US Supreme Court lets Trump pursue deportations under 1798 law, with limitsThe Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to pursue deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Ac...
Louis Gossett Jr., trailblazing Oscar winner and 'Roots' star, passes away at 87Louis Gossett Jr., the trailblazing actor who became the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and gained fame for his ...
Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87Gossett's first cousin Neal L. Gossett told The Associated Press that the actor died in Santa Monica, California. A statement from the fami...
Court temporarily blocks Joe Biden's student loan forgivenessThe Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the stay while it considers a motion from six Republican-led states to block the program. The st...
Poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who helped launch the Beat movement, passes away at 101A month shy of his 102nd birthday, Ferlinghetti died due to lung disease.
Joe Biden to introduce Judge Merrick Garland as attorney generalThe four lawyers are to be introduced by Biden at an event Thursday afternoon in Wilmington, Delaware.
Democrats falling short in bid for control of U.S. SenateTo win the majority in the Senate, Democrats would need to pick up three Republican seats if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is e...
Democrats' US Senate drive halted by Republicans; key races remain undecided, as yetIn Maine, Republican Sen. Susan Collins won the hardest-fought race of her career, securing a fifth term by defeating Democrat Sara Gideon....
Republican incumbents hold off Democratic challengers for U.S. SenateRepublicans currently hold 53 seats. Democrats need to win four seats to take a majority, or three if Joe Biden wins the White House, which...
Senate Republicans and Democrats trade losses as battle for control over the Senate rages onControl of the Senate may not become clear for some time. Final results from at least five of the contests may not be available for days, a...
Republican Mitch McConnell wins re-election, but control of US Senate still at stakePolls closed in key states where some of the nation's most well-known senators were on the ballot. In Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader Mitc...
US Elections: Control of the Senate at stake as President Trump's allies face DemocratsFrom New England to the Deep South and the Midwest to the Mountain West, Republicans are defending seats in states once considered long sho...
2020 Poll Watch: Is it too late for Trump to turn things around?With Election Day just three weeks away and millions of Americans already voting, the Republican president is trailing Democrat Joe Biden b...
View: Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's unexpected lifeline in US election 2020 bidThere is no clear code of conduct in the US that can resist the president appointing a Supreme Court associate justice just before the elec...
Presidential debates give Donald Trump one last chance to define Joe BidenThe president's attacks on Biden have been scattershot and inconsistent, frustrating some Republicans who believe he has squandered repeate...
Do you know the history behind the infamous word 'mafia'?The word has two distinct etymologies.
- Detroit feels the pain as GM goes bankrupt
Detroit residents are struggling to come to grips with what would have been unthinkable as recently as 2004, when GM was completing a 10-ye...