Monsey Hanukkah Stabbing: 5 Wounded at Rabbi's Home in N.Y. Suburb  —  The governor called the violence an “act of domestic terrorism” after a suspect was arrested in Harlem.  —  MONSEY, N.Y. — An intruder with a large knife burst into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in a New York suburb on Saturday night …

'If you have a rigged trial there's no exoneration in acquittal': Sen. Chris Van Hollen  —  Pelosi and McConnell have been at an impasse over the Senate impeachment trial.  —  Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski put her finger on the big issue of an impeachment trial …

Graham: Rudy Should Scrub Evidence for Russian Propaganda  —  In the weeks leading up to their impeachment trial, senators on Capitol Hill are actively avoiding meeting with President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani—partly because they fear he might try to pass off Russian conspiracy theories …

Left presses 2020 Democrats to retake the courts from Trump  —  Democratic presidential contenders are facing increasing pressure to detail their plans for filling federal court vacancies amid angst over President Trump's success in packing the benches with conservative judges.

Trump downplays concerns of North Korea's ‘Christmas gift’: Maybe it's ‘a beautiful vase’  —  Officials are on alert this week for a potential long-range missile test.  —  After months of stalled nuclear negotiations and ratcheting up rhetoric, North Korea has promised to deliver a …

Science Under Attack: How Trump Is Sidelining Researchers and Their Work  —  WASHINGTON — In just three years, the Trump administration has diminished the role of science in federal policymaking while halting or disrupting research projects nationwide, marking a transformation …

U.S. companies are forcing workers to train their own foreign replacements  —  Opponents of job outsourcing are making a holiday-season appeal to President Trump: Stop U.S. companies from forcing American workers to train the very same cheaper foreign laborers who will soon replace them.

Transgender man gives birth to non-binary partner's baby with female sperm donor  —  EXCLUSIVE: Proud dad Reuben Sharpe has revealed how he gave birth to miracle baby Jamie with partner Jay in Britain's most modern family - and even the couple's doctor was transgender

'It's not going away': Vets still seeing cases of dog heart problems linked to grain-free food  —  Exotic ingredients and boutique brands may also be linked to the health issues.  —  Debbie Turner remembers the shock when a veterinary specialist said her beloved dog, Kanga Lu, had severe heart damage.

Record hit for most ice to melt in Antarctica in one day, data suggests: “We are in a climate emergency”  —  The record in recent decades for the highest level of ice to melt in Antarctica in one day was reached on Christmas Eve, data suggests.  —  Around 15 percent of the continent's surface melted …

Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said Sunday they have agreed to a temporary cease-fire nationwide.  It provides a window during which a peace agreement with the United States could be signed.  —  A peace deal would allow Washington …

Huge triangular UFO captured on video gliding through sky above New York  —  The strange object hung immobile above the clouds for several minutes, at one point ejecting a red ‘orb’  —  2019 has been a remarkable year for UFO sightings.  —  Partly because drones are so commonplace now …