As women line up to run for U.S. political office at historic rates, state legislatures - where some of America's most critical policy decisions get made - could see a slew of new female lawmakers after November's vote, according to a Reuters analysis of election data. In Michigan, for...

When Oudai al-Homsi left his wife, toddler son and 8-month-old daughter in Jordan to seek asylum in Germany in 2015, he thought it would be a matter of months before they could join him. He hasn’t seen them since. Homsi, 28, settled in Berlin and authorities granted him subsidiary...

 It’s an incongruous sight, a woman in a salmon-pink hijab standing on a Massachusetts traffic median, waving at oncoming cars and asking perfect strangers to vote her into Congress. “Hey how are you? Good to see you!” Tahirah Amatul-Wadud hollers at a male pedestrian. A few...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should end a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, drawing a rebuke from both Democrats and his fellow Republicans in Congress. The Republican president has long complained...