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Bipartisan 'Bromance' Blossoms As 2 Texas Congressmen Make D.C. Road Trip

When flights from Texas to Washington were canceled because of snow, GOP Rep. Will Hurd and Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke decided to make the trip by car — together.

In Remote Southern California Desert, U.S. Army Tests Advanced Cyber Weapons

Soldiers at the remote Fort Irwin, Calif., center are training with a new generation of cyber weapons. Turns out, electronic gizmos can make a difference on a real life battlefield.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg argues that the media's decision to bleep or otherwise block out a particular word can result in concealing information the public needs to know.

Not Fit To Print? When Politicians Talk Dirty, Media Scramble To Sanitize

Donald Trump isn't the first politician to use coarse language, but linguist Geoff Nunberg says the 2005 Access Hollywood tape of him discussing women's genitalia wasn't like other live-mic incidents.

Trader Richard Cohen wears a "Dow 21,000" cap as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

The Soaring Stock Market And Your Nest Egg

Stocks continue to be on an absolute tear lately, with the Dow topping 21,000. Investors wonder if the bulls will keep running. Experts offer tips on what to keep in mind and whose advice to trust.

TV Review: '24: Legacy' Is A Lot Like What We've Seen Before

The spinoff of the hit political action TV show 24, called 24: Legacy, premieres after the Super Bowl. The show is very familiar to the original, which is a "missed opportunity," our commentator says.

Attention Turns To Hollywood For This Year's Academy Award Nominations

Early Tuesday morning, the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards will be announced. It is likely to be a very big day for La La Land. The film is a love letter to old-fashioned Hollywood musicals

A TV crew films the damage to the USS Fitzgerald at its port in Yokosuka, Japan, on Sunday. "A number" of missing American sailors have been found dead in flooded areas of the destroyer, the U.S. Navy says.

U.S. Navy Identifies 7 Sailors Found Dead After Navy Destroyer's Collision

Since the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday, seven sailors had been missing. Sunday, the Navy released the identities of the deceased sailors, ages 19 to 37.

Heavy waves caused by Hurricane Matthew pound the boat docks at the Sunset Bar and Grill on Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Friday. Hurricane Matthew passed by offshore as a Category 3 hurricane, bringing heavy winds and minor flooding.

Hurricane Stays Offshore As It Moves Up Florida And Georgia Coasts Toward Carolinas

The National Hurricane Center says Matthew is a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. The strongest winds are so far staying offshore, but forecasters warn that could change.

Financial Markets Get The Jitters Ahead Of Election Day

With less than a week to go to voting day for the presidential election, and the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tightening, financial markets are starting to get the jitters. With the election almost upon us, the stock market is paying close attention — and that's unusual. Markets don't usually move too much based on who wins the presidency. But this time around it's a different story, and as Donald Trump's prospects have improved, stocks have been falling.

Majority Whip Steve Scalise arrives for a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in March. Scalise was playing second base at a congressional baseball team practice Wednesday morning when he was shot.

Who Is Rep. Steve Scalise? Republican Majority Whip Shot In Virginia

Scalise, a former systems engineer, served for 12 years in the Louisiana Legislature before being elected to the House. He was playing second base when he was shot in the hip on Wednesday.

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