The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea.

President Donald Trump will host Ahmad al-Sharaa for talks, a first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House.

It wasn’t so long ago that President Donald Trump spoke of building a legacy as a peacemaker.

A recent FBI-led raid at an Idaho race track shows how immigration is driving federal law enforcement under the Trump administration.

The twin crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington are coming to a head.

A small company in Vermont that specializes in women's cycling apparel is at the center of the fight over President Donald Trump's contentious tariff policy.

Former President Barack Obama is urging voters to use Tuesday's elections in Virginia and New Jersey to rebuke President Donald Trump and candidates loyal to him.

President Donald Trump is returning to “60 Minutes” for an interview for the first time after settling a lawsuit this summer over the newsmagazine's interview with rival Kamala Harris.

The Food and Drug Administration is restricting the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth.

The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for transgender troops who have been banned from the armed forces by the Trump administration to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the military.

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced.

President Donald Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the country.

U.S. national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard says America’s former strategy of “regime change or nation building” has ended under President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has declined to say whether he plans to resume underground nuclear detonation tests.

Many people might be wondering how they can help their neighbors put food on the table with federal food aid set to be frozen on Nov. 1.

The South African government has criticized the U.S. policy shift that will give priority to Afrikaners for asylum.

President Donald Trump wants Republicans in the Senate to kill a longstanding rule called the filibuster.

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster.

Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown.

FBI Director Kash Patel says federal officials have arrested multiple people in Michigan who had allegedly been plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend.

An appeals court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration and stopped a judge from trying to get daily updates from a Border Patrol official about the government’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area.

Climbing monthly electricity bills, a growing stressor on U.S. families as demand surges for energy, have emerged as a significant issue in the nation’s only two elections for governor this year and as a test on the political parties’ messages for next year’s midterms.

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that his refusal to sign a $35 billion gas agreement with Egypt has prompted his U.S. counterpart Chris Wright to cancel a planned trip to Israel.

A U.S. Senate investigation has uncovered numerous credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers across the country.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán plans to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt Hungary from new U.S. sanctions on Russian oil when he visits Washington next week.

The president of a Republican-aligned think tank has defended Tucker Carlson after the conservative media personality offered a platform to a far-right activist known for pushing white nationalist and antisemitic views.

Amazon carried the U.S. stock market to the finish of another winning week and month.

The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for educators, wondering how long grant money will last and who can help them interpret federal laws.

In the weeks since Israel and Hamas agreed to a fragile ceasefire and hostage deal, Indonesia has emerged as an intriguing partner to Trump.

A third teenager has been arrested and charged for the killing of a congressional intern in the nation’s capital, a crime that President Donald Trump cited when he announced a law enforcement surge in Washington.

Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy with just hours’ notice.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania hosted a Halloween celebration at the White House.

Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey want to review a transcript and audio recording of grand jury proceedings in his criminal case, citing what they say were “irregularities” in the process that should result in the dismissal of an indictment pushed by President Donald Trump.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall.

The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed millions of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020.

Radio Free Asia says it is shutting down its news operations starting on Friday.

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster.

A briefing held only for Republicans in Congress on U.S. military strikes is drawing a fierce rebuke from a key Democrat.

The Senate has passed a resolution that would undo many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs around the globe.

President Donald Trump seemed to love his whirlwind Asia trip.

The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for a man arrested with guns and ammunition near former President Barack Obama's home.

The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500 and they'll be mostly white South Africans.

Two prominent Republicans are urging the Supreme Court to allow a lawsuit against Cisco.

The government shutdown is taking a toll on military families as they live without the guarantee of a paycheck.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says China has agreed to purchase 25 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans annually as part of an agreement reached by its leaders.

The Trump administration is forging ahead with plans to eject some nonprofits from a popular student loan forgiveness program if their work is deemed to have an “illegal purpose."

A Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s surgeon general pick, Dr. Casey Means, has been postponed because she went into labor.

Bill Swick, who has a rare degenerative brain disease, has lost access to virtual speech therapy due to the federal government shutdown.

The U.S. stock market sank from record heights as Wall Street sifted through mixed developments on everything from the U.S.-China trade war to profits for Big Tech behemoths.

President Donald Trump is turning his attention to the voting process for Tuesday's elections.

President Donald Trump has appeared to suggest on social media that the U.S. resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades.

President Donald Trump's administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans.

Vice President JD Vance called for a significant reduction in legal immigration during an appearance at a Turning Point event at the University of Mississippi.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military has killed four people in a strike against a boat that was allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

The Trump administration has restored a memorial to Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington, D.C. Demonstrators took it down during racial justice protests in the summer of 2020.

Immigration authorities say they did not receive word of a court order blocking the removal of an Alabama father until after he had been deported to Laos.

The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine.

A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry.

The Senate is voting on legislation that would nullify U.S. tariffs on Canada.

Colorado officials say the relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama was illegally motivated by President Donald Trump’s desire to punish Colorado for allowing mail-in voting.

President Donald Trump says he has decided to lower his combined tariff rates on imports of Chinese goods to 47% after talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on curbing fentanyl trafficking.

The United States is deploying several dozen disaster relief workers, including urban search and rescue teams, to Caribbean island nations as they deal with devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week's end.

Federal regulators are trying to make it easier to develop cheaper alternatives to powerful drugs that many Americans depend on to treat autoimmune diseases or cancers.

A national battle over redistricting is advancing in more states.

Shutdown.

There may be no rank-and-file Democratic senator with more at stake from the federal government shutdown than Georgia’s Jon Ossoff.

Attorneys for Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator being held by immigration authorities in California, are challenging his detention in court.

A federal appeals court has blocked an order that required a senior Border Patrol official to brief a judge on Chicago immigration sweeps.

The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for a 33rd year.

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran doesn’t appear to be actively enriching uranium but that the agency has recently detected renewed movement at the country’s nuclear sites.

The U.S. confirms it will reduce its troop presence on NATO’s borders with Ukraine.

Many NFL teams have lost star players to season-ending injuries this season, or played without them for significant stretches — but a new poll finds that most football fans want more games, even if it means more risk.

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has sought to rally his committee as a center of Democratic messaging and response to the Trump administration's agenda.

Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka says his non-resident visa to enter the United States has been rejected.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that in the tumultuous political climate marked by this year’s assassination of a conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah and Democratic legislators in Minnesota, younger adults are much less worried about political violence than older adults.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has welcomed Japan's commitment to accelerate its military buildup and defense spending.

U.S. stocks bounced around their records after the Federal Reserve made moves to boost the job market but warned that more help isn’t guaranteed.

Stewart McLaurin knew it was coming.

Amnesty International says a U.S. airstrike in April that killed 60 detained African migrants should be investigated as a possible war crime.

President Donald Trump says the United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine.

The White House pressed Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during a recent military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended.

The Senate is voting on legislation that would nullify President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, including oil, coffee and orange juice.

The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt.

President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he cannot run for a third term, citing constitutional limits, despite his interest in staying in the White House.

Two Florida college students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit to defend census methods used to protect privacy and fill in missing data.

The United States and South Korea have advanced their trade talks during President Donald Trump's visit to that country.

U.S. immigration officials have deported a man to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal.

A federal agent fired shots at an unarmed Black man during a recent traffic stop while patrolling the nation’s capital for President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge.

The Trump administration is reassigning at least half of the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices across the country.

A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown.

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from pulling sexual education funding over curricula mentioning diverse gender identities.

A federal judge in Tennessee has warned of possible sanctions against top Trump administration officials if they continue to make inflammatory statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia that could prejudice his coming trial.

The federal government shutdown is nearing the one-month mark, causing widespread effects for millions of Americans.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the U.S. military carried out strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean against four boats accused of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.

Maine and Texas are the latest states where Republicans are pushing ballot initiatives targeting noncitizen voting, which is rare.

Conservative voters in Northern California are alarmed that a ballot measure designed to diminish Republican representation could pass in November.

The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has been making the case that the United States will no longer be footing the bill the way it has since the world body’s founding eight decades ago.

In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.