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President-elect Donald Trump threw his support behind Republican Mike Johnson amid a fight over House speakership that will culminate in a vote at the end of the week.

An appeals court has rejected Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury's verdict last year that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s.

The funeral for former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held on Jan. 9 at Washington National Cathedral.

Thousands of officers will be on duty on New Year's Eve and the NYPD will deploy drones, dogs and helicopters to watch over the crowd cramming into the streets.

The former U.S. president, known as a champion of international human rights both during and after his White House tenure, died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia.

The United States "will continue to work relentlessly to strengthen Ukraine's position in this war over the remainder of my time in office," Biden said.

Authorities in South Korea were working on Monday to confirm the identities of more than three dozen of the 179 passengers who were killed when a Jeju Air plane crashed.

World leaders have offered their condolences after the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100.

Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actress who became a working class icon as a waitress on the TV sitcom "Alice," has died at age 87 ...

Reaction to the death of former President Jimmy Carter paid tribute to his service to the country and his contributions around the world after the White House.