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The deaths of Echol Cole and Robert Walker ignited the strike that drew the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis where he was assassinated in April 1968.

The latest political sandstorm in the Russia saga is over four pages of paper that have never seen the light of day.

Officials gave varying figures on the number hurt. But Amtrak said two crew members and three passengers were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned Wednesday following reports that she bought shares in a tobacco company.

The biggest thigh-slapper of last night's State of the Union was Trump's apparent belief that unplugging his vocal amplifier would somehow soften his demagoguery.

President Trump's State of the Union united Democrats and Republicans on infrastructure, but immigration proposal is doing the opposite.

Trump addressed the nation with tensions running high on Capitol Hill.

The decision to end the delivery of aid is part of the agency's broader plan to transition away from the emergency response phase of its work on the island.

EPA said it was suspending its effort to withdraw proposed protections for a southwest Alaska watershed to make room for a new mine.

USA Gymnastics' board must resign, the U.S. Olympic Committee says, or it will lose its certification as a national governing body

White House counsel Don McGahn refused and threatened to quit himself if the president went ahead, according to an explosive report in The New York Times.

Democrats said they were heartened Thursday by Trump's support, while Republicans were more cautious.

Republicans could theoretically vote to change laws to require just a simple 51-vote majority to pass a spending bill, as they did to get Neil Gorsuch confirmed.

Almost a year after Trump tried to bar travelers from entering the US, the Supreme Court announced that will consider a legal challenge to the third version of that ban.