Georgia Republican Rep. Tom Graves announced Thursday that he would retire from the U.S. House at the end of his term next year.

President Donald Trump counted down as first lady Melania Trump flipped the switch to light the National Christmas Tree on Thursday during a music-filled event at the White House Ellipse.

A majority of Americans still prefer private health insurance over government-run alternatives, a new Gallup survey shows — but support for public coverage continues to rise.

General Motors announced a new joint venture Thursday with South Korean conglomerate LG to produce battery cells for electric vehicles, a move the automaker said will mean more than 1,000 new jobs in northeast Ohio.

U.S. jobless claims dropped to a surprisingly low level in weekly figures released Thursday, giving a boost to sentiment that the labor market remains strong despite a slowing global economy.

Huawei said Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Communications Committee, in an effort to rollback the agency’s restrictions on the Chinese telecommunications company.

The chances that China will invade Taiwan have increased, but the risk might be too great, two experts said at a conference in Washington, D.C.

Declaring “no one is above the law,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday asked committee chairmen investigating President Donald Trump to go ahead with articles of impeachment.

A historic bill that would create the first-ever government office for the deaf and hard of hearing in Washington, D.C., is moving closer to fruition.

Security forces at a military base in Hawaii responded to a shooting Wednesday at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, authorities said.