Attempts to craft a deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt limit fell apart in the Republican-led House Tuesday evening, after the latest Republican proposal seemingly failed to garner sufficient support. The House shelved the vote...

New Jersey's U.S. senator-elect says he's ready to go to Washington and channel Americans' frustration with Congress into energy for change.

Booker, a Democrat, easily defeated Republican Steve Lonegan, the former mayor of Bogota, N.J.

An airport employee was arrested Tuesday in connection with dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International Airport.

A trio of brothers are finally brought together after daughter's exhaustive search.

Both the Obama administrations and congressional Republicans cited their own cost-cutting efforts.

A wedding at West Point of two graduates will be the first at the storied military academy between two men.

A federal appeals court has suspended a ruling ordering changes to 'Stop and Frisk.'

It's not clear what triggered Hamza Abdullah's lengthy Twitter expression.

Millions of Americans are getting their health insurance cancelled under the Affordable Care Act and the Obama administration has known for about three years that this would happen, NBC News is reporting.

The Senate on Thursday passed the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would prohibit
discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation or
gender identity.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday the recall of Van's AV Edict hooded jackets for boys.

The
state of Alabama and a Roman Catholic broadcasting network are again
suing over the birth control mandate in the nation's new health care
law.

A new study reveals that when given the choice between an attractive face and an unattractive one, preschool children trusted information from the better-looking person more.