AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's state auditor and former secretary of state said Monday he will challenge four-term Democratic Rep. Jared Golden in a primary in advance of one of the most closely ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is considering admitting far fewer refugees into the U.S. this year — as few as 7,500, and mostly white South Africans, officials say — a dramatic new low as ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone conversation Monday to lift the 40% tariff imposed by the U.S. government on ...

This question has prompted a fierce conversation, and it ultimately might be up to the courts to decide. Before the shutdown went into effect, a group of labor unions filed a lawsuit claiming that the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Amy McGrath, a retired Marine aviator, on Monday entered the Senate campaign in Kentucky, vowing to be a “bulwark against authoritarianism” in launching a comeback bid ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela warned Monday of an alleged plan by extremists to attack the shuttered U.S. Embassy complex in Caracas with explosives, coming as bilateral tensions simmer over ...

Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Donald Trump's administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago. Trump moved to deploy the National Guard ...

President Donald Trump has tapped a career government attorney as the next independent watchdog of the Justice Department. The appointment announced Friday comes amid controversy over the ...

Verizon is tapping the former CEO of PayPal to its top role, taking over the post from Hans Vestberg. Dan Schulman, who has served as a Verizon board member since 2018 and is its lead ...

Oct. 12: TV journalist Chris Wallace is 78. Actor-singer Susan Anton is 75. Musician Jane Siberry is 70. Actor Hiroyuki Sanada (“Shogun,” “Extant”) is 65. Actor Carlos Bernard (“24”) is 63. Jazz ...

The Reporter-Telegram will be honoring a male and female athlete of the week, sponsored by Midland Meat Company, based on online fan voting.

Paramount announced Monday that it has bought the successful news commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News. The move, while ...