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A new Congress begins Jan.3 and with it a new chapter in divided government. A look at what to expect in the year ahead.

People on both sides of the aisle react to word that ex-President Trump is expected to be arraigned on charges after a grand jury indicted him in a probe into hush money paid to Stormy Daniels.

Republican Ryan Zinke should have a big edge in the race to fill a new House seat in GOP-heavy Montana, except that he faced multiple scandals while former President Trump's interior secretary.

Bolivians are lining up for dollars, as their country's foreign reserves are drained and their debt is downgraded to junk status.

This week marks the 60th anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court case that guaranteed criminal defendants the right to a lawyer. That guarantee has been challenged by budgets and high demand.

Government and nonprofit leaders say the response to the record heat wave is unsustainable, and more deliberate preparations and funding need to be in place before next summer.

The country's rural population is shrinking. Governments and community activists are working to reimagine rural life in places like Kansas, but the drop-off continues.

Peru is bracing for a fresh wave of protests. Thousands of anti-government protesters have started converging on cities across the country calling for the resignation of the president.

A charity organization with ties to New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has come under criticism for running apparently illegal automated calls to voters in advance of next week's hotly contested Democratic primary in North Carolina.

The nation's unemployment rate in February was 8.1 percent. The Labor Department reports more than 651,000 jobs were eliminated last month. Employers are cutting their payrolls and looking for other ways to cut costs as the recession takes a bite out of their sales and profits.