The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as today, Day 43, after Speaker Mike Johnson called House representatives back into session after a nearly eight-week absence. The Hou...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting in mixed trading on Wednesday. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged and remains near its all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls," according to documents made public Wednesday, but what he knew — and whether it pertai...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the House returns Wednesday for the first time in months, Democrat Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in as its newest member, more than seven weeks after winning a special election i...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become increas...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers made a long-awaited return to the nation's capital on Wednesday after nearly eight weeks away to potentially put an end to the longest federal government shutdown in ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure cause rolling blackouts ahead of winter, a major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state-owned nuclea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the rising dis...

GENEVA (AP) — A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs (about $4.4 million) at...

The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday pressed its last penny, marking the latest step in the 1-cent coin's demise. President Donald Trump ordered the cancelation of the penny earlier this year, ...