A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent.

The homicide rate in the United States dropped to the lowest it’s been in 75 years.

A federal appeals court says President Donald Trump’s goal of ending gender-affirming care is not improper and cannot be the basis for quashing a subpoena.

A super PAC affiliated with U.S. House Democrats plans to increase its campaign advertising reservations in Cleveland, Ohio, by roughly $6 million on Friday, in response to Republican Rep. Max Miller’s decision to proceed with his reelection campaign despite allegations of abuse by his ex-wife Emily Moreno.

While talks to end the Iran war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader swath of countries that might be able to help pressure Tehran or ease its hardline position where traditional mediators haven't succeeded so far.

President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his government has triggered an economic reciprocity law against U.S. tariffs.

Congressman Russell Fry says he's supporting Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina's Republican Senate primary runoff.

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, says the United States has revoked his visa.

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.

Islam Makhachev dismisses the idea that Ian Machado Garry is his toughest challenge yet.

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work.

The wife of a U.S. soldier has been released from federal immigration custody after spending more than a month detained, according to her family.

The United Arab Emirates has blamed Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company in the Strait of Hormuz.

An American missionary kidnapped in Niger in October has been released.

U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high following the latest economic report to come in surprisingly weak.

President Donald Trump has highlighted his record on crime and safety during a visit to New York, pivoting to one of his strongest issues as he looks to boost Republicans in battleground races ahead of the November midterms.

Zach Lahn, the Republican nominee for Iowa governor, says he's bringing a different message to Iowans.

Navajo Code Talkers are being honored in a longstanding national day of recognition.

A suspect has been arrested and will be charged in connection with the vandalism of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall.

Josh Kushner and partner Bob Iger reached a deal this week to purchase control of the Los Angeles Lakers at a valuation of $12.5 billion.

North Korea has threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea, slamming their upcoming military drills as a war rehearsal that it claimed would be more provocative than last year.

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a deal recently announced by the Trump administration ran into Israeli opposition.

President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carriers and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers.

A federal prosecutor says tests on a substance found in the van of a man shot by immigration officers in Texas last month showed it was not methamphetamine.

A judge has dismissed Nevada’s fake electors case.

White House border czar Tom Homan is defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks.

A court order that struck down regulations on firearm suppressors and certain guns has taken effect.

A federal investigation accuses California's prison system of failing to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse by guards.

A judge in Boston has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of ignoring harassment of Jewish students.

Attorney General Todd Blanche is seeking to rally a depleted Justice Department workforce in his first speech since taking the reins of the beleaguered agency, promising rank-and-file staff that he will lead them with integrity.

The Trump White House reports that countries are routing exports through third nations to avoid U.S. tariffs, causing tax revenue losses of $19 billion to $26 billion annually.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain at historically healthy levels.

The Kennedy Center will move forward with a two-year closure of the performing arts venue to allow for substantial renovations.

President Donald Trump’s botched repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have landed the National Park Service in a tight spot, forced to serve the public while managing his controversial demands.

Ukrainian drones have struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, marking the fourth attack in three days.

Abdul El-Sayed made history this month in Michigan by becoming the first Muslim nominated by the Democratic Party to run for the U.S. Senate.

The biggest obstacles to President Donald Trump’s order on vaccines may be the logistical challenges it poses for parents, health providers and drugmakers in the United States.

David Jolly, a former Republican now running for Florida governor as a Democrat, is trying to revive the state's political battleground status.

Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank, including one owned by a Palestinian American, for several days.

Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on Thursday and his influence still looms over Cuba.

The battle over the Kennedy Center’s future is escalating.

Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide-open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a path ahead as the party’s voters oscillate between progressive and more moderate candidates.

In a story published Aug. 13, 2026, about tariff refunds, the name of Best Buy’s CEO was misspelled.

The U.S. stock market rose to a record following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey on what was effectively a decoy plane, while President Donald Trump was secreted onto another plane following an Iranian threat.

U_S_ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the government of Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has requested U_S_ collaboration in joint military operations in Colombia to combat “narco-terrorism.”.

Republicans in Minnesota see a chance to regain influence after a fraud scandal rocked state government.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks is facing criticism from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who call it unnecessary and cruel.

The Department of Justice has charged nearly a dozen people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help hundreds of Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through sham marriages to U.S. citizens.

A Houston-based law firm tapped to receive a $150 million federal contract to provide legal representation unaccompanied immigrant children in federal custody has dropped out.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be leaving the Trump administration at the end of the month to spend time with her young family.

President Donald Trump was sued in federal court Wednesday to stop him from making money off a new, paid service at his Truth Social company offering early, exclusive access to his posts on U.S. policy.

Across the country, calls to “tax the rich” have become potent political slogans that helped propel progressives like Mayor Zohran Mamdani to positions of power.

The U.S. military is on track to pull all its forces out of Iraq by the end of September, marking the end of a presence that started in 2003.

Results in Democratic primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut have reiterated that Democratic voters are hungry for change, even as they remain divided over the party’s ideological future.

David Crowley’s razor-thin primary win over a democratic socialist in swing state Wisconsin sets up a match against a congressman who has voted with President Donald Trump 100% of the time.

President Donald Trump says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave the administration at the end of the month to spend more time with her family.

President Donald Trump's executive order to change the childhood vaccine schedule could endear him to some “Make America Healthy Again” voters who want more flexibility on immunization.

Israel's military says it struck a Hamas commander in northern Gaza targeted drone strike.

Wall Street finished just shy of a record after several AI stocks reported better growth for the spring than analysts expected, while a report showed inflation across the United States was slightly less bad last month.

Doctors worry that President Donald Trump’s new executive order on vaccines will stoke fear and confusion among parents at a time when measles is raging, immunization rates are falling and children are heading back to school.

Late mob boss John Gotti's reality TV star grandson has reported to federal prison after trying to stave off his fraud sentence by saying he was going to donate a kidney to his ailing mother.

President Donald Trump says he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a “different plane” due to a threat.

Medicaid said it won't pay for gender-affirming surgeries or hormones for transgender minors.

Civil rights groups and researchers pleaded at a public hearing Tuesday for a federal agency to continue its annual collection of workplace demographic data.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

Russia has released an American military veteran, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive treatment that left him near death.

Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups have sued the Trump administration to challenge its campaign against the International Criminal Court.

Primary elections are taking place in six U.S. states — Alabama, Connecticut, Minnesota, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin.

Iran is rejecting comments by President Donald Trump, who said that since Iran is seeking compensation as part of any peace talks, he’ll demand the same.

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has selected a Republican-turned-independent as her running mate in a tough reelection campaign.

Authorities in Yemen say at least six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired missiles on a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait.

U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last year that he had “no cards" in the fight against Russia.

The Democratic Party's ideological divide remained unresolved even as the establishment candidate eked out a narrow win in the Wisconsin governor's primary over a democratic socialist.

Sen. Darline Graham and U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman have advanced to a runoff in South Carolina’s special Republican primary to replace the late Lindsey Graham in the Senate.

President Donald Trump likes to say he started his war with Iran after 50 years of economic pressure failed to stop its nuclear weapons ambitions.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary in the latest victory for an insurgent progressive over the party’s establishment.

Moderate Democrat David Crowley has won the Wisconsin primary for governor.

The Washington Post reports President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Turkey on an alternate military aircraft due to an Iranian assassination threat.

Prosecutors want social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate to remain in federal custody.

Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says he'll sue the Trump administration to get his security clearance restored.

The president's social media company is going back to its roots.

Embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller is staying in the race for his Ohio congressional district.

The president’s media company posted a massive loss in the latest quarter and plans to ditch new business lines and refocus as a forum for users to post their views.

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, has been sworn in as attorney general after a bruising confirmation fight that exposed bipartisan concerns about the Justice Department’s direction under the Republican president.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that calls for spacing out childhood vaccines into separate medical visits and splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different single-disease shots.

President Donald Trump has extended a waiver for 90 days, allowing foreign ships to transport goods among U.S. ports.

Meta Platforms has released a new AI model for developers, emphasizing open-source access.

U.S. health officials want food manufacturers to provide more information about new additives and ingredients.

Voters in four of Alabama’s seven congressional districts will select U.S. House nominees Tuesday under a new map that eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts currently represented by Democrats.

Fresh on the heels of Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary win in Michigan, Wisconsin voters will decide another high-profile clash between the party’s establishment and progressive wings in a gubernatorial primary on Tuesday.

At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won’t leave microplastics in the environment.

Minnesota Democrats will decide a competitive U.S. Senate primary Tuesday in another face-off between moderate and progressive candidates that could define the party’s identity heading into the midterm elections.

Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, is voluntarily recalling some products that include jalapenos because of worries about a possible salmonella contamination.

Vermont Democrats will try on Tuesday to do something they’ve been unable to do in five previous attempts: nominate a gubernatorial candidate who can beat Republican Gov. Phil Scott.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that certain shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.

Ten Republicans will compete in a special primary election Tuesday in South Carolina to replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on the state’s general election ballot.

Democratic New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is freezing her eggs as she decides her next political moves.