’s concerned about the Trump administration’s dismissal of about 12 U.S. Department of Energy staffers and what effect that will have on safety at the site.

President Donald Trump on Friday said he may put the U.S. Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department in what would be an executive branch takeover of the agency, which has ...

Patel, a close ally of President Trump and a fierce critic of the FBI, was confirmed by a 51-49 vote, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joining all Democrats in opposing him.

A supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way galaxy is creating a light show that’s intriguing astronomers. Flares of light have been observed in a disk orbiting the black hole ...