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The Texan's Texas: Easygoing Charm in Brenham

When outsiders think of rural Texas, their thoughts tend to run toward cactus, tumbleweeds, oil derricks, coyotes and armadillos, cowboys and pickup trucks.

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Madeleine Albright: Trump's Travel Ban Is 'Flat Anti-American'

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is slamming President's Trump's travel ban as reckless and "flat anti-American."

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Super Bowl LI Kicks Off With a Lively Opening Night

Super Bowl Opening Night had a bit of everything on Monday, ranging from funny to serious. It also included a touching moment by Tom Brady and almost a major disaster involving the Atlanta Falcons' game plan.

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Exxon Profit Falls 40% as Cheap Oil Pain Lingers

Depressed oil prices are keeping the heat on Exxon at a time when the oil behemoth's longtime CEO Rex Tillerson has left to join the Trump administration.

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Ikea to Sell Tugs Made by Syrian Refugees in 2019

Ikea plans to roll out a new range of rugs and textiles made by Syrian refugees in 2019.

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Amazon, Expedia Back Lawsuit Opposing Trump Travel Ban

Amazon and Expedia have joined a legal challenge to President Trump's travel ban.

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U.S. Does $220 Billion in Trade with Muslim Countries

President Trump's travel ban on the citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries has created confusion and concern across the Middle East and parts of Asia.

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Oprah Winfrey Becoming a Contributor to CBS' '60 Minutes'

Oprah Winfrey will contribute several stories to the coming season of "60 Minutes," CBS announced Tuesday.

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Oprah Winfrey Returns To Television As ’60 Minutes’ Contributor

Beginning this fall, the TV icon will join “60 Minutes” as a special contributor, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Her longtime friend, Gayle King, is a co-host on “CBS This Morning.”

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Super Bowl LI Will Be the First We Can Watch in Virtual Reality

This may be the 51st Super Bowl, but it's the first to be broadcast in virtual reality.

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Madeleine Albright: Trump's Ban 'just flat anti-American'

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Donald Trump's controversial travel ban, preventing travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries and halting Syrian refugees from entering the US indefinitely, goes against America's fundamental values.

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Donald Trump's Early Crisis

President Donald Trump begins his 11th day in office shrouded in crisis, roundly criticized for a chaotic unveiling of immigration measures and under new scrutiny after he fired the nation's top law enforcement officer who refused to enforce them.

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Trump to Continue Obama Order Protecting LGBTQ Federal Workers

An executive order protecting federal employees from anti-LGBTQ discrimination that was signed by President Barack Obama in 2014 will continue to be in effect in President Donald Trump's administration, the White House announced Tuesday.

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Sean Spicer Slams 'nitpicking' of Holocaust Statement

White House press secretary Sean Spicer defended Monday the Trump administration's omission of any reference to Jews in its Holocaust remembrance statement, saying "nitpicking" of the Friday statement is "just ridiculous."

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The Real Estate Mogul's Architect: Bannon's Influence Swells

To outsiders looking in, President Donald Trump's decision to give his chief strategist Steve Bannon a permanent seat with the National Security Council's most senior officials marked the startling elevation of a political adviser to a policy-making role.

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Donald Trump UK State Visit To Be Debated in Parliament

Members of the UK parliament are to hold a debate on President Donald Trump's controversial state visit.

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Jeff Sessions Grilled Sally Yates On Constitutional Duty During 2015 Hearing

Sally Yates had been in the crossfire over her constitutional duty before her ouster Monday night as acting attorney general.

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Quebec Mosque Suspect Charged With Murder

The suspect in the shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday that left six people dead has been charged with murder and attempted murder, according to Canadian authorities. Alexandre Bissonnette faces six counts of first-degree murder and five attempted murder charges, according to the verified Twitter account of the Quebec Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

Esteban Santiago, the man accused of killing five people inside a Fort Lauderdale airport, pleaded not guilty to all charges Monday in federal court.

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Today's Google Doodle Features An Unsung Hero

We could do a daily feature on the creative doodles Google posts, but today's is especially poignant given the political climate.