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LONDON — (CNN) Tony Blair says that Britain’s departure from the European Union is not etched in stone. In an interview with the New Statesman, the former British prime minister said the p...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Barack Obama called for unity in his final Thanksgiving address Thursday, just weeks after what he called the “sometimes divisive campaign” came to a clo...

NEW YORK — (CNN) An e-cigarette exploded in the pocket of an employee at a New York City wine store Wednesday, badly burning the man, his attorney said. Otis Gooding, 31, was standing behind the...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Green Party nominee Jill Stein launched a bid Wednesday to seek a recount in three Rust Belt states as pressure builds among liberals to challenge election results. The Stein ca...

(CNN) — A Wayne State University police officer has died from a gunshot wound he suffered Tuesday night in Detroit, the university’s president announced Wednesday. Officer Collin Rose had ...

  WASHINGTON — (CNN) Mortgage rates have pushed past 4% for the first time this year. The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 4.03%, from 3.94% last week. A year ago...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Barack Obama dished out some final Thanksgiving puns Wednesday as he performed the ceremonial White House task of pardoning turkeys. Obama was joined at the Rose Gar...

  Joelle Fredman WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) President-elect Donald Trump’s wish for this Thanksgiving is for America to come back together. In a Thanksgiving video message, Trump sa...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Just weeks after its debut, the Navy’s most technologically advanced destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, has been put out of action due to engineering problems that occurred whi...

 WASHINGTON — (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump tapped Betsy DeVos, a top Republican donor and school choice activist, to head the Department of Education, the Trump transition team announ...