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WASHINGTON - What's all this hubbub about 270? It's not about the 270 whales stranded this fall on Australia's island state of Tasmania. It's not about congestion on Interstate 270 feeding commuters i...

NEW DELHI - India's capital is seeing its worst wave of coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic, even as the nation's overall cases fall. New Delhi has averaged more than 5,200 newly co...

WASHINGTON - Every four years at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20, the president-elect or the reelected president of the United States takes the oath of office for a four-year term. The inaugural ceremon...

Five times in U.S. history, candidates have lost the popular vote but won the presidency - most recently in 2016. Could Donald Trump be the first to do it twice? A look at an American political anomal...

CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago struck down a key immigration rule Monday that would deny green cards to immigrants who use food stamps or other public benefits, a blow to the Trump administratio...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 9 p.m. Sen. Kamala Harris is delivering an urgent message for people to vote to repair the nation's divides and protect its demo...

PITTSBURGH - Closing out a campaign shadowed by a once-in-a-century pandemic, President Donald Trump charged across the nation Monday, delivering without evidence his incendiary allegation that the el...

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas has surpassed California in recording the highest number of positive coronavirus tests in the U.S. so far, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As the coronavirus pan...

WASHINGTON - A veteran Republican operative who got his start in politics by helping to persuade a judge to throw out hundreds of mail-in ballots is organizing an "army" of volunteers for President Do...

LIMA, Peru - For the second time in less than two months, opposition members in Peru's congress persuaded legislators to adopt a motion Monday that requires President Martin Vizcarra to face an impeac...