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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's conservative political party was projected to win the majority of seats in the Diet's lower house in a snap election that risked her recently gained leadership of the national government, exit polls indicated ...

Congressional Democrats insist voter ID laws are a GOP scheme to suppress the minority vote, despite an overwhelming majority of Black and Hispanic Americans saying they want people to show a government-issued photo identification to cast a ballot.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he's not confident Congress will strike a deal to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded and it's up to Republicans to break the stalemate.

Nigeria's president is set to make a state visit to the U.K. in March, the first such trip by a Nigerian leader in almost four decades, Britain's Buckingham Palace said Sunday.

Iran's ballistic missile program was never on the table and was not up for negotiation during Friday's high-stakes meeting between Iranian and U.S. officials, the Islamic republic's chief diplomat said over the weekend.

Lindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early in the Olympic downhill on Sunday and was taken off the course by a helicopter after the 41-year-old American received medical attention on the snow for long, anguished minutes.

Polls opened Sunday in parliamentary elections that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda.

A skier on Mammoth Mountain in California died attempting a steep expert run Thursday, days after a 12-year-old girl fell from a ski lift there.

D.C. Health ordered ambulances diverted away from seeking treatment at George Washington University Hospital this week due to flooding issues.

Those in downtown San Francisco may see a cluster of people marching toward the business districts on Saturday afternoon. They're aligned with the March for Billionaires, a pro-wealth initiative.