Donald Trump tweeted Monday he would spend part of his July 4th with Sen. Joni E st -- fueling speculation that the Iowa senator could be on the short list of his vice presidential picks. "I look forward to meeting (E st) today in New Jersey. She has done a great job as Senator of Iowa!" Trump tweet...

Investigators on Monday identified a body found in Rome's Tiber River as a 19-year-old student from Wisconsin who'd vanished hours after arriving in the Italian capital, and police said they were not ruling out a homicide. "John Cabot University is deeply saddened to a ounce that the body of Beau So...

We don't often link patriotism and immigration in the same sentence. But we should. Some of our greatest patriots were immigrants. Alexander Hamilton was one. And so is my stepson, Felipe, who came to America from Nicaragua when he was 7 years old. Felipe and his mother (my wife of 27 years) were es...

Italian authorities on Monday were investigating the disappearance of a Wisconsin student in Rome a day after he arrived in the Italian capital. U. Wisconsin student goes missing one day after arriving in Italy https://t.co/ETkjPVGqeB pic.twitter.com/HwuugVZ27S — Joe Fenton (@Joe_does_stuff) July 4,...

July 16, 2010: Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. (Reuters) The deputy commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard declared Friday that there are tens of thousands of missiles in Lebanon ready to strike Israel. "Hezbollah has 100,000 missiles that are ready to hit Israel...

U.S. consul in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. (Sate Department) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A suicide bomber carried out an attack early on Monday near a U.S. diplomatic site in the weste Saudi city of Jiddah, according to the Interior Ministry. The ministry said the attacker detonated his suicide vest whe...

U.S. consul in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. (Sate Department) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A suicide bomber carried out an attack early on Monday near a U.S. diplomatic site in the weste Saudi city of Jiddah, according to the Interior Ministry. The ministry said the attacker detonated his suicide vest whe...

President Abraham Lincoln. (Library of Congress) It is remarkable that Abraham Lincoln never delivered a Fourth of July speech. The closest he came was on July 10, 1858, in Chicago during one of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, when Lincoln spoke of the Founders as “iron men.” He remarked how, ev...

An Arizona couple’s Old West-style mobile shooting game will not be among the activities at a Fourth of July celebration in Phoenix Monday. Pete and Valerie Fowler, of Prescott, said Prescott Pete’s Highfalutin Shooting Gallery was deemed inappropriate by the organizers of Fabulous Phoenix 4th. A le...

FILE - In this March 4, 2016 file photo, U.S. Senator James Inhofe stands next to a plaque bearing his name after a dedication ceremony for the new air traffic control tower at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma. (Billy Hefton/The Enid News & Eagle via AP, File) Senator Jim Inhofe walked away un...

July 16, 2010: Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. (Reuters) The deputy commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard declared Friday that there are tens of thousands of missiles in Lebanon ready to strike Israel. "Hezbollah has 100,000 missiles that are ready to hit Israel...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence stumbled upon by Las Vegas collector Kevin Kostiner. (FOX5 Las Vegas) A Las Vegas collector is marking the Fourth of July with a rare find he stumbled upon--a copy of the Declaration of Independence produced in the 1830s. An engraver made 201 facsimiles of t...

China’s military plans exercises in the disputed South China Sea this week, adding to tensions ahead of an inte ational tribunal’s ruling that is expected to challenge Beijing’s maritime claims in the area. The drills, a ounced in a brief online statement Sunday, are scheduled to stretch over seven ...

Top Hillary Clinton supporters blanketed the TV airwaves Sunday, trying to build voter trust for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee amid her evolving email controversy and other issues, while also appearing to audition for the role of vice president. “She understands that she's got to e...

U.S.-backed Syrian rebels of the New Syrian Army march in Syria. (AP) BEIRUT – The call came around noon, about four hours after U.S.-backed Syrian fighters a ounced they had taken over an air base outside a town held by the Islamic State near the Iraqi border. "We are trapped. Pray for us," a comma...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence stumbled upon by Las Vegas collector Kevin Kostiner. (FOX5 Las Vegas) A Las Vegas collector is marking the Fourth of July with a rare find he stumbled upon--a copy of the Declaration of Independence produced in the 1830s. An engraver made 201 facsimiles of t...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The father of a toddler killed by an alligator at Disney last month told rescue officials two alligators were involved in the attack, according to emails from the Reedy Creek Fire Department. Matt Graves said he was attacked by a second alligator as he tried to reach his 2-y...

U.S.-backed Syrian rebels of the New Syrian Army march in Syria. (AP) BEIRUT – The call came around noon, about four hours after U.S.-backed Syrian fighters a ounced they had taken over an air base outside a town held by the Islamic State near the Iraqi border. "We are trapped. Pray for us," a comma...

Top Hillary Clinton supporters blanketed the TV airwaves Sunday, trying to build voter trust for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee amid her evolving email controversy and other issues, while also appearing to audition for the role of vice president. “She understands that she's got to e...

Officials believe an “explosive hobbyist” may have left behind the device that detonated when an 18-year-old man’s foot landed on it in New York’s Central Park on Sunday mo ing, creating a blast that resulted in a severe leg injury for the man. Co or Golden was in surgery at Bellevue Hospital on Sun...