Confusion and controversy surrounded the arrival of a charter flight from Nairobi to Johannesburg on Thursday morning after 153 Palestinian refugee passengers were denied entry into South Africa.

Efforts are underway across Southern California to clean up downed trees, flooding and rockslides after days of rain, and the rush is on to get it all done before the next storm moves in. Conditions ...

Thune said he plans to put up a funding bill to reopen the government. Now in its 38th day, the U.S. government shutdown is the longest in U.S. history. Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a ...

House Republicans said a vote could come as early as Wednesday. The Senate on Monday passed a short-term government funding bill and sent it to the House, where a vote could come as early as Wednesday ...

The House Rules Committee voted 8-4 to advance the Senate-passed government funding package -- sending the legislation to the House floor for consideration. The committee gaveled out the long hearing ...

The House passed the government funding bill by a vote of 222-209, sending the measure to Trump's desk for final signature to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

Air travel disruptions were continuing on Tuesday across the United States, with more than 1,100 flights canceled before dawn, according to a flight-data tracker. Some 541 flights within, into or out ...