President Donald Trump’s administration is set to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization.

Asian shares are mostly higher and U.S. futures have advanced after an upbeat end to last week on Wall Street.

The federal agency that oversees the security of election systems was largely absent from planning before elections this month in several states.

President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians.

President Donald Trump’s chaotic political universe has at least one consistent law that rises above any other: The president has no permanent friends and no permanent enemies.

President Donald Trump says he's teaming up with legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to revamp the golf courses at Joint Base Andrews.

There was a time when presidential hopefuls were coy about their ambitions.

President Donald Trump is resurfacing his argument that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn’t “have the cards” to continue on the battlefield.

The Justice Department is on the clock to release files relating to Jeffrey Epstein after President Donald Trump signed a measure passed by Congress.

Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has announced she will resign from Congress on January 5, 2026.

President Donald Trump says he’s “immediately” ending temporary legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.

Two senators who lead a bipartisan antisemitism task force say they want more information from the U.S. Coast Guard about its policy regarding displays of swastikas, nooses or other hate symbols.

The Kennedy Center is receiving $7.4 million ahead of the World Cup draw next month.

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.

President Donald Trump and New York's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani come from opposite parties and have spent months sniping at each other.

The Federal Aviation Administration has warned all pilots to “exercise caution” when flying in the airspace over Venezuela “due to the worsening security situation and heightened military activity.”.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is appealing a ruling that has stalled the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others for trying to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in the state.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary end to President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times in an interview that he personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don’t cause autism.

Democratic Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii predicts Americans will want a peacemaking leader by 2028.

The daughter of a detained Chinese Christian pastor is urging U.S. lawmakers to help free her father at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed to “save our Great Christian population” worldwide.

An American proposal to end the war in Ukraine puts the country in a delicate diplomatic position — caught between placating its most important ally, the United States, and not capitulating to Russia, its much larger neighbor that launched a full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.

The widow of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is calling for the release of the transcript of a 2019 phone call President Donald Trump had with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A special election in Tennessee has gained national attention in a heavily Republican district.

Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to remove additional import tariffs on some Brazilian agribusiness products marks significant progress.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says she is resigning from Congress in January.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fending off criticism from his own base as some of the environmental and anti-vaccine activists who propelled him into politics have said they want stronger action against vaccines and pharmaceutical companies.

World leaders are arriving for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda.

The Supreme Court is meeting in private with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

Radio Free Europe's Hungarian service, Szabad Európa, has ceased operations after the Trump administration decided to cut its funding.

President Donald Trump has met the man who had proudly proclaimed himself “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” but he seemed to find the opposite.

The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the Education Department.

More swings hit Wall Street, except it finished higher this time.

The U.S. Treasury Department plans to reclassify certain refundable tax credits as "federal public benefits," barring undocumented immigrants and some noncitizens from receiving them.

New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez — a trailblazer known by the nickname “La Luchadora,” or the fighter — announced that she will retire next year after more than three decades in Congress.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has informed the White House he’ll leave his post in January.

Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees say the Trump administration is undermining the nation's spy services.

The Trump-appointed prosecutor overseeing the James Comey case is insisting in a new court filing that the full grand jury approved the final indictment against the former FBI director.

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.

President Donald Trump has continued loosening tariffs on Brazil to lower consumer costs for Americans.

Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.

ABC is in President Donald Trump's crosshairs this week.

A federal judge in Maryland says she will rule as soon as possible on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from immigration custody.

The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein.

The Justice Department is examining the handling of the mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff.

A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital.

The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production that is already leading the world.

While President Donald Trump has struggled to settle on a way to address Americans’ concerns about high costs, Vice President JD Vance on Thursday offered a more direct and empathetic message, saying, “We hear you” and “there’s a lot more work to do.”.

The Trump administration has threatened to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants.

In attendance at former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral were pews full of former presidents and vice presidents — but neither of the men occupying those offices today.

The Trump administration says it's seeing signs that its sanctions on Russian oil producers are working.

A Florida retiree jailed in Saudi Arabia for social media posts critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has returned to the United States after four years of detention and travel restrictions.

President Donald Trump is accusing half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers called on U_S_ military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”.

President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and Trump is picking a political fight before next year’s elections.

The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism.

Washington National Cathedral hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of fellow Republican President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration has announced new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades.

When former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral is held at the Washington National Cathedral, he will join a bipartisan but exclusive list of figures memorialized there, in a church that tells the story of America on hallowed ground.

President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede territory to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.

A Kettering Foundation-Gallup poll finds that about half of U.S. adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only around one-quarter think it’s doing “very” or “moderately” well.

Big swings keep rocking Wall Street.

Leaders and delegates from the world’s richest nations and top developing countries are gathering this weekend for the Group of 20 summit in South Africa, an event overshadowed by the boycott of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration.

President Donald Trump says he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in Washington later this week.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The U.S. House is back in session after a multi-week hiatus.

A draft report on reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been significantly reduced in size, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Several high-ranking Army officials, including Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, are in Ukraine to help with peace talks.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing federal disaster funds and using the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

The House Ethics Committee has announced that a panel will conduct a wide-ranging investigation into Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla.

Former president Joe Biden plans to attend Thursday’s memorial service for former vice president Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral.

The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.

A U.S. Senate committee has advanced a candidate openly supportive of President Donald Trump to be inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services.

President Donald Trump is again expressing support for skilled immigrants training U.S. workers in high-tech factories.

A federal judge says he plans to move ahead quickly on a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.

President Donald Trump is counting on the tech sector and artificial intelligence to drive his economic agenda.

President Donald Trump says he's turning his attention to helping find an end to the brutal civil war in Sudan.

A veteran FBI employee is claiming in a lawsuit that he was fired last month after displaying an LGBTQ+ flag at his workspace.

Congress is sending President Donald Trump a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations has urged “bold reform” of what she calls the “bloated, unfocused and ineffective” global organization.

President Trump has nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The United States, Britain and Australia have announced sanctions against a Russia-based web hosting service for allegedly running ransomware operations.

Melania Trump and Usha Vance traveled together for the first time, heading to North Carolina for a visit with Marines and military families.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following a yearslong push by survivors of Epstein’s abuse for a public reckoning.

Internal Pentagon figures show the number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024.

President Donald Trump is finding that redistricting his way to a GOP House majority in next year's midterms is a lot harder than it sounds.

The prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey has hit another hurdle.

The U.S. stock market swung through another unsettled day of trading, ahead of a couple of crucial tests for Wall Street.

Ten Democratic secretaries of state are asking the Trump administration to provide more information about its efforts to seek voter registration data.

President Donald Trump says he's agreed to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane’s vaunted American technology.

Both Democrats and Republicans alike readied for a unanimous House vote to pass a bill to force the release of the case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump denounced ABC News chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” and threatened the network's license to broadcast after she asked three sharp questions in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

A jovial President Donald Trump has held a warm and friendly meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House.

The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.

Federal agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called “Swamp Sweep” in New Orleans in the coming weeks.

National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in government funding to operate the nation’s public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement.

The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.

Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was at the White House on Tuesday as President Donald Trump hosted a glitzy dinner to honor Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A new report says China funneled billions in hidden loans to U.S. companies over the past quarter century, some targeting industries key to national security.

U.S. stocks fell again following a sell-off that swept Europe and Asia.