Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to announce further cuts to the number of generals and admirals in the military.
An appeals court is weighing whether a judge can continue investigating whether the Trump administration illegally flouted an order blocking the deportation of planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
The Supreme Court will let President Donald Trump’s administration resume deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.
President Donald Trump's administration has finalized a last-minute reprieve for a camp in Qatar that houses more than 1,000 Afghans who worked with U.S. forces.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has introduced a new AI agent called Dot, described as “remarkably capable, always-on.”.
President Donald Trump says that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews of the technology during a meeting at the White House.
Federal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents Sept. 20.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has debuted a sweeping plan to combat antisemitism and hate crimes against Jewish people in New York City.
Americans’ confidence in the economy sank to the lowest level in more than a decade this month as prices remain elevated and wages stagnate amid the ongoing Iran war.
U.S. employers posted fewer job openings in August, but the American labor market remains resilient in the face of higher energy costs caused by the fighting with Iran.
Two Democratic rivals seeking to become the next mayor of Los Angeles are meeting on the same stage just days before mail ballots go to voters.
Former special counsel Jack Smith has forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics.
British counterterror police confirm no explosives were found in vehicles searched after arrests near a US-run military base.
Taiwan's defense minister says U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remain unchanged, despite a stalled $14 billion package.
Republican hopes of winning Senate races in Georgia and North Carolina have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections.
Parents of Head Start preschoolers are lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill, worried proposed changes by the Trump administration threaten the backbone of the federal preschool program.
U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles.
The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms.
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon after the incident.
Three news organizations banished from White House grounds have asked a court to block enforcement of the action until the case is resolved.
A federal judge is blocking the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold some federal counterterrorism funding from states that don’t meet its election administration demands.
Pope Leo XIV says concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously.
The Trump administration is revoking the visas of 27 Latin American officials and their families, including Bolivia’s attorney general, over accusations of corruption.
President Donald Trump has announced a new $15 billion steel plant will be built in Iowa with backing from an Indian conglomerate.
Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI’s two deputy directors, says he is leaving the position after just over a year on the job and will be returning to Missouri to spend time with his family.
The Trump administration has released new fuel economy standards that relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.
Officials tell The Associated Press that mediators are working with Iran and the United States on a deal to end fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz.
Legislation the GOP called its “Big Beautiful Bill” is rolling out different ways in Speaker Mike Johnson’s home district.
Before he was the top U_S_ Postal Service official, David Steiner criticized Donald Trump's leadership style after seeing him on "The Apprentice."
The lieutenant governor’s office is often described as the most powerful in Texas government. Here's where GOP candidate Dan Patrick and democractic candidate Vikki Goodwin stand.
Cuellar is known as one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress who often diverges from the party on issues like immigration, abortion and gun rights.
The United States and China have released lists of products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts.
British police say that five men arrested under counterterrorism laws near a U.S.-run air base in England will be released on bail but are still under investigation.
Hurricane Polo bore down on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula with a threat of storm surge, high winds and heavy rains, even as Hurricane Nolo edged further away from the Hawaiian Islands.
Wind is whipping Mexico’s northern Pacific coast and water has started to flood some streets as Hurricane Polo bears down on Baja California Sur.
Yields in the U.S. bond market again touched their highest levels in roughly two decades and knocked U.S. stocks further from their record high.
The Trump administration released new fuel economy standards on Monday, relaxing regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.
President Donald Trump has disputed that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States.
President Donald Trump plans to visit Ohio on Saturday in support of Sen. Jon Husted as the Republican tries to fend off a competitive challenge from Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown.
Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican congressman whose four-month absence from the House this year went unexplained until he disclosed that he was being treated for depression, clashed with Democratic opponent Rebecca Bennett in a debate Sunday in the battleground district.
As Maine Republican Susan Collins seeks a sixth Senate term, some voters are bringing up her 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice.
The most biting insult in Alaska politics is to be accused of being aligned with the “Lower 48."
Colin Simmons tied the program record with five sacks as top-ranked Texas held off No. 14 Tennessee 20-17 with President Donald Trump on hand in the Longhorns’ first visit to Neyland Stadium.
Colin Simmons tied the program record with five sacks as top-ranked Texas held off No. 14 Tennessee 20-17 with President Donald Trump on hand in the Longhorns’ first visit to Neyland Stadium.
Some former Kennedy Center employees are accusing officials at the performing arts venue of long knowing about structural issues they recently cited as new problems.
CNN says it has been left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip to a college football game.
China’s vice president has unfurled the nation’s familiar list of global talking points at the U.N. He emphasized development, issued mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism and made no direct mention of self-ruled Taiwan.
House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the November elections.
Encouraging fans to get inside Neyland Stadium earlier than usual with President Donald Trump coming to Tennessee's college football game against Texas sure worked Saturday.
China and the U.S. have agreed to set up a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications.
Russian attacks killed four people in Ukraine as the aerial war between Moscow and Kyiv intensified.
At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year.
President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress.
U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino says he should have been more involved in the decision to appeal the red card given to star forward Folarin Balogun during the World Cup.
The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump has vowed to campaign in 35 of the most competitive battleground races in the final sprint to November’s midterm elections.
The beef industry has been under pressure recently from market disruptions, record high beef prices and small herd sizes. The groups say the ICE operations are another challenge for the industry.
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have wrapped up their Washington summit, focusing on personal rapport rather than substantial agreements.
A New Mexico jury has found Facebook liable of deceiving users about privacy protections on the social media platform.
Florida proved the oddsmakers right, and then some, and established itself as a real threat in the Southeastern Conference in Jon Sumrall’s first season.
The Supreme Court is allowing states to resume using a controversial federal tool to check voter eligibility before the November elections.
The White House has signaled that CNN will be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip.
The New York Times' Maggie Haberman sits down with Texas Tribune co-founder Evan Smith to discuss the reporting from her book "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump” at 9 a.m. Friday.
Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon.
The European Union says it's ready to defend a 120 million euro fine issued to social media platform X.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to urge China to influence Russia to ends its invasion of Ukraine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine recommendation process has been blown up in the past year, and decision-making has ground to a halt.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s elaborate reception of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, D.C., has impressed the Chinese public.
Pope Leo XIV told reporters they were welcome to cover him as he responded a question about the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House by affirming the importance of journalists covering public figures.
A cooldown in oil prices helped release some of the pressure that’s built up on Wall Street, and U.S. stocks closed out their first winning week in the last three.
President Donald Trump has confirmed he'll have two more meetings with China’s Xi Jinping later this year.
President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but protesters gathered outside the White House.
The Trump administration is considering imposing new restrictions on Cuban officials traveling to the United Nations, another step to squeeze the government in Havana.
James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died.
Former FBI employees involved in the investigation into President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in a broad Florida-based conspiracy probe.
Donald Trump has hosted a state dinner for China's leader Xi Jinping, highlighting the glitzier side of diplomacy with a tech-heavy guest list and lavish details.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world cannot allow countries and cultures to vanish beneath the waves.
A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own has thrown a core immigration policy of the Trump administration into question, at least temporarily, and prompted a desperate appeal to the Supreme Court.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering Jewish New Yorkers with his criticism of Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican California sheriff must return over 650,000 ballots he seized following a November 2025 special election that favored Democrats.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump has cooled as they disagree on how to handle the conflict with Iran.
