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...

President Donald Trump says he "very easily" answered written questions from special counsel Robert Mueller, though he speculated that the questions had been "tricked up" to try to catch him in a lie. He said he hadn't submitted his answers to investigators yet. "You have to always be...

Germany on Thursday named a new head for its domestic intelligence agency BfV, which has been embroiled in various scandals in recent years.  Thomas Haldenwang, currently vice president of the BfV, was appointed by the Cabinet to head the agency, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer...

Prosecutors are investigating a top city official in southern Sweden over Islamophobic remarks. Christopher Larsson, vice mayor of the southern coastal city of Karlskrona, is accused of committing a hate crime in a social media posting last year. On Facebook, arguing that...