Mitch McConnell is in the hospital.

The tanker disabled by the American military while trying to run the U.S. blockade of Iran had dismissed nearly 60 verbal warnings as well as other shows of force before being fired upon.

In the closing stretch of Georgia’s Republican U.S. Senate runoff, Rep. Mike Collins is celebrating his 11th-hour endorsement from Donald Trump.

The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump is celebrating turning 80 by announcing an agreement to end the war in Iran ahead of a UFC cage-fighting event on the White House lawn.

President Donald Trump says he will appoint one of his personal lawyers to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, filling a pending vacancy after Trump tapped the man currently in the job to be director of national intelligence.

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the Palace of Versailles after the upcoming G7 summit of leading industrialized nations in France.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order that sought to eliminate “inappropriate content” at national museums, parks and landmarks.

Throngs of UFC fans have descended on the nation's capital for an unusual fight night at the White House.

China says it firmly opposes the U.S. adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military-linked companies.

The decision by Senate Democrats to let a key surveillance authority lapse comes as they're increasingly emboldened in their legislative fights against President Donald Trump.

The letters spelling out President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of Kennedy Center are now gone.

In 1976, as the United States prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, the mood was ambivalent.

AI giant Anthropic says it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals.

President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang.

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader says her party is committed to defense of the self-ruled island that China views as its own but that peace is possible by taking permanent secession off the table.

The Treasury Department has moved to involve banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Democrats are rallying behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite a series of controversies that might have derailed a Democratic campaign during the height of the #MeToo movement.

A bystander wounded during an exchange of gunfire near the White House last month is an active-duty soldier and is still being treated for his wounds, according to the law firm he has retained.

New UFO files have been released by the Trump administration that include several vivid descriptions of mysterious sightings in the sky.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend.

A federal judge has ruled the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.

The Kennedy Center is running out of options to keep President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the iconic performing arts venue.

FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files.

A federal judge in Virginia has extended a court-ordered block on the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government.

Pakistan's prime minister says the United States and Iran have agreed on a final text for a peace deal.

A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire after congressional efforts to temporarily extend it failed in bipartisan fashion.

Attorneys say an Iranian woman is among a group of people who have been deported to the Central African Republic from the United States.

Independents have grown increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump during his second term, particularly independents without a college degree.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to be more muted in his criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump at an upcoming summit in Europe.

U.S. stocks rose after oil prices fell again, and SpaceX soared in its highly anticipated debut on Wall Street.

The relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron began with a handshake nearly a decade ago.

President Donald Trump is anticipating a significant weekend for his presidency.

A top Alaska elections official has threatened to disqualify from the August primary a U.S. Senate candidate who shares the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan.

President Donald Trump's board at the Kennedy Center is trying to keep his name on the building before a court-ordered deadline to remove it by Friday.

The Justice Department has announced charges against a Guatemalan woman accused of using false identification to gain custody of migrant children.

President Donald Trump will nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence.

The Trump administration has put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

First lady Melania Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have announced the launch of Fostering the Future Accounts.

Brazilian officials have announced a significant drop in deforestation rates.

A massive UFC event is set to take over the White House's South Lawn.

A new memo from U.S. health regulators is raising questions about a recent decision to authorize the first fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adult smokers.

The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River, which President Donald Trump had previously threatened to block, has been delayed due to unresolved issues.

President Donald Trump says he’s called off new military strikes on Iran hours after threatening to escalate the 3-month-old war.

Blood cancer survivor DeAnna Brandon worries about new Medicaid work requirements affecting her health coverage.

French and Swiss authorities are imposing pandemic-like border restrictions as the G7 summit begins.

U.S. President Donald Trump has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war.

A key surveillance tool that allows the United States to collect intelligence abroad appears certain to expire.

Randy Villegas, a populist insurgent, has won the Democratic primary for a House seat representing California’s Central Valley.

Hostilities between the U.S. and Iran have escalated, with Iran retaliating against U.S. air and cruise missile strikes.

U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening.

President Donald Trump's UFC fight on the White House's South Lawn requires a monumental effort from more than seven federal agencies, hundreds of staff working onsite daily and about $60 million.

A new report by the National Park Service says construction of the 250-foot-high triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built near the Lincoln Memorial could occur 20 hours per day, year-round, as officials push to complete the project within three years.

Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan’s opposition leader as she travels to Washington this week.

President Donald Trump is accusing the Democratic Party of hypocrisy for supporting Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite his own history of misconduct against women.

A federal judge has rejected a government watchdog’s request for a court order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from forging ahead with a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government.

The FBI has seized more than a dozen websites that officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers who have access to classified or sensitive government information.

President Donald Trump has a surprising take on a new report that shows inflation spiking to its highest level in three years.

A lapse in a law that allows the U.S. to gather intelligence abroad has grown more likely as President Donald Trump is resisting calls from Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill to immediately name a permanent director of national intelligence.

A prominent OB-GYN group announced a set of vaccine recommendations on Wednesday that differs from what the U.S. government advises.

President Donald Trump's immigration and deportation agenda is getting a nearly $70 billion boost through the end of his term.

Rep. Nancy Mace has finished a distant fifth in South Carolina's Republican primary for governor, leaving her political future uncertain.

Former Canada Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is writing a book about her nation's tense relationship with the United States.

The U.S. has launched airstrikes against Iran, and President Donald Trump says more are coming, as Tehran fired back at countries in the region.

The Pentagon’s recent revision to its list of Christian religions has reignited a long-standing debate about whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian denomination.

Taiwan's military has sent rockets in China's direction from “shoot and scoot” launchers in a demonstration of how it might defend itself against an attack.

Maine's Susan Collins often boosts her popularity by keeping her distance from President Donald Trump.

Another sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks dragged the U.S. market sharply lower.

Bill Gates says he made an error in judgment by ever meeting with Jeffrey Epstein as the Microsoft co-founder faces questions behind closed doors from lawmakers about his relationship with the disgraced financier.

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power.

Younger students have regained academic ground lost during the pandemic, but older students' test scores remain stagnant.

The Trump administration is telling European nations that they need to step up their travel restrictions for people from Ebola-hit countries in Africa.

President Donald Trump seems to bring bad luck to home teams when he attends big games.

Cuba’s top diplomat to the United States says recent sanctions targeting the island's leadership and the indictment of former President Raúl Castro are a “pretext” for the Trump administration to persuade the American people to support a U.S. military intervention in Cuba.

Federal health regulators have signed off on the first new sunscreen ingredient for the U.S. market in more than 25 years.

Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to face a funding shortfall in 2032, a year earlier than previously expected.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama says a controversial luxury resort development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will move forward despite growing protests.

The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with enough information about prices.

Vice President JD Vance is pressing federal prosecutors to investigate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison over allegations they failed to stop widespread social services fraud, amplifying concerns the White House will use a new Justice Department division to target political rivals.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block will open soon.

After complaints about staffing cuts and long waits to get help at the Social Security Administration, its commissioner says things are getting a lot better.

The U.S. military says it has carried out strikes against Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic.

House Republicans have passed a nearly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's term in office.

Researchers commissioned by President Joe Biden's Democratic administration to investigate alcohol-related health harms have released their findings independently.

Renderings of a dramatically redesigned Pennsylvania Station in New York City have been released by Amtrak and the developers.

The White House's South Lawn has hosted many sports over the decades but never a UFC fight like the one President Donald Trump is organizing for his 80th birthday.

Rahm Emanuel has been making moves in New Hampshire, hinting at a possible return to Washington politics.

A Democratic group that previously focused on presidential races is wading into more than a dozen House and Senate contests across the country.

Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in a battle to hold onto his seat in November.

Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota have hosted primary elections, but much of the political world is focused on Maine’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest.

Another sudden reversal for high-flying artificial-intelligence stocks sent Wall Street reeling.

Alaska U_S_ Senate candidate Dan Sullivan acknowledges that sharing a name and party affiliation with the incumbent Republican gives him “an instant megaphone.”.

The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of Chinese military companies.

The State Department will soon offer a “premium” expedited service for foreigners seeking business or tourist visas that will set applicants back $750 on top of the basic processing fee of $185.

Vice President JD Vance has added a chicken coop, along with a dozen baby chicks, to his residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Senators are warning that a key U.S. surveillance authority could expire this week after bipartisan opposition to President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence community derailed an extension effort.

Bill Maher is set to receive the Mark Twain Award for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on June 28.

A new Treasury inspector general report raises concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement's ability to safeguard taxpayer information.

President Donald Trump, a longtime New York Knicks fan, has confirmed that he would attend the first NBA Finals game in New York since 1999.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino recently addressed U.S. city leaders, joking about soccer "conquering" America as the World Cup approaches.