Washington, D.C., has 41 homicides per 100,000 people, “No. 1 that we can find anywhere in the world.” ...

Democrats also are not seeking funding for free abortions. Federal law prohibits federal funds to be used for abortions except in cases or rape, incest or to save the life of the pregnant woman. The ...

President Donald Trump appears poised to put his image on both sides of a commemorative $1 coin issued by the United States Mint.

"Portland is burning to the ground, it’s insurrectionists all over the place," Trump told reporters Oct. 5 before heading to a celebration of the U.S. Navy, echoing his previous statements. "It’s ...

In 2013, then-businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump shared his vision on Fox News about the role a president should play in a shutdown: "You have to be nice and be angry and be wild and cajole ...

Republicans are seeking a bill to temporarily extend federal spending at current levels without any add-ons. Democrats are pushing to extend expiring subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans.

Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of Burton, Michigan, was a former U.S. Marine and Iraq War veteran. His Sept. 28 ambush on the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Grand Blanc Township left four ...

Trump could use a shutdown to dismantle government functions, wrote Max Stier, chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit focused on improving the federal government.

A Century Foundation analysis found that the increase in out-of-pocket costs for Affordable Care Act insurance wouldn’t be twice as big for rural enrollees, which is one way to interpret Klobuchar’s ...

As the U.S. headed for a government shutdown, Republicans repeatedly accused Democrats of forcing the closure because they want to give health care access to immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders. Approximately 30% of U.S. medical residents are ...

On at least a dozen occasions when Joe Biden was president — including in speeches to military academy graduates and Medal of Honor winners, at Veterans Day observances and to rank-and-file ...