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It's true that more people looked up their lawmakers than usual. But that was still only a handful of people.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to become U.S. secretary of state is in line to receive a $180 million retirement package.

President Obama and Vice President-elect Mike Pence met with their respective parties' lawmakers in an effort to frame the debate over the coming Affordable Care Act fight.

Fewer hurricanes have made landfall on the coast in the past decade. Research suggests a bipolar relationship between conditions in the Atlantic and along the coastline may have a protective effect.

A promised crackdown on people living in this country illegally could mean a boon for private prison companies that contract with the government to hold detainees.

In February 2015, a group of Chelsea football club supporters were caught on video pushing a black man off a crowded Paris metro as fans shouted, "We're racist and that's the way we like it."

Donald Trump may wish to rely on the record of previous presidents who entered the White House in conflict with their own parties over a major foreign relations issue. But can he find one?

Winners of a ZTE crowdsource challenge proposed a phone that responds to eye movements and can be attached to surfaces for hands-free use. But picking a name posed an unexpected challenge.

Scientists say more low-intensity wildfires are needed to clear out overgrown forests to help prevent bigger fires. Deciding where and when to let fires burn is tricky.

The discovery provides our first "glimmer of understanding" about the unexplained, strong waves. Scientists don't think they're from aliens, but they're puzzled by what could be causing them.