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Fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files has landed on the gilded wood and plush red benches of Britain's House of Lords.

Six years after Warren Buffett sold off all of Berkshire Hathaway's newspapers and predicted unending declines for the industry, Berkshire disclosed a new $350 million investment in The New York Times on Tuesday.

The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official.

In his homily, Leo offered a meditation on sin and said the ashes that Christians receive bear the "weight of a world that is ablaze, of entire cities destroyed by war."

Stephen Colbert's comments that network executives pulled his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico over fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration has prompted a conversation about the rules .. ...

"I knew him well long before becoming president, and he really was special, with lots of personality, grit and street smarts," President Donald Trump said during a White House event commemorating Black History Month.

As national Democrats search for a unifying theme ahead of the fall's midterm elections, a California proposal to levy a hefty tax on billionaires is turning some of the party's leading figures into adversaries just when Democrats can least afford .. ...

President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before any U.S. action against Iran, the nation's top Democrat said Wednesday.

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says agents yanked him from a vehicle, slammed him down and beat him with a baton.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said White House officials, but not President Donald Trump, have been in contact with Democratic leaders over the impasse, blaming Democrats for forcing some federal employees to work without paychecks.