Elizabeth Ross

President Xi Jinping is expected to solidify his leadership for another five years at the 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

This weekend's deadly attack is  undermining stability in Somalia, a nation that was already battling famine and drought while also trying to overcome a decade of violence.

When you're a convicted felon, there is a lot to overcome before you can even start out on the pathway towards college.

How is America's leadership in science being challenged by policies under the Trump administration?

Negotiators have been hoping to make some headway with a fourth round of Brexit talks in Brussels this week. Will they be successful?

Bjorn Lomborg says some well-meaning climate activists give confusing and inaccurate information about climate change, and divert precious funds away from tried and tested solutions.

Amanda Gorman, the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, shares some of her poetry and discusses her mission for her newly created role.

Voters in Germany will head to the polls for federal elections next weekend, but some are worried about Russian interference. Sound familiar?

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is co-leading a lawsuit with 15 other attorneys general challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA.

President Donald Trump gave a speech on tax reform Wednesday. It has been more than 30 years since there was a tax overhaul. Will the president's plan be able to push ahead?

Los Angeles is suing the Trump administration over its latest threats to deny federal grant money to so-called "sanctuary cities."

Early Tuesday, North Korea fired a ballistic missile over a northern Japanese island. In response, President Trump said that "all options are on the table."

While Donald Trump was campaigning to become president, a business associate sought out commercial interests for him in Russia, including a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.

An academic paper released this week definitively finds that Exxon acknowledged man-made climate change internally, but worked to misinform people publicly. 

In June, Congress approved a $500 million arms deal between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. These types of sales are nothing new, but they continue to raise a range of human rights concerns.

A look back at some of the president's biggest misstatements and misleading claims, and how they’ve played to the American public

One of President Trump’s main talking points on the campaign trail was the issue of trade, and specifically NAFTA. Beginning today, President Trump has a chance to act on that.

Vice President Mike Pence's diplomatic trip to Latin America was supposed to focus on trade, but it's become more about the crisis in Venezuela. 

The Trump Administration has stepped up U.S. support for Syrian forces that are trying to drive out ISIS from the city of Raqqa, but a solution to the conflict still seems out of reach.

There are significant concerns about whether Kenya will be able to hold safe and credible elections after a senior election official was recently found dead.