President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, is on Capitol Hill for meetings with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other pivotal Republican senators in preparation for her fast-track confirmation before the Nov. 3 election.

Pentagon chief Mark Esper says the U.S. will send armored reinforcements into eastern Syria to bolster defenses against a potential move by Islamic State militants on oil fields controlled by U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds

Congressman and civil rights leader Elijah Cummings is being remembered as a "fierce champion of truth, justice and kindness" at a funeral in Baltimore

Age concerns loom over 2020 Democratic presidential field as 78-year-old Bernie Sanders returns from heart surgery

President Donald Trump says "really bad things" will come from Justice Department criminal investigation into the Russia probe