The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that the interest rates on federally backed student loans will increase to 6.53% for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Investigators probing the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said in a preliminary report Tuesday the cargo ship Dali experienced an electrical blackout about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore while undergoing maintenance.The power...
The U.S. is expanding an Army ammunition plant in southeast Oklahoma to triple monthly production of the US's biggest non-nuclear bomb, which could attack underground nuclear facilities in Iran or North Korea, Bloomberg reported.
Wall Street's main indexes all advanced and the Nasdaq scored a record closing high as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reassured investors while they digested Tuesday's data and waited for Wednesday's crucial consumer inflation report.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions, a change the Republican-controlled Statehouse championed amid concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court has banned capital punishment in such cases.Lee, a Republican, quietly...
A group of TikTok creators said Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it.
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday ripped the ongoing criminal trial of former President Donald Trump as "a politicized persecution" after attending the trial earlier in the day.
The Biden administration announced plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment, but the GOP is skeptical.
Investors' newfound optimism on the U.S. economy faces an important test Wednesday, with consumer price data set to show whether the soft landing hopes that have fueled recent gains in equities are justified.
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has been talking to Oracle executives about spending $10 billion to rent cloud servers from the company over a period of years, The Information reported Tuesday.
The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found.When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the hottest month, summer and year on record. But those records only go back to...
Though their states severely restrict abortion or place limits on having one through telehealth, about 8,000 women per month late last year were getting abortion pills by mail from states with legal protections for prescribers, a new survey finds. Tuesday's release of the...
Dr. Ben Carson, who has been mentioned as a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, called for a federal ban on abortion.
The father of murdered Israeli concertgoer Shani Louk appeared at a pro-Israel rally in New York on Monday and said the photo of his daughter's lifeless body being displayed by Hamas terrorists shows the "darkness" Israel is facing.
Four of former President Donald Trump's allies attended his business records trial in New York City Tuesday, telling the press during a break that the proceedings are a sham.
A group of Republican-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a warning on Monday about foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) potentially targeting LGBTQ events during Pride Month.
Harvard University and student protesters announced early Tuesday that they had negotiated an end to a pro-Palestinian encampment in Harvard Yard, The New York Times reported. "The apparently peaceful outcome is one that has eluded many other campuses where officials have...
Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen told jurors on Tuesday about an Oval Office meeting in which the then-U.S. president confirmed a plan to reimburse Cohen secretly for a hush money payment to a porn actor.
While Democrats have long sought to dismiss the border situation as a boogeyman of the GOP's making, recent actions suggest they are growing anxious about the political liability the surge of illegal immigrants presents, particularly as polls show the issue is a top concern.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., after attending Tuesday morning proceedings in Donald Trump's New York City criminal trial, accused Democrats of using the judicial system to "punish" the former president.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting back against the Biden administration's new changes to Title IX. Paxton has filed a complaint against the Department of Education's new rules, which expand the definition of sex-based discrimination to include "gender identity." ...
Voters across Maryland and West Virginia will decide key primary elections Tuesday with big implications in the fight for the Senate majority this fall.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he expects U.S. inflation to continue declining through 2024 as it did last year, though his confidence in that has fallen after prices rose more quickly than expected through the first quarter.
Britain has no intention of pressuring Ukraine to accept a peace deal, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps insisted on Tuesday. While speaking on the construction of new naval ships, Shapps was pressed on a report by The Sunday Times that British Foreign Secretary David...
French authorities launched a major manhunt on Tuesday after gunmen in balaclavas ambushed a prison van in northern France to free a drug dealer known as "The Fly," killing two prison guards in the process and severely wounding three others.
Taiwan's defense ministry said on Tuesday its forces had detected a renewed incursion by Chinese military aircraft across the sensitive Taiwan Strait, less than a week before the island's new president takes office.The ministry said 15 Chinese aircraft had crossed the...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Biden administration's new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, semiconductors and medical products should be applied to other types of vehicles and products.
At first glance, Jed Rosenzweig's new venture would seem like a fool's errand: launching a digital news site during brutal economic times for the media to cover an industry that, by traditional measures, is waning in influence. That didn't dissuade him. LateNighter, a...
Law enforcement officers seized more than 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl last year, compared to over 71 million in 2022, according to a new study.
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked that former President Donald Trump's ex-adviser Steve Bannon begin his four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress.
House Speaker Mike Johnson will be in New York City on Tuesday to attend former President Donald Trump's trial, becoming the latest in a series of Republicans traveling to Manhattan to show their solidarity with the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
Estonia is "seriously" discussing sending troops into western Ukraine to assume non-direct combat roles in order to free up Ukrainian forces for the front lines, according to a top Estonian national security official.
As U.S. car manufacturers focus on introducing more government-subsidized electric vehicles to their lineups, experts say they have sacrificed a staple - the gas-powered family sedan.
U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in April amid strong gains in the costs of services and goods, indicating that inflation remained elevated early in the second quarter.
As U.S. car manufacturers focus on introducing more government-subsidized electric vehicles to their lineups, experts say they have sacrificed a staple - the gas-powered family sedan. Despite consumer reports indicating EVs aren't moving off dealership lots, automakers are...
Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen said nothing to implicate the former president in an illegal act during testimony Monday in the Manhattan criminal trial, respected law professor Jonathan Turley said.
Conflicts and natural disasters left a record nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, with violence in Sudan, Congo, and the Middle East driving two-thirds of new movement, a top migration monitoring group said Tuesday.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that American military aid on its way to Ukraine will make a "real difference" on the battlefield, as the top diplomat made an unannounced visit to reassure an ally facing a fierce new Russian offensive.
Shares of GameStop and AMC jumped nearly 40% each in premarket trading Tuesday, and are on track to extend gains from a day earlier when a series of posts from "Roaring Kitty" rekindled a rally reminiscent of the meme stocks trading frenzy.
The Biden administration announced plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment - an election-year move that's likely to increase friction between the world's two largest economies.
Arizona's highest court on Monday gave the state's attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion that lawmakers recently voted to repeal.
Taxpayer millions allocated to border crisis charities are being diverted to unconventional expenses like music therapy and "people-plant interactions" for migrants, alongside hefty salaries for staff, a recent report reveals, the New York Post reported.
Arizona's highest court on Monday gave the state's attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion that lawmakers recently voted to repeal.The Arizona Supreme Court's order leaves in place for now a...
Taxpayer millions allocated to border crisis charities are being diverted to unconventional expenses like music therapy and "people-plant interactions" for migrants, alongside hefty salaries for staff, a recent report reveals, the N.Y. Post reported.
A large group of Republican attorneys general on Monday took legal action against the Biden administration and California over new emissions limits for trucks.Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is leading the group of GOP attorneys general who filed a petition with the...
The United States called on Iran on Monday to halt its transfer of an "unprecedented" amount of weaponry to Yemen's Houthi rebels, enabling its fighters to carry out "reckless attacks" on ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere.
President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that he turned in more than double the number of signatures required to gain ballot access in Texas for November's election.
As North Carolina's public university system considers a vote on changing its diversity policy, the system's flagship university board voted Monday to cut funding for diversity programs in next year's budget.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he has signed a new law regulating transgender people's use of bathrooms, locker rooms, and dormitories in public education buildings.
As North Carolina's public university system considers a vote on changing its diversity policy, the system's flagship university board voted Monday to cut funding for diversity programs in next year's budget.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees...
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., announced Monday that the panel will meet later this week for a markup session on a resolution to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt.
Republican West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is trying to find out why a former high-ranking Department of Justice (DOJ) employee is being used in the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump in New York.
President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base.The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the Francis E. Warren Air Force...
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron reportedly pushed former President Donald Trump to support additional aid for Ukraine during a meeting last month, Politico reported.
A 20-year-old man from Missouri pleaded guilty on Monday to crashing a rented truck into a White House fence in a quixotic bid to "seize political power."Sai Varshith Kandula drove a U-haul truck into a fence surrounding the White House in May of last year.Kandula was...
The S&P 500 closed barely changed Monday as investors took a breather after three weekly gains and awaited key inflation readings and earnings reports due this week while a survey showed consumers concerned about inflation.
A U.S. Army officer in the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency resigned in protest of the Biden administration's support for Israel's war against Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent an official letter to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's charity foundation, Archewell, due to its failure to file its annual report and registration fees.
A co-defendant in the Georgia criminal trial involving former President Donald Trump is appealing a judge's decision to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue in the case.
Low-income restaurant customers are "more aggressively" controlling how much money they spend when dining out, according to the head of a restaurant company that owns some of the world's leading brands.
Russia is seeking to damage railways and military bases used to supply arms to Kyiv as part of a sabotage campaign to undermine support for Ukraine, officials told NBC News.
Corporate price gouging has not been a primary driver of U.S. inflation, according to research published Monday by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
U.S. crews in Baltimore plan to set off controlled explosions on Monday to allow them to remove a portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of the massive container ship that toppled the span in March.
U.S. Sens. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., attended Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal trial on Monday in a show of support for the former president.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned of a dangerous future for the U.K. in a pitch to voters Monday as he fights to hang on to power ahead of a national election that could see conservatives ousted after 14 years.
Liberal justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court showed signs Monday of being willing to overturn a ruling that all but eliminated the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the swing state.
Refugee rights activists on Monday criticized Poland's pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus and for continuing a policy initiated by predecessors of pushing migrants back across the border there.
Organized crime groups are making Mexico's election campaign this year one of the deadliest in the country's modern history, the Washington Post reported.
Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world's largest philanthropic organizations over the past 20 years.
A lawsuit that claims the State Department unlawfully used "censorship enterprises that target the American press" — favoring left-leaning media outlets over conservative news sites — is moving ahead after a federal judge rejected the Biden administration’s attempt to dismiss the case.
High-level envoys from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva on Tuesday for talks about artificial intelligence, including the risks of the fast-evolving technology and ways to set shared standards to manage it.
Joe Biden's presidential campaign spent Mother's Day contrasting his record on abortion with former President Donald Trump.In a campaign ad, Biden said because of Trump, millions of women lost the freedom to control their own bodies. "Women's lives are in danger because of...
The United States could see a significant response from China following any U.S. tariff actions, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday ahead of expected new tariffs targeting certain sectors this week.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Saturday that Poland is starting work on further strengthening the entire eastern border, as the country faces what he called a growing "hybrid war" in illegal migration from Belarus.
Major U.S. airlines are suing the U.S. Transportation Department over a new rule requiring upfront disclosure of airline fees, the latest clash between air carriers and the Biden administration.
Former President Donald Trump on Monday morning said his supporters are being kept far away from the Manhattan courthouse where his criminal trial is being held.
Donald Trump's estranged former attorney Michael Cohen began testifying on Monday at the former president's criminal trial, where he was expected to tell jurors that he helped Trump illegally hide a payment to silence a porn star who said they had a sexual encounter.
Former President Donald Trump on Monday morning said his supporters are being kept far away from the Manhattan courthouse where his criminal trial is being held.
Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in five key battleground states expected to go a long way in determining this year's race for the White House, according to new polls by The New York Times, Siena College, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
As summer temperatures begin to climb and activists start clamoring that human-caused emissions are responsible for expected natural disasters, climate scientists contend the data simply doesn't support the so-called "climate crisis."
With a new network of military satellites capable of tracking and pinpointing targets at long distances, space experts fear that China has caught up to one of the United States' biggest advantages in the ongoing space race.
Jury selection is expected to begin on Monday in the corruption trial of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, a case that could affect the Democrat's reelection prospects and help determine which party controls the Senate next year.
Elon Musk has slammed an "insane" online hate speech bill crawling its way through the Canadian Parliament which could see offenders slapped with up to $50,000 in fines or even a life sentence in prison.
A former U.S. Marine pilot, fighting extradition from Australia on U.S. charges of training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers, unknowingly worked with a Chinese hacker, his lawyer said.
The defense of Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier being held in the Russian city of Vladivostok on theft charges, appealed his detention, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Monday,
Donald Trump's estranged former fixer Michael Cohen is expected to begin giving testimony Monday that could determine whether jurors convict the former U.S. president for calling a payment to a lawyer a legal expense.
Elon Musk has slammed an "insane" online hate speech bill crawling its way through the Canadian Parliament which could see offenders slapped with up to $50,000 in fines or even a life sentence in prison. "This sounds insane if accurate! Community Notes, please check," Musk...
President Joe Biden's campaign is set to host a major fundraiser in Los Angeles next month and will seek the help of former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as movie stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts, to attract more support for his campaign.
Focusing on the left wing of the Democratic Party instead of independent voters could cost President Joe Biden the election this November, according to a New York Times opinion piece on Sunday written by Mark Penn.
If financial markets are right, interest rates won't just stay high this year, but possibly forever.
The return of inflation means ultra-low rates are history.
Israeli forces pushed deep into the ruins of Gaza's northern edge on Monday to recapture an area where they had claimed to have defeated Hamas months ago, while at the opposite end of the enclave tanks and troops pushed across a highway into Rafah.
A woman was found illegally living in the rooftop sign of a grocery store in Michigan and had been there for about a year, NBC News reported, citing authorities.
Ukrainian troops are locked in intense battles with the advancing Russian army in two border areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while the death toll from a Russian apartment building collapse blamed on Ukrainian shelling rose to 15.
President Joe Biden's campaign is set to host a major fundraiser in Los Angeles next month and will seek the help of former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as movie stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts, to attract more support for his campaign.
Focusing on the left wing of the Democratic Party instead of independent voters could cost President Joe Biden the election this November, according to a New York Times opinion piece on Sunday written by Mark Penn.
Despite President Joe Biden's threat to withhold offensive weapons from Israel, he will make sure the Jewish state has what it needs to defend itself, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on Sunday.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., when it was pointed out to him that the late President Ronald Reagan had a policy similar to President Joe Biden's regarding constraining Israel's lethal deployment on Palestinians, said that "Israel has no choice but to destroy Hamas."
Sen. Tom Cotton criticized President Joe Biden for threatening to withhold offensive weapons from Israel if it carries out a large incursion into Rafah, saying on Sunday that "Israel's probably doing more than any military in history to avoid civilian casualties."
Telling Israel that it can't have U.S. weapons to attack Rafah, "the last step in the completion of their military objective," is like blocking U.S. troops from finishing out World War II, Rep. Michael McCaul said Sunday.
Experts say President Joe Biden's demand for Israel to not invade Rafah "makes no sense," because it merely permits terrorists to survive and thrive, ultimately extending the death and suffering in Gaza.
With 80% of registered voters calling rising prices one of their biggest financial concerns, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden on handling the economy, according to the latest Financial Times-Michigan Ross poll released...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed replacing his defense minister and long-term ally, Sergei Shoigu, more than two years into the Ukraine war, the upper house of parliament said on Sunday.
Putin proposed Andrei Belousov, former deputy prime minister, as the new...
Forced to do more with less and learning from the war in Ukraine, U.S. special operations commanders are juggling how to add more high-tech experts to their teams while still cutting their overall forces by about 5,000 troops over the next five years.The conflicting...
Sen. Lindsey Graham, drawing comparisons between Israel's war with Hamas and the United States' decision to bring World War II to an end by dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Sunday called on the Biden administration to "give Israel the...
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says President Joe Biden and Democrat prosecutors are "indicting him into the White House," and he has what might be considered an unlikely member of the media in agreement.
British intelligence has found Russia is recruiting and deploying extremists in the U.K. and NATO countries to carry out isolated attacks in Western Europe and even the U.S. in the past six months - a structure reportedly mimicked by Iran's use of terrorist proxies in the...
The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure, his family and the hospital that performed the surgery said Saturday.Richard "Rick" Slayman had the transplant at Massachusetts...
After weeks of preparation, crews are scheduled to conduct a controlled demolition Sunday evening to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland, which came crashing down under the impact of a massive container ship on March...
Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's commencement ceremony on Sunday as some chanted "free Palestine" to protest its guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, for supporting Israel throughout the war in Gaza, according to videos of the event posted on social...
There is a faction of Iranian Jews in Los Angeles' "Tehrangeles" pledging allegiance to Israel and not Iran amid the war on Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Iranians in "Tehrangeles" - an area near Beverly Hills - rejected the extremist Iranian regime and joined counterprotesters...
Republican Gov. Phil Scott is running for reelection to a fifth two-year term in the largely blue state of Vermont.Scott announced his reelection bid on Saturday, saying there's more work to do."During my four terms as Governor, my team and I have worked to grow the...
An Ohio police officer was shot and killed after being "ambushed" while answering a disturbance call over the weekend, and a suspect was being sought, authorities said Sunday.Police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said officers were dispatched just before 10 p.m. Saturday...
New York Giants NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor and Super Bowl MVP O.J. Anderson joined Donald Trump on stage at his Wildwood, New Jersey, rally Saturday night, expressing their love for their "golf partner" and vowing to never vote Democrat again.
Former South Carolina Nikki Haley was officially ruled off presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's "shortlist" but North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum remained on the list. "If the Trump team says, Hey can you come and help out? We say yes," Burgum told the New...
A strong earnings season and blockbuster reports from tech industry titans fueled a U.S. stock market rebound from the first real swoon of 2024. Next week's inflation data could determine whether the good vibes continue.
The benchmark S&P 500 index is up over 9% for the...
President Joe Biden pressuring Israel to stop its war on Hamas terrorists is an unprecedented snub of a longtime ally, former national security adviser John Bolton said Sunday. "This is the kind of break between the U.S. and Israel that is just unprecedented, to put this...
About a dozen students arrested by police clearing a sit-in at a Denver college campus emerged from detainment to cheers from fellow pro-Palestinian protesters, several waving yellow court summons like tiny victory flags and imploring fellow demonstrators not to let their...
Two Air Force fighter jets recently squared off in a dogfight in California. One was flown by a pilot. The other wasn't.That second jet was piloted by artificial intelligence, with the Air Force's highest-ranking civilian riding along in the front seat. It was the ultimate...
Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence systems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve the expenditures and the schools must meet some very specific...
Chinese companies won four bids to explore Iraqi oil and gas fields, Iraq's oil minister said on Sunday as the Middle Eastern country's hydrocarbon exploration licensing round continued into its second day.
The oil and gas licenses for 29 projects are mainly aimed at...
It's probably the last place a mom wants to spend Mother's Day with her kids. But a family visiting space at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail complex is a little more kid-friendly after a colorful redesign by the Children's Museum of Manhattan.The jail opened...
For the second time in a decade, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez faces a corruption trial Monday with his political career and freedom on the line in a criminal case that already has forced him out of one of the most powerful posts in Congress.The 70-year-old New Jersey Democrat and...
Roger Corman, the "King of the Bs" who helped turn out such low-budget classics as "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Attack of the Crab Monsters" and gave many of Hollywood's most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.Corman died Thursday at his home in...
Ukraine's military chief said on Sunday his country's forces were facing a difficult situation in fighting in the Kharkiv region, but that they were doing all they could to hold the line.
Russia launched a new assault from its territory into the northern Ukrainian region of...
San Francisco's program offering free alcohol to homeless people struggling with alcoholism has come under fire, with a tech CEO questioning its effectiveness and ethics, the New York Post reported.
Boldly stepping into the deep blue state of New Jersey, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump delivered a message to the conservatives at the famed Boardwalk on Saturday night, declaring the state in play this November.
Billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin called on his alma mater Harvard University on Saturday to embrace "Western values," saying that the turmoil across college campuses was the product of a "cultural revolution" in U.S. education.
The EU earlier this week approved a plan that will allow profits earned by investing frozen Russian assets in Europe to be used for weapons for Ukraine, but Ukrainian Justice Minister Denys Maliuska says the yearly package of more than $3.2 billion isn't enough.
Some Maryland Democrats have a soft spot for Larry Hogan, their former two-term Republican governor in a heavily blue state. But they don't want to turn an open Senate seat - and possibly control of the chamber - over to the GOP this year.
The Department of Justice is seeking a 40-year prison sentence against the man who broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and assaulted her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer.
Former President Donald Trump ruled Nikki Haley, his one-time competitor for the GOP presidential nomination, out as a potential running mate, despite her continuing to gather anti-Trump votes in states months after dropping out of the race.
American surfer Bethany Hamilton has denounced California state law amid a debate over a transgender surfer's participation in an upcoming competition.
Five people were killed and nine wounded in three separate Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes on the Russian border provinces of Belgorod and Kursk, and the city of Donetsk, which Russia claims to have annexed, local officials said Saturday.
A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications, and satellite positioning systems.
The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of the conflict.
Two octogenarian climate activists, one holding a chisel and the other a hammer, tried to crack through the protection glass containing of one of the original surviving copies of the Magna Carta at London's British Library.
A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham set to stand inside the U.S. Capitol to represent North Carolina will be unveiled next week in a ceremony.House Speaker Mike Johnson, other congressional members and the family of the Charlotte-born evangelist are expected to attend...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., told reporters on Friday that the Biden administration's report on Israel's war conduct of the war in Gaza is "woefully inadequate," The Hill reported.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced "nastiness" and "lies" over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a "hideous place."Thomas spoke at a conference attended by judges,...
The largest Catholic hospital chain in the United States said a "cybersecurity event" hit its network, the second such event to hit a major hospital chain this year.
Vladimir Putin is "on the ropes, there's no question" after ambassadors from EU countries earlier this week agreed to use windfall profits from Russian central bank assets frozen in the EU for Ukraine's defense, said U.S.-born British financier and political activist Bill Browder.
Supporters of Israel gathered outside the Manhattan office of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Friday, chanting "traitor" and calling on the nation's highest-ranking Jewish politician to resign for "backstabbing" Israel and falling silent in the wake of a...
A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 that was slated to go into effect next week.The temporary nationwide injunction imposed by Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas is a win...
While Americans are split as to the seriousness of former President Donald Trump's trail in New York, less than a quarter think he will see jail time, a recent poll shows.
Former President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, 18, has declined to serve as a delegate for Florida at this summer's Republican National Convention."While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully...
Several Republican senators are pressing the IRS to investigate nonprofit organizations that have backed pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, reported The Hill.
A majority of Americans have a negative view of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations that have engulfed hundreds of college campuses over the past several weeks, a recent poll shows.
Judge Juan Merchan nixed Donald Trump's attempt to subpoena Mark Pomerantz, a former Manhattan special prosecutor who published private details about his campaign to charge the former president, according to the Washington Examiner.
A lawsuit against two major student loan services alleging failure to address borrowers' requests could lead to a financial windfall for the borrowers.
U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi warned Hunter Biden to keep up with the pretrial deadlines in his tax fraud case, despite the first son's efforts to dismiss it in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the New York Post reported Friday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Friday that it will be providing financial support to farmers to improve "on-site biosecurity" to mitigate the outbreak of the avian flu virus which has spread across dairy cattle.
More than two dozen House Democrats told national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Friday they're "deeply concerned" about President Joe Biden's threat to withhold military aid from Israel.The 26 lawmakers, led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, wrote a letter to...
The Biden administration said Friday that Israel's use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.The administration's finding of...
Former President Donald Trump said he would be "very proud" to go to jail for violating the gag order imposed by Judge Juan Merchan in his New York paperwork trial.
Matthew Hudak, the recently retired deputy chief of the Border Patrol, said Biden administration officials in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policed the media presence of he and his colleagues and intentionally blocked them from engaging with the public.
U.S. stocks eked out modest gains on Friday and all three indexes posted another weekly advance as investors parsed comments from Federal Reserve officials and looked ahead to crucial inflation data next week.
The faculty at Morehouse College, a historically black college in Atlanta, is divided on awarding President Joe Biden an honorary doctorate at its commencement ceremony on May 19.
California has a budget deficit of $27.6 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday - a gap so wide that he's proposing eliminating 10,000 vacant state jobs and cutting spending across 260 state programs.
President Joe Biden came under fire Friday after releasing a statement praising women's basketball after his administration changed Title IX protections, a move that has been widely criticized by conservatives.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Friday launched a $500 million fundraising drive, pegged to the upcoming centenary of the Oscars.Named Academy100 -- ahead of the 100th Oscars ceremony, set for 2028 -- the drive is intended to diversify finances for the...
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested nearly 500 migrants in one sector along the Canadian border, a one-week total that eclipsed all of Fiscal Year 2021.
Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., on Friday filed impeachment articles against President Joe Biden, citing "abuse of power." "Using the powers of his office, President Biden solicited a 'quid pro quo' with the foreign government of Israel by withholding precision guided weapons...
The Biden administration is continuing to send weapons to Israel despite earlier threats to stop arms shipments in the event of a full-scale invasion of the Gazan city of Rafah, according to officials familiar with the shipments.
While Americans of all races say they are feeling the pinch of Bidenomics in the grocery store, 1 in 3 young Black and Hispanic voters said they went without food at least one day last month, according to a Zogby Analytics poll.The survey examined food insecurity and found...
The U.S. announced a new $400 million package of military aid for Ukraine Friday, as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the northeast Kharkiv region.
A House education committee investigating Northwestern University's response to antisemitism and its alleged failure to protect Jewish students is requesting documents and communications related to the school's response to incidents on campus.
A soon-to-be-released Biden administration review of Israel's use of U.S. provided weapons in its war in Gaza does not conclude that Israel has violated the terms for their use, according to three people who have been briefed on the matter.
Former President Donald Trump's one-time attorney Michael Cohen is using TikTok to talk about the ongoing New York trial, according to legal expert Jonathan Turley.
McDonald's is preparing to launch a $5 meal deal at its restaurants in the U.S. to lure back more inflation-hit customers to its chains, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
A president must have immunity while in office, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared Friday, adding that without it, a commander in chief would be "looking over his shoulder on every critical decision."
Rutgers University administrators failed to address concerns of on-campus antisemitism months before anti-Israel protests began at the school, according to two New Jersey lawmakers. U.S. Reps. Donald Norcross, D-N.J., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., sent a letter to Rutgers ...
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