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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach made his name by championing strict voter registration and writing anti-immigration laws. Now he wants to be the state's next Republican governor.

The Nigerian activist was honored by the U.S. State Department in June for her efforts to combat human trafficking in Italy and Nigeria.

He was a visionary at a time when the auto industry was sorely in need of one, bringing Fiat, which had been hemorrhaging billions of dollars annually, to profitability in just one year.

Health care jobs now outnumber manufacturing jobs in Jefferson County, Ohio. Hospital administrators worry that Republican plans to cut Medicaid will lead to layoffs.

Cuba's new generation of independent bloggers who write about everything from cultural events to reggaeton artists to politics are worried their new-found free writing space will close due to increased tensions once again with the U.S.

The longtime German chancellor, who led West Germany and later a unified country, died Friday. Kohl helmed two vast integration projects: Germany's reunification and efforts to forge a European Union.

The FBI says James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., opened fire on a group of Republican members of Congress and was shot by police. Hodgkinson was an outspoken opponent of President Trump.

Protesters interrupted the hearing where Jeff Sessions was being considered as Donald Trump's pick for attorney general. Groups oppose the nomination over Sessions' record on civil and voting rights.

When Republicans attacked the proposed Affordable Care Act by falsely claiming that it contained "death panels," the White House initially saw the charge as being so absurd that no one would buy it.

Trump's pick of retired Gen. James Mattis as defense secretary will require Congress to bypass a certain law. Professor Peter Feaver of Duke University discusses the law's origins.