A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande is a long way from Mexico's National Palace, where a U.S. delegation met this week with Mexico's president seeking more action to curb a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. border.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was in damage control Thursday over her failure to mention slavery when prompted about the Civil War at a town hall in New Hampshire.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that former President Donald Trump is OK with the weaponization of the federal government as long as it's against people he doesn't like, including his political opponents.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has done just about everything Republicans could want from a president over the past few years. Now, that includes combatting one of the worst political influences on the country over the past five years: teachers unions.

The Civil War was fought because the Southern states wanted to preserve the institution of slavery and their governments feared that the federal government, under Abraham Lincoln, would end slavery.

Mortgage rates fell for the ninth week in a row amid signs that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates next year. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate fell to 6.61 percent as of Dec. 28, down from 6.67 percent the previous week, according to new data released Thursday by Freddie Mac. Mortgage rates dipped...

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-La Crosse) Chancellor Joe Gow was allegedly fired for producing and appearing in pornographic videos with his wife after the school discovered the content.   Gow told The Associated Press (AP) his free speech rights were getting violated after videos with his wife, former UW-La Crosse professor Carmen Wilson, surfaced and...