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President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month

President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders to his inauguration next month

The African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of largest Black Protestant denominations in the world, has been wrestling with whether to change a policy that threatens to punish any of its clergy who recognize same-sex marriages

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is an Iraq War veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the military handles claims of sexual misconduct

As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his administration face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Americans have their own doubts

An American who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system says he was released by the “liberators” who arrived in Damascus a day after the longtime ruler fled the capital

President-elect Donald Trump is back in his hometown of New York to be honored as Time magazine’s Person of the Year and ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange

President-elect Donald Trump is back in his hometown of New York where he's been honored as Time magazine’s Person of the Year and will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange

President-elect Donald Trump will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized by Time magazine as its person of the year

President-elect Donald Trump is set to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized by Time magazine as its person of the year