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Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, White House insists Congress provide $5 billion to build a border wall

Asian markets fall as traders ready for Fed rate hike amid expectations of slower growth

Michael Flynn may have given extraordinary cooperation to prosecutors, but the run-up to his sentencing hearing has brought to the surface raw tensions over an FBI interview in which the former national security adviser lied about his Russian contacts

Notre Dame's Brian Kelly is The Associated Press college football Coach of the Year

Russian internet trolls worked to discourage black voters in the United States and "blur the lines between reality and fiction" as they tried to help get Donald Trump elected president in 2016

Former FBI Director James Comey has harsh words for House Republicans, saying their silence in response to President Donald Trump's attacks on the Justice Department is "shameful."

Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" will air an episode next year in Puerto Rico including an exclusive performance with Lin-Manuel Miranda reprising his role in "Hamilton."

A former CIA employee who studies terror networks says a California man convicted of attempting to support the Islamic State does not have the attributes of an Islamic extremist