Ohio Teamsters split the ticket with their endorsements in the state's two major races, keeping the truckers' union in the middle of the road between America's warring political parties.

Three men inside a van who witnessed the fatal shooting of the driver by an immigration officer in Houston said the Mexican man was shot through a passenger window and that the officer was never threatened, a lawyer who has spoken with them said Friday.

CNN pundit on BERNIE SANDERS: "Bernie's been in elected office for 45 years. Why isn't he establishment?"

Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump's problem-plagued efforts to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation's 250th birthday.

Sen. Susan Collins' campaign is giving her would-be rivals the "Jeb!" treatment, casting them as low-energy losers who have a long climb before they can recreate the Graham Platner buzz.

After an African American teenager was found dead in Mississippi on Monday, his family hired prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump to seek answers about the circumstances surrounding his death. Crump has a history of quickly framing similar cases in racial terms, and this case is likely to be no different. Mississippi teenage and college […]

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump rescinds habitat protection under ESA The Trump administration announced Friday that it rolled back a key protection for endangered species. © Alex Brandon, Associated Press Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under...

The British and Norwegian embassies in Washington, D.C. shared some light-hearted banter on social media ahead of the England versus Norway match on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. The post centered on the friendly rivalry between Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland and English player Harry Kane. Haaland is also a striker...

Democrat Graham Platner has formally withdrawn from the Maine Senate race, allowing members of the party to choose their new nominee this month. "I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate," the progressive oyster farmer wrote in a letter posted to social media Friday, later adding that "my name may have been...

Apple is suing OpenAI, accusing the major AI firm and industry partner of attempting to access and steal confidential information about their tools, processes and unreleased products through job interviews with their employees. The lawsuit, filed Friday in a California federal court, accuses OpenAI and two former employees of stealing Apple’s confidential information and handing...