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By Evan Perez, Elise Labott and Shimon Prokupecz WASHINGTON — (CNN) The Obama administration is preparing to announce, as soon as Thursday, a series of retaliation measures against Russia for me...

gu Alicia Abelson WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Six faith leaders will be participating in the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Michael Pence on Janua...

By Deirdre Walsh WASHINGTON — (CNN) House GOP leaders are planning to move quickly to pass three measures after the new Congress is sworn in next week that would boost President-elect Donald Tru...

By Ryan Browne WASHINGTON — (CNN) A former US Army soldier who has been on death row since 1988 for raping and murdering several women could now face execution after a judge denied his bid for a...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The city of Jerusalem canceled a vote Wednesday to approve the construction of 492 units — such as homes, synagogues and other public buildings — in East Jerusalem...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named a former official in President George W. Bush’s White House as his top adviser on homeland security, counterterrorism and c...

An image of the exterior of the U.S. Capitol.WASHINGTON — (CNN) Donald Trump’s picks to be treasury secretary and the head of the Department of Health and Human Services have both turned o...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Two of the Senate’s most prominent hardliners on Russia are framing the Washington consensus of Russian aggression as free from any disagreement whatsoever — excep...

By Ashley Fantz WASHINGTON — (CNN) Vera Rubin, a pioneering astrophysicist who proved the existence of dark matter, had a gift for overcoming daunting challenges. In the 1960s, she became the fi...

By Tami Luhby WASHINGTON — (CNN) Obamacare is not in a death spiral. In fact, insurers’ prospects in the individual market are looking brighter, according to a new S&P Global Ratings a...