Democrats in the House of Representatives are attempting to change a 181-year-old rule banning the wearing of hats in the chamber in order to accommodate one of the first Muslims elected to Congress, who wears a headscarf. The leader of the House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, along with...

The value of Bitcoin plummeted 12 percent Monday to below $5,000 for the first time since October 2017. The world's largest cryptocurrency fell as low as $4,891, the lowest level in more than a year, according to data from CoinDesk. With losses exceeding 22 percent in the last...

A trio of Democratic senators Monday sued U.S. President Donald Trump over his appointment of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. The complaint filed by Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse and Mazie Hirono, asks a federal judge to remove Whitaker from the post Trump appointed...

Khan al-Ahmar, an Arab village in East Jerusalem, will be demolished and its inhabitants evicted, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, according to local media reports. Netanyahu reportedly made the assertion at a Monday meeting of his right-wing Likud party, which leads...