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The Roman Catholic leader's 60,000-word statement, released Friday, touches on issues like divorce and contraception.

The presidential candidate told comedian Seth Meyers he would continue to defend himself if Hillary Clinton’s campaign attacked his record.

Dropping in the polls, the Republican presidential hopeful elevated a veteran D.C. strategist.

Financial data show the nation to be “on a solid course,” Janet Yellen said Thursday at an event with three of her predecessors.

The 132-foot-long Sea Hunter is designed to cruise ocean waters for months at a time — with neither a crew nor remote control.

The House speaker may be the only Republican who can unite the party at the July convention, a Utah senator says.

The former president’s forceful response over his wife’s “superpredator­” comments and his welfare reform law echoes moments from Hillary's 2008 campaign.

About half of millennials responding to a survey said they’re struggling with debt, with many having “no idea” when payments will end.

In remarks Thursday, the president blasted Senate Republicans for refusing to hold hearings on Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland.

“This is not a particularly good day for the department,” city Police Commissioner William Bratton told reporters.

Speaking on "The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore," the celebrity scientist said Republicans probably can't get enough votes without environmentally conscious millennials.

Stephen Colbert mocked Donald Trump for saying that he would get rid of the "Department of Environmental" at a Fox News town hall.

A new bill the governor could sign into law would make undocumented immigrants convicted of certain crimes ineligible for parole.

Sanders supporters invaded a pro-Clinton hashtag after the Vermont senator said Clinton was not “qualified” to be president.

The country chose a new ambassador to the United States this week.

Here’s where to drink at a discount Thursday.

Caltech and MIT topped PayScale’s list of best colleges for return on investment.

Donations from Wall Street and other special interests should disqualify the Democratic front-runner, her challenger said Wednesday.

A Texas teenager died March 31 following a minor traffic accident that authorities say she “should have walked away from.”

At least 26 people had money and ID taken from them before they were returned to Mexico, a complaint alleges.

The soldier said she suffered a mild concussion, a ruptured eardrum and abrasions on her face after being brutally attacked by two soldiers.

As New York and Connecticut primaries near, Clinton has been focusing on her opponent's stands on gun makers' and sellers' liability.

James Simons, whose company, Renaissance Technologies, saved $6.8 billion through a tax loophole that Hillary Clinton opposes, has given millions to a super PAC backing the Democrat's campaign.

Republican presidential and congressional candidates have vowed to dismantle key parts of President Obama’s climate plan once in office.

Don Blankenship was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted of conspiring to violate safety standards at a mine where 29 people died in 2010.

The raids come a day after the papers revealed potential involvement of the FIFA president in scandal revealed last year.

After defeating the front-runners, they are headed for titanic, challenging showdowns in New York on April 19.

Last year, more than 240,000 students in third through eighth grade declined the test in the Empire State.

Val and Amy Castor picked up county worker Jason Perks seconds before flames engulfed his vehicle. All three survived.