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A race for an open House seat in Montana took a jaw-dropping twist when a reporter alleged that Republican candidate Greg Gianforte "body slammed" him and broke his glasses on the eve of Election Day.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry used a commencement address Wednesday night to rip the Trump administration, telling graduates the US is not living in "a normal time."

Many years ago, a 12-year-old Rick Goddard was riding a ski lift up a snowy hill in Utah when he heard the unmistakable roar of a jet engine.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson raised eyebrows Wednesday by saying in an interview that having "the wrong mindset" contributes to poverty.

Greg Gianforte, the Republican congressional candidate from Montana who had a physical altercation Wednesday with a journalist, is a tech entrepreneur and multimillionaire who sold his self-made company RightNow Technologies to Oracle in 2012.

The Congressional Budget Office released its highly anticipated score of the House Republican health care bill on Wednesday.

When US President Donald Trump attends his first NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, the Manchester terror attack will be uppermost in the minds of the 28 leaders around the table.

A US Navy destroyer has sailed close to a disputed South China Sea island controlled by China for the first time under new US President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump on Thursday will attend his first NATO summit alongside the 27 other members of the military alliance and join in the opening ceremony of the group's new headquarters in Brussels.

On the eve of Montana's special House election, Republican nominee Greg Gianforte got into a physical altercation with a reporter from The Guardian newspaper -- an incredibly odd and potentially damaging last-minute swerve in a race that has, of late, attracted considerable national attention and money.

A Republican congressman said Wednesday night that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should have known better than to fail to disclose meetings with Russian officials when he applied for his security clearance.

House oversight committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said Wednesday that he's wants to "loosen up the tie a little bit" and enjoy more balance in his life after retiring from Congress.

House oversight committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said Wednesday he had a "one-on-one" conversation with ousted FBI Director James Comey earlier this week, in which they discussed Comey's looming public testimony.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not disclose meetings he had last year with Russian officials when he applied for his security clearance, the Justice Department told CNN Wednesday.

The long-awaited Congressional Budget Office analysis of the American Health Care Act is out and the news isn't terribly good for Republicans hoping to avoid major electoral losses in 2018.

The team tasked by the White House with finding a new director for the FBI is resetting its search, a senior administration official told CNN.

The prominent New York lawyer expected to represent President Donald Trump in the widening Russia probes has professional connections of his own to Moscow, which could create yet another public-relations problem for the White House.