If he were to move into the White House come January 2017, Rand Paul would shut down the NSA data center that handles the controversial bulk collection of metadata, the Republican presidential hopeful promised on Saturday.
In the midst of the debate about Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico, his rival Scott Walker is arguing that building a fence along the U.S.-Canadian border is worth considering.
The spouses of Colombian nationals expelled from Venezuela due to the nations' escalating border crisis will be offered citizenship, the government in Bogotá announced on Sunday.
In an apparent effort to boost Vladimir Putin's popularity among Russians, the Kremlin has released a video and photographs of the president working out at the gym along with Prime Minister Dmitrty Medvedev.
North America's tallest mountain will no longer be known as "Mount McKinley," but will instead be called "Denali," the White House announced on Sunday as President Obama was preparing for a trip to Alaska.
The White House may be prepared to take its toughest stance ever on Chinese cybertheft by considering economic sanctions against companies and individuals who have benefited from stealing U.S. trade secrets.
Architecture enthusiasts are getting ready to mark National Skyscraper Day, and you can show your appreciation for architectural masterpieces by investing in a skyline-inpired case for your iPhone 6.
Donald Trump kicked off his presidential campaign by claiming that Mexico was responsible for bringing criminals and rapists to the United States, and he has not exactly endeared himself to the Hispanic community since.
Former HP chief executive turned White House hopeful Carly Fiorina is waging a public relations war with CNN over her likely exclusion from the second Republican presidential debate next month.
Donald Trump's suggestion to build a permanent wall at the U.S.-Mexico border cannot be taken seriously, Texas Gov. Rick Perry - one of the tycoon's White House rivals - said this week.
At least 12 people were confirmed dead after Tropical Storm Erika lashed the island of Dominica and is headed across the Caribbean in the direction of south Florida.
Joe Biden has long toyed with a 2016 White House run, but the vice president told fellow Democrats this week that he is unsure whether his family has the "emotional fuel" for another presidential campaign.
If starting your the weekend as a brand new millionaire sounds appealing to you, then you might want to grab a Mega Millions ticket today before tuning in at 11 p.m. EDT tonight. That's when draw for the $64 million jackpot is set to take place at the studios of WSB-TV, Atlanta's ABC affiliate.
In an effort to calm the border crisis that has heightened tensions between Venezuela and Colombia, the foreign ministers of both nations vowed on Wednesday to increase cooperation between the two South American neighbors.
A Florida college student who suffered a car crash in Cuba and was stranded when she could not afford an air-ambulance flight will be able to return home thanks to the generosity of a Tampa-based company.
A federate appellate court on Wednesday ordered a Kentucky county clerk who has refused to defer to the Supreme Court's landmark ruling legalizing same-sex unions and issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
The United States and Mexico this week opened their first new rail link in more than a century, connecting Brownsville, in Texas' Cameron County, with the neighboring city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
Undocumented Colombian immigrants in Venezuela were packing up their belongings and crossing into their homeland on Tuesday after Caracas intensified a crackdown along the border between the two South American nations.
Retired neurosurgeon turned GOP White House hopeful Ben Carson this week tried to woo Latinos - widely considered a key demographic in the 2016 presidential election. But he failed to draw a single Hispanic individual at an "outreach event."
Speaking Spanish at a campaign event amounts to "pandering" to the Hispanic community, Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie claimed in a Fox News interview on Tuesday.
Ted Cruz on Tuesday refused to say whether he would deport a family of undocumented immigrants with children who are U.S. citizens and instead accused Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly of posing a "liberal journalist" question.
Colombian soccer star James Rodríguez has come under fire because of a YouTube video that shows him almost running over fans asking him for selfies and autographs.
Marcy Borders, the woman who became known as the "Dust Lady" after she was photographed in an iconic image taken in the midst of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, died of cancer on Monday.
Puerto Rico is readying for tropical storm after the National Hurricane Center on Wednesday issued a warning that also affects the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The United Nations Security Council on Monday discussed the atrocities gays and lesbians suffer under ISIS occupation, as the body tackled a gay-rights issue for the first time in its 70-year history.
