The Biden administration on Wednesday reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing President Nicolás Maduro's attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in...
Since hostilities erupted in the Middle East beginning with Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7, the U.S. Navy has spent close to $1 billion on its operations in the region, which include fending off drone and missile attacks from Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday misstated key details about his uncle's death in World War II as he honored the man's wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief.
Donald Trump's legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to be a witness at the former president's criminal trial, refused to take it and walked away.A process...
As predicted, the Senate dismissed the charges of high crimes and misdemeanors against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a party-line vote with several Senate Republicans promising that vulnerable Democrats will "pay the price" come November.
Hollywood icon Jon Voight warned Wednesday that the U.S. and Israel are in grave danger and urged Americans to come together and lift each nation out of darkness by voting for former President Donald Trump in November.
The Biden administration reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing President Nicolás Maduro's attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased restrictions in a bid to support hopes for a democratic opening in the OPEC nation.
The House of Representatives will have its long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific as soon as Saturday, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said, paving the way for its possible passage despite fierce objections from the right wing of his conference.
The anti-Israel sentiment of the "Squad" of progressive House members could "finally catch up" to them as several face tough primary races over the next several months, political strategists say.
Shoulder-padded, daffodil yellow and accented with gleaming gold buttons -- a very of-its-time suit Princess Diana wore during her 1989 trip to Hong Kong is now among six outfits on display in the former British colony.
Arab nations' participation in operation "Iron Shield" - a highly coordinated military response to the Islamic Republic of Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel - proved that the historic Abraham Accords worked when put to the ultimate test, Middle East experts say.
A new Emerson College national poll released Thursday shows former President Donald Trump with the lead over President Joe Biden after the president's polling rate dropped since early April.
Emergency services on the 911 telephone call line were restored late on Wednesday in parts of the United States, officials said, following a widespread outage across all of South Dakota and in parts of Nebraska, Nevada, and Texas.Officials in South Dakota, Nevada and Las...
The U.S. Senate faces a fast approaching deadline to pass a key surveillance bill and avoid a lapse in Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Google said Thursday it terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company's cloud contract with the Israeli government.
Eli Lilly says its weight-loss drug helped reduce episodes of irregular breathing associated with a common sleep-related disorder in two late-stage trials, paving the way for expanding use of the drug. The drug cut the frequency of irregular breathing episodes by as much as...
President Joe Biden will accept endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop in Philadelphia on Thursday as he aims to undermine former President Donald Trump and marginalize the candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A Ukrainian attack on a military airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea on Wednesday seriously damaged four missile launchers, three radar stations and other equipment, Ukraine's military spy agency said Thursday.
The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives. The Geneva-based U.N. health...
Donald Trump's legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to be a witness at the former president's criminal trial, refused to take it and walked away.
Two jurors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan were dismissed Thursday, one after expressing doubt about her ability to be fair and impartial and the other over concerns that some of his answers in court may not have been accurate.The dismissals...
The Maine Legislature approved gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people, nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.
President Joe Biden is still leading former President Donald Trump among young voters, but Trump is whittling away at those numbers, a Harvard Youth Poll released Thursday shows.
Donald Trump Jr. roasted House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on social media Thursday after Johnson's about-face on moving forward with a foreign-aid package without U.S. border security included.
With a vote by the House of Representatives now likely to be held on Saturday, Republican House members insisted to Newsmax that the long-debated U.S. aid package to Ukraine should pass resoundingly.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday quickly voted to dismiss the articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, prompting outrage among Republicans who predicted that the party "will pay a heavy price" for the decision The Washington Examiner...
As its 2015 nuclear deal with major powers has eroded over the years, Iran has expanded and accelerated its nuclear program, reducing the time it would need to build a nuclear bomb if it chose to, though it denies wanting to.
House Republican leaders are considering using debate over a $95 billion foreign aid package to add language that would raise the threshold required to vacate the speakership, Punchbowl News reported.
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," has died. He was 80. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died at his home in Osprey, Florida, David Spero, Betts' manager of 20 years, confirmed.
Former Vice President Mike Pence warned Thursday that Russia will force a war with NATO - and, by extension, the United States - if Russian President Vladimir Putin is successful in defeating Ukraine.
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday told Jewish leaders that the bureau is on alert for potential threats against Jews before the start of Passover next week.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his running mate Nichole Shanahan gained ballot access Thursday in Michigan, a key battleground state in November's election, through the Natural Law Party.
An effort to force TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the U.S. was gaining steam in Congress on Thursday, with the House of Representatives setting a vote for Saturday and a key Senate Democrat voicing support for the move.
A new bipartisan bill to change the tax code would require the IRS to be specific about accounting errors on Americans' tax returns and provide a computation of what the agency believes is the correct amount of tax owed.
Argentina has asked NATO to become one of the security alliance's "global partners," Defense Minister Luis Petri said Thursday, as the government eyes stronger ties with the United States and the European Union. Argentina on Tuesday announced it was purchasing 24 ...
The first model of the USS Enterprise - used in the opening credits of the original "Star Trek" television series - has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry's son decades after it went missing.The model's disappearance sometime in the 1970s had...
Prospective homebuyers are facing higher costs to finance a home with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate moving above 7% this week to its highest level in nearly five months.
Former President Donald Trump's campaign is reportedly asking Republican candidates and groups to provide him with a portion of the funds they raise by using his name, image, or likeness in appeals for donations, Politico reports.
Prince Harry, the son of King Charles III and fifth in line to the British throne, has formally confirmed he is now a U.S. resident.Four years after Harry and his American wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, decamped to a villa in Southern California, a travel company he...
Dozens of students at Columbia University were arrested Thursday after occupying part of the campus for 34 hours as part of protesting the war in Gaza.The students had vowed to occupy the South Lawn on the school's Morningside Heights campus until the school divests from...
A coalition backed by retailers like Walmart and Target announced Thursday it has collected enough signatures to put a ballot measure before California voters this November to enhance criminal penalties for shoplifting and drug dealing.Californians for Safer Communities, a...
U.S. stocks closed near the unchanged mark Thursday, as investors sifted through the latest corporate earnings, while economic data and comments from Federal Reserve officials suggested the central bank was unlikely to cut interest rates in the near future.
The daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said she was suspended from Barnard College after participating in a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University.
Two hunters may have become the first Americans to die from a "zombie deer" disease, according to a recent study published in the journal Neurology, the Daily Mail reported.
Lawyers in closing arguments Thursday debated the actions of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border last year.
Two transgender people filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana and other state agencies Thursday over the state's refusal to alter their birth certificates to match their stated gender identify, The Hill reported.
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned why Europe wasn't giving more aid to Ukraine as Congress moved closer to ending a months-long stalemate and voting on legislation to provide billions of dollars in security assistance to Kyiv, Taiwan and Israel.
A Denver finance committee has approved $14.6 million in cuts to the city's police and fire departments - a slice of $41 million in cuts overall - to help pay for "newcomer operations," the Democrat mayor's phrase for housing migrants.
Lawyers in Donald Trump's historic criminal trial on Thursday selected 12 jurors who will assess his guilt or innocence over the coming weeks in a case stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star.Lawyers for the defense and the prosecution still must select alternate...
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and retired U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane on Thursday backed the effort by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to provide foreign aid to Ukraine.
The Ohio House of Representatives next week could take up a bill that would require single-sex bathrooms - one for biological males and one for biological females - in public schools and universities in the state.
Despite Attorney General Kris Mayes' pledge to not prosecute, Arizona abortion providers say they aren't likely to break the 1864 law that's responsible for a near-total ban on the controversial procedure.
The judge in Donald Trump's New York trial ordered the media on Thursday not to report on where potential jurors have worked and to be careful about revealing information about those who will sit in judgment of the former president.Judge Juan Merchan acted after one juror...
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., accused Columbia University of engaging in "political reprisals" after the daughter of fellow "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was suspended for refusing to leave an "unauthorized encampment" on the campus.
The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world body.It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended to the 193-member U.N....
Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kan., said Thursday he will not seek reelection for a third term, putting even more pressure on Republicans to hold their razor-thin majority in the House.
A hack that caused a small Texas town's water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of foreign cyberattacks.
The Rev. Franklin Graham praised House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Thursday, taking to social media to say he's doing "the best job he can for our country."
An Israeli airstrike has targeted at least one site in Iran, it was reported Thursday night, citing a U.S. official. However, reports also poured in Thursday night of explosions in Syria that also are purportedly linked to Israeli airstrikes. Explosions were reported in ...
Donald Trump said on Thursday the survival of Ukraine is important to the United States, a shift in tone days before the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is due to vote on a $61 billion aid package.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., unveiled a report Thursday accusing the State Department of concealing critical intelligence that imperils American troops stationed in Niger, the Daily Caller reported.
Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a sixweek election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader.The voters began...
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that she hoped to find a new way to ensure sanctions enforcement on North Korea by next month after Russia and China thwarted the renewal of monitoring activities.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Washington and its...
China's fiscal stimulus is losing its effectiveness and is more of a strategy to buy time for industrial and consumption policies, S&P Global Ratings said.
EVTOLs, or electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles, popularly known as flying cars, are being developed by firms in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Apple said on Friday it had removed Meta Platforms' WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China after being ordered to do so by the Chinese government, which cited national security concerns.
Taiwan said on Friday China's decision to open new air routes that run perilously close to two Taiwanese-controlled islands was a flight safety risk taken without consultation, adding it will demand any aircraft using them be asked to turn around.
Wall Street's "fear gauge" hit its highest in more than five months on Friday due to a sharp pullback in interest U.S. rate cut expectations and escalating geopolitical tensions.The CBOE Volatility index, an options-based measure of investor expectations for near-term stock...
Dubai Airports CEO said he expects services to return "close to normality" soon as the major transit hub deals with the fallout from unprecedented flooding.
CNBC's Jim Cramer said disappointing quarters from trucker J.B. Hunt and real estate investment trust Prologis could mean an economic slowdown is brewing.
Bitcoin rose above $64,000 on Friday after dropping below the $60,000 mark as the cryptocurrency continues to see volatility ahead of the upcoming halving.
The Biden administration is considering more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel, including tank ammunition, military vehicles and mortar rounds, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing U.S. officials....
Wall Street's "fear gauge" hit its highest in more than five months on Friday due to a sharp pullback in interest U.S. rate cut expectations and escalating geopolitical tensions.The CBOE Volatility index, an options-based measure of investor expectations for near-term stock...
Ukraine's air force claimed Friday it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but Moscow officials said the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due to a malfunction after a combat mission.
German cars are “the best in the world” and the country’s carmakers do not have to fear competition from China, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said.
When it comes to holding the throngs of anti-Israel activists criminally accountable for their actions, law enforcement experts say it can be a "challenge" in navigating free speech rights and a web of local, state, and federal laws.
Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late activist Alexei Navalny, the Lithuanian president announced on Friday.
U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border.
A senior figure in Japan's ruling party will travel to New York next week and is seeking a meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to public broadcaster NHK.
Hackers linked to China have been snooping around critical U.S. infrastructure to put themselves in place to attack "at the right moment," according to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
U.S. financial firms facilitated investments worth billions of dollars in index funds that included blacklisted Chinese companies, according to a bipartisan House Committee investigation.
Despite various financial burdens, people in their 30s managed to save the most out of any age group last year — and here's how they can save even more in 2024.
House lawmakers advanced a $95 billion package of foreign aid bills Thursday night to counter Russian, Iranian, and Chinese aggression, with a floor vote possible over the weekend.
House lawmakers advanced a $95 billion package of foreign aid bills to counter Russian, Iranian, and Chinese aggression, with a floor vote possible over the weekend.
The Florida judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents trial ordered the public release of a co-defendant's grand-jury testimony.
The jury for Donald Trump's New York criminal trial was completed Friday afternoon, clearing the way for prosecutors and defense attorneys to make opening statements next week.
Bernadette Joy started her money coaching business as a side gig, before realizing she could use it to increase her income while spending less time working.
Nespresso and Keurig are launching plant and paper-based compostable coffee pods as billions of dollars spent on single-brew machines lead to big waste problem.
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk called NPR CEO Katherine Maher "one of the worst human beings in America" in connection with comments she made in an interview three years ago while she was with Wikipedia.
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee announced they will deploy 100,000 volunteers and attorneys is battleground states to ensure transparency and fairness in elections.
With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend.
A class action lawsuit alleges Walmart overcharged customers for certain weighted goods and bagged citrus. How to file a claim for a cash payout up to $500.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NATO members on Friday that Ukraine needed a minimum of seven Patriot or other high-end air defense systems to counter Russian air strikes, exhorting them to step up their military assistance for Kyiv.
A new Marist poll shows New Yorkers have a bleak view of their state, with residents saying the economy is going down the tubes, the cost of living is unaffordable, and nearly 4 in 10 say they plan to move out in the next five years.A majority of New Yorkers, 51%, said they...
Lululemon is shutting down its Washington distribution center and laying off 128 employees after it opened a massive new warehouse outside of Los Angeles.
Former President Donald Trump is looking to take LGBT voters away from President Joe Biden before the general election, the Washington Examiner reported.
Former President Donald Trump will benefit from swing-state voters being "sick of suffering under Joe Biden's policies," Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said Friday.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Austan Goolsbee on Friday said "more sniffing" is needed before the Fed can cut interest rates. Here's what to know.
A juror dismissed in Donald Trump's business records trial reportedly said he felt caught in a "competition" between a "cowardly" judge and prosecutors.
A man set himself on fire Friday in a park outside the court where Donald Trump is standing trial in Manhattan, with a witness describing him throwing pamphlets before officers rushed to extinguish the flames.Burning clothes were strewn in the park, which was locked down by...
Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump's business records case, must recuse himself, said attorney David Schoen, who represented Trump in his second impeachment trial.
A man set himself on fire Friday in a park outside the court where former President Donald Trump is standing trial in Manhattan, with a witness describing the person throwing pamphlets before officers rushed to extinguish the flames.
Support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party has increased significantly since Oct. 7 when Hamas terrorists waged the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust, according to a poll released Friday.
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday lauded House Speaker Mike Johnson for his "moral courage" in moving forward with a plan to vote on separate bills to provide foreign assistance despite criticism from GOP hardliners.
The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 ended lower Friday as Netflix shares weighed, but American Express kept the Dow afloat after quarterly earnings from both companies, while growing pessimism that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates soon also dented sentiment.
Elon Musk on Friday came out against banning TikTok in the United States, even if it would mean less competition for his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as the initiative sees fresh bipartisan momentum in Congress.
Several girls staged a "step out" protest and refused to compete Thursday in Bridgeport, West Virginia, at a middle school girl's track and field event due to the participation of a transgender athlete.
Seventy-six percent of U.S. voters say they are scared killers, thieves, and rapists will enter the country through the southern border, according to a poll released earlier this month.
The 12 students and one teacher killed in the Columbine High School shooting will be remembered Friday in a vigil on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.The gathering, set up by gun safety and other organizations, is the main public event marking the anniversary,...
A full jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday in Donald Trump's hush money case, setting the stage for opening statements next week in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.Hours later, an appeals court judge rejected a last-minute bid by the...
Two former leaders of the Department of Health and Human Services under two presidents have proposed a solution to reducing healthcare costs that should appeal to both political parties in Congress.
Embattled NPR chief Katherine Maher prior to taking the helm at the public network donated $500 to Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight PAC and other Democrats, according to Federal Elections Commissions records.
New York Attorney General Letitia James requested on Friday that a judge invalidate the bond posted by former President Donald Trump in his civil fraud case on the grounds the company that issued it does not have the necessary collateral to back it up.
North Korea said Saturday it tested a "super-large" cruise missile warhead and a new anti-aircraft missile in a western coastal area as it expands military capabilities in the face of deepening tensions with the United States and South Korea.North Korean state media said...
Federal officials are resolved never to allow a terrorist attack like the Oklahoma City bombing happen again, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Caitlin Durkovich told survivors and loved ones of the 168 people killed in the April 19, 1995, bombing Friday."What happened here...
A former U.S. Capitol Police officer has received high level endorsements from former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., in his run for Congress.
Two top Biden administration officials told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that the U.S. will be building its first nuclear warhead in 40 years and will do so without any nuclear testing.
President Joe Biden has brought in his old boss, former President Barack Obama, to help raise money from small-dollar donors, Axios reported. Although Biden is far outpacing Trump when it comes to fundraising, Biden has seen his poll numbers slip from key demographics, in...
Several House Republicans are introducing legislation to prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) following the suspension and resignation of an editor who revealed overt levels of partisanship in the company's newsroom.
Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted in favor of the United Auto Workers — marking the union's first successful organizing drive of a foreign automaker.
The findings add to concerns that GLP-1s could take a bite out of the bottom lines of some of the biggest restaurant companies and packaged food makers.
Most people have a toxic relationship with themselves, says Yale lecturer Emma Seppälä. But you can replace these self-criticisms with healthier expressions.
Latina financial expert Jannese Torres, host of the "Yo Quiero Dinero" podcast, discusses what she has learned about certain milestones such as homeownership.
Netflix co-founder and chairman Reed Hastings says a good leader seeks out critical feedback whenever possible. Here's his three-word strategy for doing it.
After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans' data nearly forced the statute to lapse.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Friday the country was ramping up manufacturing of tanks and heavy flamethrower systems, but more work was needed to increase production of tank protection equipment.
A man has died after setting himself on fire Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump's historic trial was taking place as jury selection wrapped up, but officials said he did not appear to have been targeting Trump.
Republicans in Wyoming will decide Saturday which presidential candidate will get their state's votes at the GOP national convention this summer, but they will have only one choice.
Approach happiness as if it's a well-balanced meal, and focus on the "three macronutrients of happiness," said Harvard happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks.
On a weekend reprieve from the courtroom, former President Donald Trump will campaign Saturday in North Carolina as he juggles trials and his rematch against President Joe Biden.
Boston Dynamics has announced their new and improved Atlas robot, the next step in commercializing their humanoid robot development. We analyze how it compares to Tesla's Optimus robot.
I tested the Mill smart kitchen bin. It turns most of your kitchen scraps into future chicken feed or plant fuel for the garden. But is it worth the pricey subscription?
Democrats are pushing hard to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming a spoiler this fall in President Joe Biden's reelection bid, including rallying his relatives to endorse the president and telling the public that a vote for his independent bid will in the long run only ...
Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton slammed President Biden's handling of Israel's response to Iran, accusing the administration of exerting "enormous pressure" on Israel's Friday response to Iran's attack last weekend.
A crowd of migrants forced the cancellation of a youth soccer game in East Harlem, N.Y., after they refused to leave the playing field at Thomas Jefferson Park.
The pros and cons of taking responsibility for your own energy and water aren't what I expected before making the move to living an off-grid lifestyle.
Former Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., sharply criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for her recent "Nazi" stance on Ukraine, branding her "Moscow Marjorie" and accusing her of parroting Russian propaganda. In an interview, Buck lambasted ...
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