The Latest on the nomination of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state (all times local): 5:25 p.m. Sen. Rand Paul says he now supports Mike Pompeo as secretary of state. The Kentucky Republican announced his position after talking with President Donald Trump moments before the Senate Foreign Relations Read more
The suspected gunman in the Waffle House shooting near Nashville, Tennessee, that left four people dead was captured Monday afternoon in a wooded area less than two miles from where he allegedly committed the massacre, authorities said. Travis Reinking was taken into custody at 1:07 p.m., about an Read more
A last-minute switch to "yes" by Kentucky Republican Rand Paul gave CIA director Mike Pompeo enough votes to get a favorable recommendation from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Monday, letting him avoid becoming the first secretary of state nominee in the nation's history to be rejected in Read more
A Democratic newcomer is trying to pull off an upset victory for an open U.S. House seat in Arizona that has been held by Republicans since the early 1980s Read more
Plans for a twin-tower residential building in New Jersey championed by Jared Kushner are in danger of collapse as his family's real estate company threatens legal action; Says Jersey City officials are 'playing politics' Read more
Police in Colorado say the man suspected of killing four people at a Tennessee Waffle House restaurant complained in 2017 that pop star Taylor Swift was stalking him Read more
Mitt Romney is being challenged in his run for US Senate in Utah by a conservative lawyer and family doctor from a small-town Read more
As civility fades in Trump's Washington, will senators cling to tradition and go easy on fellow senators? Read more
President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and their wives have arrived at George Washington's home for dinner Read more