Something different is happening to the U.S. dollar, which recently completed its worst first half of any calendar year since ...

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President Donald Trump is visiting Texas, one week after the horror floods plunged the state into crisis, killing 121 and leaving over 170 unaccounted for.

Ninety-six of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where the toll includes at least 36 children. State officials vowed to continue searching for over ...

We need to do better. We should be supporting school meals at home and overseas. School meals fight hunger but also improve ...

LAGOS, - Nigeria's foreign minister said the United States was pressuring African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees, some straight out of prison, but Africa's most populous country could not ...

Major stock indexes were slightly lower on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of tariffs on imports from Canada fanned worries about trade tensions, with the Canadian dollar down ...

U.S. stock indexes were headed for weekly losses on Friday as investors tried to gauge whether President Donald Trump's wave of new tariffs will stick after his new Aug. 1 deadline for trade deals.

Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tour the Texas flood devastation and ...

Senators had the Capitol all to themselves as the Texas floods coincided with the confirmation hearing for the next NOAA administrator.

A record-high majority—nearly eight in ten Americans—now view immigration positively, with similarly strong support for a ...

"There is absolutely no reason why the American people should be forced to foot the bill for Sesame Street in Iraq," Senator Joni Ernst told Newsweek.