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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday that if the U.S. had announced a plan to stop using foreign oil, Arab countries would have revealed Osama bin Laden right away.

On NBC News' Meet The Press Sunday, Ted Cruz refused to throw Paul Ryan a conservative bone.

“I am extremely, extremely tough on illegal immigration. ... If I were running things, I doubt those people would have been in the country," the presidential candidate says.

U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had harsh words about Alabama's move to close driver's license offices in majority African-American communities.

A Paul spokesman said the party fully supports the senator running for both Senate and president.

Any U.S. presidential campaign run by Vice President Joe Biden would be an "optimistic campaign," says former U.S. Sen. Ted Kaufman, one of his advisers and close friends.

The latest war of words between Republican U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush centers on the legacy of former President George W. Bush.

The U.S. attorney's office in Tampa, Florida, has ordered representatives of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association to appear before a grand jury.

“I don’t think anybody should be fired for being gay,” the Republican presidential candidate from Kentucky said.

The movement in New Jersey reflects a growing trend in the United States toward decriminalization and legalization of marijuana.

The Donald Trump campaign spent more on hats and T-shirts than on almost anything else last quarter.

A ballot initiative that will be voted on next month has support from Ohioans, a new poll finds.

Russian air power his backing up Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces as they look to reclaim the city of Aleppo.

Syrians will not be granted asylum status if they've spent time in Russia, which Norway considers a "safe" country.

Despite receiving temporary accommodations, at least half of the 1,900 unaccompanied refugee minors who arrived in Trelleborg left without notifying officials. 

Wayne Simmons, a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, reportedly falsely claimed to have worked on CIA investigations from 1973 to 2000.

A monthslong legalization campaign was launched after a multiple sclerosis patient was jailed for growing the plant to ease his pain.

"Yo estoy contigo," Clinton said. "That's a promise."

Crack and cocaine are pretty similar at a molecular level, but they also have some big differences in the justice system.

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has a penchant for politics, and GOP presidential candidates such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio have been vying for his blessing -- and his cash.

Agreeing with right-wing radio host Jan Mickelson, Huckabee said Wednesday that slavery would work for criminals.

President Obama reversed policy Thursday, stating that he would keep troops in Afghanistan. Response was mixed.

The Sanders campaign held its third fundraiser at a private house with wealthy donors.

Activists in New Orleans accused an appeals court of stalling on executive actions that would provide deportation relief to 5 million undocumented immigrants. And the government could be running out of time.

While the U.S. is no longer in the valleys and villages in Afghanistan, Kabul still needs strategic help from the U.S., Obama said Thursday.

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert agreed to plead guilty on charges associated with reported sexual assault attack on high school student.

The lower rate has come from discretion by agents in the field, not policy changes, a Texas Border Patrol union representative said.

Over several interviews, the Democratic presidential candidate recalled how learning about the Holocaust helped him understand the role of politics in life.

More than two-dozen players have yet to receive cash prizes because the state's lottery commission has frozen payments until lawmakers in Springfield pass a budget.