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In a speech Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter previewed a $582 billion spending plan for fiscal 2017 that will be detailed next week.

Activists called on the Republican to send back money received from a member of a white nationalist group.

The White House wants to prevent overdoses and expand access to treatment amid a growing number of U.S. drug overdoses.

Although it’s still very early, Sen. Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton have several options to choose from that could increase their ability to woo more voters.

With farmland values sliding as the Fed raises rates and China buys fewer exports, Hawkeye State farmers would welcome the billionaire candidate.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says parts of metro Detroit have sulfur dioxide pollution at levels exceeding federal air quality standards.

Federal law passed after the Sept. 11 terror attacks changed the way states vet residents applying for identification documents.

Clinton raised $38 million more than Bernie Sanders last year and still wasn’t able to cinch a blowout in the Iowa caucus.

A new study that followed 3,500 recreational users over 25 years reported that long-term pot use could weaken verbal memory recall.

For the annual tradition, thousands of revelers converge on the small Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney to see if Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from his temporary burrow — a simulated tree stump on a farm — and see his shadow.

Chicago's police force has struggled to regain public trust after a video, released in November, showed an officer-involved shooting of a black teenager.

The derailment, which killed eight people and injured about 200 others, is considered the worst train disaster in the U.S. in decades.

Punxsutawney Phil, a meteorological marmot who lives in Pennsylvania, will deliver his verdict after 6 a.m. Tuesday.

On the GOP side, more than 112,000 Iowa caucus votes went to three nonwhite candidates: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Ben Carson.

Despite declaring a moral victory in Iowa, Sanders will need to expand his appeal to continue moving forward after New Hampshire.

Ted Cruz's win is considered as a setback for corn farmers in Iowa, who have lobbied hard to protect the controversial biofuels program from being dismantled.

The Republican front-runner said he was planning to travel to New Hampshire, the location of the first primary, Tuesday.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were both declaring victory in the Iowa caucuses Monday night as the numbers were too close to call.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Hillary Clinton stood at 49.9 percent, while Sen. Bernie Sanders had 49.5 percent.

Going into Monday night's voter meetings, Trump was polling at about 31 percent in Iowa.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s ground game helped him beat Donald Trump in Iowa, but Marco Rubio’s strong finish may give the GOP establishment someone to rally around.

The results of Monday's Iowa caucus were expected to have several low-polling candidates altering their plans.

House Republicans say a proposal for addressing the U.S. territory's financial crisis could reach the House floor by the end of March.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is due to disclose his spending priorities Tuesday in an address to the Economic Club of Washington.

Networks like C-SPAN and ABC News will broadcast live and online from the Hawkeye State on Monday night.

As votes were tallied Monday night, Ted Cruz was declared the winner among Republicans while Democrats Clinton and Sanders were locked in a tight battle.

There are 12 Republicans in the presidential field heading into Iowa. That will likely change in the next month.

Neither the train, track or signals were to blame for a May 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people, a report said.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio does not need to win Monday in Iowa, but he does need to exceed expectations at the caucuses, political analysts say.