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Rep. John Lewis said he would not invite President-elect Donald Trump on a visit to Selma, Alabama with him in an interview released after Trump attacked the congressman on Twitter. Lewis has frequently visited the city with politicians from both sides of the aisle over the years
The U.S. Justice Department has issued a scathing report on civil rights abuses by Chicago's police department over the years.
A US government watchdog has launched an investigation into actions taken by the FBI during the election campaign.
The Justice Department inspector general says he will investigate the actions of the Justice Department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were followed by FBI Director James Comey
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the new attorney general has denied sympathising with the Ku Klux Klan, in a tough Senate confirmation hearing.
A white supremacist has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church in 2015.
The first of the Trump administration’s most controversial nominees to appear for Senate confirmation
A GUNMAN opened fire inside the baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, killing five people and injuring as many as eight.
Trump’s transition team has reportedly signaled to Congress that the president-elect’s preference is to fund the border wall through a congressional appropriations process as soon as April, but Trump insists Mexico will pay for the wall, just later. Buzz60
RT’s reporting on US issues was part of a “multifaceted Russian campaign” to undermine America, according to the outgoing Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
IN RECENT weeks there has been no end of American commentators willing to bet their credibility on the coming collapse of America, thanks to Trump.
The FBI has made public documents related to the controversial October reopening of its probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server; the Democratic presidential candidate has blamed the investigation announcement for her defeat at the polls.
The Fed’s expectations for short-term GDP growth increased slightly to 2.1% in 2017
EXXONMOBIL CEO Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the State Department, has ample experience in dealing with other nations, but strictly as a businessman, not a diplomat.
A US man who dresses up as Santa Claus fulfilled a dying boy's Christmas wish by visiting him at his bedside, before the youngster passed away in his arms.
During the 13 minutes of the execution Smith appeared to be struggling for breath.
At a 'thank you' victory rally in Cincinnati Thursday evening, President-elect Donal Trump announced he would "appoint" former Marine Corps General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense. (Dec. 3) AP
The nomination of Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt to be the next head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has two important ramifications
Donald Trump has blasted a union leader who accused him of lying about his deal to stop an air conditioning maker from moving jobs to Mexico.
Retired Marine General John Kelly has been reportedly asked to lead the Department of Homeland Security.