United States

July 05, 2016

Ben Carson just threw some serious shade at Donald Trump on Twitter

A Carson aide later released a statement to NBC News.

July 05, 2016

July 05, 2016

Obama hits campaign trail, says ready to 'pass baton' to Clinton

July 05, 2016

July 05, 2016

Ryan slams Trump 'star' tweet

Ryan's comments came a day after Trump defended the tweet, saying he had not meant the six-pointed star to refer to the Star of David, which is a symbol of Judaism.

July 05, 2016

July 05, 2016

Clinton hid thousands of emails, put classified data on her server, but shouldn't be charged - FBI

Though the FBI found that Hillary Clinton and her staff were “extremely careless” with State Department emails hosted on a private server, no criminal charges will be brought against the former secretary and current presidential candidate.

July 05, 2016

July 01, 2016

AG Lynch will accept decision of FBI, prosecutors on Clinton email probe

"I certainly wouldn't do this again,'' she said of the meeting.

July 01, 2016

July 01, 2016

US AG Lynch recuses herself from Clinton email case - Justice Dept

Lynch will discuss the decision during a previously-scheduled conversation Friday morning at the Aspen Ideas Festival, an anonymous DOJ official said.

July 01, 2016

June 30, 2016

US military lifts ban on transgender personnel

"This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force," Carter said in a statement.

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Trump just pulled ahead of Clinton in a national poll for first time in more than a month

Donald Trump just took the lead in a major national poll for the first time in roughly six weeks.

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Homeland security chief says unfolding situation at Andrews

The base tweeted Thursday it is on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter. Joint Base Andrews is home to Air Force One.

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

U.S. Joint Base Andrews on lockdown over active shooter report

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Home base of 'Air Force One' on lockdown due to active shooter report

US military Joint Base Andrews, just outside of Washington, DC, has been put on lockdown due to an active shooter reportedly barricaded inside the medical center. A "shelter in place" order is in effect.

June 30, 2016

June 29, 2016

This isn't like 'Shark Tank': Mark Cuban marvels over Donald Trump's 'stupider' handling of campaign

Cuban also expressed concern over the so-called Brexit vote last week

June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

Aide said Clinton didn't want emails accessible to 'anybody'

Abedin also said under oath that she was not aware whether Clinton personally deleted any emails during her tenure as secretary.

June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

Pivot? Trump Doesn’t Need No Stinkin’ Pivot

If he was supposed to be transitioning to a “presidential” mode, Tuesday wasn’t it.

June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

Poll: Clinton and Trump run neck-and-neck

With third-party candidates included, Clinton leads 39% to 37%, with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson at 8% and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 4%.

June 29, 2016

June 28, 2016

House Benghazi report faults military response, not Clinton, for deaths

Panel chair Trey Gowdy concludes $7m investigation with 800-page report that accuses US of being slow to respond after 2012 attack was already under way

June 28, 2016

June 28, 2016

Benghazi panel caps 2-year probe: No bombshell, faults administration

The singer opens up about her past struggles in a new interview.

June 28, 2016