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Senate Democrats are raising new concerns about the thoroughness of the FBI's background investigation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after the FBI revealed that it had received thousands of tips and had provided "all relevant" ones ...

Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a roughly 400 million-euro ($472 million) package of immediate aid for flood victims and vowed to start quickly on rebuilding devastated areas....

Russia on Wednesday successfully launched a long-delayed lab module for the International Space Station, intended to provide more room for scientific experiments and space for the crew....

Fauci rejected Paul's insinuation that the U.S. helped fund research at a Chinese lab that could have sparked the COVID-19 outbreak....

A man who allegedly opened fire with an AK-47 in the killing of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams at a West Side McDonald's drive-thru in April was arrested by the FBI this week after a three-month manhunt....

Muslims around the world were observing Eid al-Adha Tuesday, yet another major Islamic holiday in the shadow of the pandemic....

Three of the Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas to stymie a Republican-backed effort to impose broad new voting restrictions have tested positive for COVID-19 and are quarantined, the Texas House's Democratic Caucus director said Saturday....

After Mehta-Paul, 70, went missing in 2011, she was "presumed dead," a probable cause affidavit states. Despite multiple searches, Mehta-Paul's body and her gold Toyota RAV-4 have never been found, according to the FBI....

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pressured lawmakers Thursday to reach agreement by next week on a pair of massive domestic spending measures, signaling Democrats' desire to push ahead aggressively on President Joe Biden's multitrillion-dollar...

The FBI made numerous serious errors in investigating allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar and didn't treat the case with the "utmost seriousness," the Justice Department's inspector general said Wedn...

An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to lure a U.S. journalist and human rights activist from New York to Iran, authorities said Tuesday....

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Ferency, 53, was killed last Wednesday after a man threw a Molotov cocktail at an FBI office in the city roughly 70 miles west of Indianapolis and then shot the officer as he emerged from the building, authorities said....

The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 64, Iraqi medical officials said....

When it comes to cyberattacks, Russian President Vladimir Putin must also be told, firmly but privately, that — as a last resort — a world of major allies are prepared to spotlight him and Russia as THE problem....

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday called on the Justice Department to investigate the National Rifle Association for bankruptcy fraud....

President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Friday phone call that he must "take action" against cybercriminals acting in his country...

The shooting incident is under investigation by the FBI's Inspection Division, according to authorities....

In Afghanistan and Cuba, not to mention Vietnam and Iraq, Americans have found out that shaping the world to our preferences can be not only hugely expensive and destructive but impossible, columnist Steve Chapman writes....

The attorney representing those opposed to the Islamic Center of Naperville's plans for a mosque complex on 248th Avenue requested another Planning and Zoning Commission hearing continuance to August following unexpected death of expert witness....

The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base's new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans' departure more than two hours aft...

A Morton Grove couple, believing a relative had been arrested for a serious crime and needed money for bail, lost more than $17,000 in what police say was a phone scam....

Nearly 20 years after invading Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaida, the U.S. military has vacated its biggest airfield in the country, advancing a final withdrawal that the Pentagon on Friday said will be completed by the end of August....

No matter how many troops we send into Afghanistan, how much firepower we use, or how long we stay, the United States alone cannot will a new and effective government into being in a foreign country. We should have learned this lesson already....

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger uses an expletive to question House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy's credibility...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday named Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to a new select committee on the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, elevating the most unyielding GOP critic of former President Donald Trump to work alongside seven Democrat...

This month, Ross Summer Music Theatre is producing a run of the area premiere of the musical "Catch Me If You Can," based on the book and the hit 2002 film of the same name. The movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, starred Tom Hanks as an FBI agen...

Gen. Austin S. Miller, the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, gave a sobering assessment of the country's deteriorating security situation....

Hong Kong's march toward an authoritarian future began with a single phrase in a dry policy paper. Beijing, the document declared, would wield "comprehensive jurisdiction" over the territory....

President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure deal was thrown in doubt Friday as Republican senators felt "blindsided" by his insistence that it must move in tandem with his bigger package, while the White House doubled down on the strategy ...

The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's voting laws, a person familiar with the matter said Friday....

Roughly 650 U.S. troops are expected to remain in Afghanistan to provide security for diplomats after the main American military force completes its withdrawal, which is set to be largely done in the next two weeks, U.S. officials told The Associated Pres...

Representatives from the Islamic Center are seeking variances to allow its Indiana Horizon Academy to put the two temporary modular units in its parking area, saying the school is growing, with about 90 students enrolled in its early childhood and element...