A new report issued by the Census Bureau revealed that more Americans gained health insurance in 2014, but not much has changed in the poverty rate in the U.S.
A comment by a Donald Trump supporter, who suggested the United States needed to "get rid" of Muslims, went unchallenged by the presidential candidate. The GOP front-runner also took flak for not correcting the man's assertion that President Barack Obama was not a U.S. citizen.
The Obama Administration announced that it will ease its restrictions on business and travel to Cuba in an effort to mend its severed ties with the communist country.
Columba Bush, the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, is playing an increasingly important role in her husband's campaign, as the former Florida governor seeks to appeal to Hispanics.
"Sexual rights" is the term the U.S. government plans to use to refer the prerogatives of people of all gender identities and sexual orientations, the State Department announced in remarks made to a United Nations panel.
If Tuesday's "meager" $15 million Mega Millions jackpot was not quite enough to spark your imagination, you are in luck. No one matched the winning numbers, which means the prize has inched up to $20 million for tonight's drawing. Who gets to take that nifty sum home will be determined at 11 p.m. EDT.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced its new communications director will be a Latino. Specifically, the DNC named Luis Miranda as the organization's communications director, and he will assume the role in October.
The 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested for bringing a homemade digital clock to his Texas high school after it was mistaken for a bomb has received an outpouring of global support and invitations to visit the White House and Facebook.
Federal authorities on Thursday arrested a childhood friend of Dylann Roof, the man accused of killing nine people at a historic black church in Charleston back in June.
For years now, "The League" actor Steve Rannazzisi has maintained that he was in the south World Trade Center tower when the planes hit on 9/11. That turned out to be a lie. See the details here.
One hundred women set out on a 100 mile pilgrimage from Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C. in hopes of meeting Pope Francis in the nation's capital next week while calling for more humane and compassion immigration laws.
At least one more month at near zero rate The Fed is not raising its federal funds interest rate due to worries around the global financial markets, CNBC reports.
For the second time in a week, U.S. Senate Democrats blocked a Republican resolution disapproving President Obama's historic nuclear agreement with Iran.
After the James Blake incident last week, in which the former tennis pro was violently arrested, the New York Police Department Union spoke out on the incident.
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders wants private companies out of the business of running prisons and immigration detention centers. The Vermont senator introduced legislation on Thursday to end for-profit prisons.
Man woke up from strange dreams A New York man recorded a strange object that seemed to change shapes as it flew through the sky, Express reports. Tony Shea was awakened by a strange dream in the early morning.
A former prisoner of war in Afghanistan who was swapped for five Taliban leaders in 2014 will make an appearance at a preliminary hearing on Thursday a military court determines whether he should face a court-martial over charges of desertion and misbehavior.
