North Korea pulled out in 2003 to pursue nuclear weapons. Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, testifies before a Senate Committee on Armed ...

Pete Hegseth, a former combat veteran and TV news show host, says he will be a "change agent" and a "warrior" for the department as Republicans demand new and strong leadership in the Pentagon.

Joe Wilson Jr. performs In Explanation of Our Times by Langston Hughes at the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading Sunday afternoon ...

Let’s just call these mass firings at Justice and the FBI what they are. Donald Trump is a lawless man who is ripping apart ...

A fact sheet for Monday’s executive order refers to transgender Americans as “trans-identifying,” a technical term used by ...

South Korean officials interpreted Hegseth's comment as showing possible U.S. recognition of North Korea as a nuclear weapons state, a status granted only to five countries under an international ...

Unfortunately, the sickness that is spilling over isn’t empathy, but a lack of respect for women, Rick Pidcock says.

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

I followed my long-term boyfriend from California to Arizona. He dumped me when we got there, but I learned to love Tucson ...

Miriam Ziegler and fellow Canadian Howard Chandler, 96, were among the Auschwitz survivors in attendance Monday as the world ...