WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case has withdrawn a subpoena to former FBI Director Robert Mueller, citing the state of his health. The House Oversight Committee last month scheduled Mueller to ...

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 2, the 245th day of 2025. There are 120 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. Also on this date: In 1666, the Great Fire of London began, which would ...

The Constitution of the United States lays out a complex scheme of governance that has mostly worked for the 237 years since it became effective with the ratification of the ninth state, New Hampshire, in 1788. There have been exceptions, of course. Abraham Lincoln took extraordinary steps to ...

Today is Saturday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2025. There are 123 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1916, on his fourth attempt, explorer Ernest Shackelton successfully returned to Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue 22 of his stranded crew members, who had survived on the barren ...

Some parents abuse their kids. Child welfare workers are supposed to stop that to protect the kids. But bad things often happen while they watch. "Children have a right to safety," says Tim Keller. "If home is a danger, we as a society have to step in and protect those ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When the White House fired Susan Monarez as director of the premier U.S. public health agency, it was clear to two of the scientific leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the political meddling would not end and it was time to quit. "We knew ... if ...