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Industries such as agriculture and construction rely on unauthorized immigration. But the people who hire undocumented workers rarely face repercussions.

Trump has vowed to fight California on a variety of fronts, including its homeless policies, its resistance to a border wall, its electric car mandate and over his plans to begin mass deportations.

Since the Nov. 5 election, sycophants, billionaires, lobbyists and job seekers have been spied paying court to President-elect Donald Trump in Florida.

The multibillionaire's newfound prominence in policymaking for the incoming Trump administration has a growing parallel across the Atlantic.

Washington officially regards the Syrian rebels as terrorists; they are hoping to polish their image.

As government agencies prepare for a potential shutdown, questions about a potentially burgeoning H5N1 bird flu pandemic are top of mind for many public health and agriculture officials.

The Food and Drug Administration plans to update its definition of "healthy" foods. Items that are high in saturated fat, sodium and added sugars no longer qualify.

Killings, including a notorious massacre, in a Syrian suburb left residents wanting revenge. Then they heard a militia leader was going to be hanged.

Efforts to reform life inside the walls of the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla are making headway. But most female prisoners have experienced levels of trauma that make it hard to build trust.

Transgender military officers, diplomats abroad, others, believe progress and acceptance built over a decade may be destroyed ...