Spectators fill the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017, for President Trump's inauguration. In a year already notable for the amount and intensity of in-person civic engagement, President Donald Trump would like to see another ...

Spectators fill the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017, for President Trump's inauguration. In a year already notable for the amount and intensity of in-person civic engagement, President Donald Trump would like to see another ...

Spectators fill the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017, for President Trump's inauguration. In a year already notable for the amount and intensity of in-person civic engagement, President Donald Trump would like to see another ...

A teacher in a Bronx, N.Y., charter school that's part of the 'Knowledge is Power Program' (KIPP) Academy. By. RachelKoning Beals. News editor. Promises of greater “school choice” lifted Michigan billionaire-philanthropist Betsy DeVos to the post of U ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers her keynote speech on Brexit at Lancaster House in London on Tuesday. By. MarketWatch. This is the full text of British Prime Minister Theresa May's January 17 speech on the Plan for Britain, including the 12 ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers her keynote speech on Brexit at Lancaster House in London on Tuesday. By. MarketWatch. This is the full text of British Prime Minister Theresa May's January 17 speech on the Plan for Britain, including the 12 ...

SEOUL--During a quarter in which Samsung Electronics Co. suffered its most embarrassing product recall in its history, the world's biggest smartphone maker also forecast its strongest profit in more than three years. The South Korean technology giant ...

A retired neurosurgeon with no policy experience and a stated disdain for government programs in charge of the cabinet position overseeing the department of housing? Welcome to Washington, the 2016 edition. On Monday morning President-elect Donald ...

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto stands next to the Super Mario character during an Apple media event in San Francisco on Wednesday. By. EseErheriene. Shares in Japan's Nintendo Co. rallied strongly early Thursday, following the announcement of a new ...

Ferguson, Mo., officials say the Saturday night shooting of a police officer isn't related to continuing protests over the police killing of an unarmed teenager in August. By. TheWall Street Journal. FERGUSON, Mo.--A search for two suspects in a St. Louis suburb ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and several Middle Eastern allies struck Islamic State militants in Syria, the Pentagon said Monday night, expanding a campaign against the group to the 3 1/2-year-old Syrian civil war and making good on a pledge to attack its safe ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Tech stocks were mostly higher Tuesday, with Microsoft Corp. and Pandora Media Inc. among the gainers as the sector tried to stage a comeback after recording big losses in the prior day's session. Microsoft MSFT ...

Catch up on today's Apple product launch by back-reading our live blog. The most important question of the day for you: Should you buy an iPhone 6 for $199, the 6 Plus for $299, or neither? The eighth-generation phones are thinner, faster, have marginally ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures moved firmly higher on Wednesday after Kiev said Russia has agreed on a permanent cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, while investors waited for data on U.S. car sales and factory orders. Futures for the Dow Jones ...

Bryan Cranston and Julia Louis-Dreyfus had reason to celebrate the 66th Emmy awards Monday night, as both took home statuettes for their work on television during the past year. Not everyone felt like making out when the night was over, however, since ...

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Malaysia is taking the beleaguered Malaysia Airlines System Bhd (KUL:MY:MAS) (OTC:MLYAF) private as part of plans to restructure the carrier, reports said Friday. Government holding company Khazanah Nasional Bhd ...

Displaced Palestinians leave a UN school in the northern Gaza Strip to return home on Tuesday. Gaza was calm but tense Tuesday morning as Israel and Hamas again embarked on a 72-hour cease-fire and Israeli forces began withdrawing from the ...

LONDON — BP PLC on Tuesday reported a rise in second-quarter profit, boosted by its investment in Russian energy group OAO Rosneft, but warned that further economic sanctions on Russia could adversely impact its business. The oil major said ...

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — McDonald's Corp. and Yum Brands Inc.'s KFC restaurants in China seem be to weathering the storm surrounding food safety at a meat supplier, although the pair's Shanghai locations appear to be an exception, according to ...

Continuous updates on the developing story of the Malaysian plane that reportedly was shot down over Ukraine. Above: The State Department briefing. Copyright ©2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Right Reserved ACAP ENABLED. Last Updated: ...