U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois says he won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026.

The Trump administration continues to resist a judge's orders to provide information on efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. from El Salvador.

Jen Psaki is stepping up into a more prominent role at MSNBC, taking over the flagship 9 p.m. time slot on Tuesdays and Fridays as Rachel Maddow returns to a once-a-week television schedule.

U.S. markets opened with big gains and clear signs of relief after President Donald Trump said he would not attempt to fire the head of the Federal Reserve and his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expects a “de-escalation” in what he called an unsustainable tariffs showdown against China.

The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution aren't only being read in classrooms these days.

The Marguerite Casey Foundation plans to significantly increase donations this year to $130 million to help nonprofits respond to policy changes from the Trump administration.

Some Black churches are pledging to support the National Museum of African American History and Culture following an executive order by President Donald Trump alleging exhibits there and at other Smithsonian Institution sites have expressed a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”.

The height of tax season was the height of turmoil at the IRS.

European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules.

An overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City has killed 23 people and set tents ablaze, burning people alive.

At least 26 people have been killed and 17 others wounded after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region that has seen an anti-India rebellion for more than three decades.

A planned meeting between top U.S., British, French and Ukrainian diplomats to push forward a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine has been scrapped at the last minute.

The Trump administration is quietly revoking the temporary legal status of people who entered the country via an online appointment app at U.S. border crossings with Mexico.

Vice President JD Vance's half brother Cory Bowman is running for Cincinnati mayor.

Survivors and relatives of people killed in a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago are set to speak at the sentencing of the gunman.

Some international students in the U.S. who have had their legal status terminated in recent weeks have found a measure of success in court, with federal judges around the country issuing orders to restore students’ status at least temporarily.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

Two major law firms are set to ask separate judges to permanently block President Donald Trump's executive orders that were designed to punish them and cripple their business operations.

U.S. stocks are leaping as a worldwide rally comes back around to Wall Street.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile toward northern Israel, the first-such attack by the group to reach the area as a monthlong intense U.S. airstrike campaign continues to target them.

A federal judge says the Trump administration is ignoring court orders, obstructing the legal process and acting in “bad faith” by refusing to provide information about the steps they have taken, if any, to free a mistakenly deported man from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. Tuesday's order from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis gives the Trump administration until Wednesday evening to explain exactly why officials think the information should be considered protected state...

Leading automakers are showcasing their latest designed-for-China models at the Shanghai auto show this week.

Norfolk Southern’s first quarter profits got another boost from insurance payments related to its disastrous 2023 derailment in eastern Ohio.

The H-1B visa has long been a highly coveted employment visa for foreign citizens with specialized skills to live and work in the U.S.

President Donald Trump’s border czar joined New York City’s mayor on Tuesday to tout new federal charges against 27 people accused of being Tren de Aragua gang members and associates.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, just days after his statement that he would like to terminate the head of the U.S. central bank caused a stock market selloff.

Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed a preemptive lawsuit against Republican President Donald Trump over the administration's push to ban transgender athletes from girls and women's sports.

A federal judge has agreed to block the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the 83-year-old international news service created by Congress.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday speech that the ongoing tariffs showdown with China is unsustainable and expects a “de-escalation” in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

The top producer at CBS News' “60 Minutes" has quit during a dispute between his show and the Trump administration.

A divided Supreme Court ruled that immigrants who agree to leave the country are allowed some deadline flexibility in a case that was argued before President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending himself against a second assertion that he shared classified material through an unapproved and unsecured network.

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District of Columbia Council are scrambling to address a financial crisis created when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives recessed without voting to fix a hole in the city budget.

As economic uncertainty deepens worldwide, gold prices keep hitting record after record.

Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are awaiting the release of a Department of the Interior report that could light a path for federal recognition as a tribal nation.

The International Monetary Fund says the US and global economies will likely slow significantly in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the uncertainty they have created.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has called for greater collaboration with India in sectors such as defense, energy and technology.

While in India on Tuesday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called for enhanced engagement with the South Asian country.

Members of President Donald Trump’s administration are increasingly feuding as they face escalating controversies.

Pope Francis never set foot in his native Argentina during his papacy.

The Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year.

The plight of migrants was one of Pope Francis’ top priorities.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pushing back at the notion of ceding territory to Russia as part of any potential peace agreement.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has launched her U.S. Senate campaign in Michigan in what will undoubtedly be an expensive and competitive race.

Zurab Tsereteli, a prominent Georgian and Russian sculptor known for colossal, often controversial, monuments, has died at 91.

Vatican News has reported that Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died.

Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program will move to what’s known as the “expert level” — a sign analysts say shows that the talks are moving forward rapidly.

U.S. stocks jumped in a widespread rally and more than made up for their sharp drops from the day before.

A growing number of Republican-led states are taking aim at driver's licenses issued by other states to people in the U.S. illegally.

Puerto Rico’s governor is urging people to moderate their energy consumption and warns the island has no additional power generation capability to fall back on days after a massive blackout hit the U.S. territory.

Harvard University has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after recently announcing it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.

The Boston Marathon had about the same number of no-shows as last year, dispelling concerns that international runners would skip the race in the face of increased U.S. border scrutiny.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Uber on Monday, alleging that the company enrolled consumers in its Uber One subscription program without their consent and made it too difficult for them to cancel.

The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday.

Global financial markets have been turned upside down this year by President Donald Trump’s burgeoning trade war.

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a key preventive care provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Health Secretary Robert F.

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch.

The White House has expressed support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following media reports that he shared sensitive military details in another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother.

President Donald Trump is repeating his attacks against the chair of the Federal Reserve, demanding that the central bank lower its key interest rate to boost the economy.

Chipotle Mexican Grill is coming to Mexico.

One of Pope Francis’ final encounters before his death was with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who visited the Vatican over the weekend.

Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.

President Donald Trump says overcast weather for the annual White House Easter egg roll means no one has to worry about getting sunburned.

Four House Democrats are visiting El Salvador in a bid to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man whom the Trump administration deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison.

Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces have opened annual combat drills that will include simulating the defense of the Philippine archipelago and seas in a battle scenario that has antagonized China.

Some are questioning whether lawmakers should commit billions more to border security with illegal crossings dwindling and a Trump immigration crackdown.

China will sanction U.S. officials, lawmakers and leaders of non-governmental organizations who Chinese officials say have performed poorly on Hong Kong issues in a retaliatory move against Washington.

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons.

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as New Delhi looks to avoid U.S. tariffs, negotiate a bilateral trade deal with Washington and strengthen ties with the Trump administration.

Removing lanes to slow down speeding drivers is a long-embraced strategy for improving safety on city streets.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that rental assistance for some 60,000 Americans fleeing homelessness or domestic violence will run out of money by the end of next year.

Wall Street weakened as investors worldwide get more skeptical about U.S. investments because of President Donald Trump’s trade war and his criticism of the Federal Reserve, which are shaking the traditional order.

As Big Tech kicks off its quarterly earnings season this week, the industry’s bellwether companies have been thrust into a cauldron of uncertainty and turmoil that they didn’t anticipate when Donald Trump re-entered the White House less than 100 days ago.

Google on Monday began confronting an existential threat as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into a ruthless monopoly.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen’s Houthi militants that were sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for who he called “political prisoners” in Venezuela.

Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.

Manhattan’s congestion toll remains in effect, despite an Easter deadline from President Donald Trump’s administration to halt the first-in-the-nation fee.

Justice Samuel Alito has written a sharp dissent that castigates the seven-member majority for blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.

The Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area has long been a regional hub for the federal government, and the pain from the Trump administration's cuts can be seen everywhere.

Countries around the world are tightening their cyberdefenses as global tensions rise.

Raising a child in America has never been cheap.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia.

Dozens of Ukrainians have gathered at a bombed-out church in the country’s north to celebrate Easter Sunday, doubting a ceasefire with Russia is possible.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to create an “impression of a ceasefire,” saying Russian forces continued attacks after President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of an Easter truce.

Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf Coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history are still being felt.

Marijuana culture’s high holiday known as 4/20 fell this year on Easter, as well as the last day of Passover.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has begun a four-day tour of India as the two countries seek to strengthen their partnership by negotiating a bilateral trade deal.

Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Nearly six years after a man fatally shot 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border, the gunman's criminal case is set to come to a close.

Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are decrying what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks.

Current and former Seattle police officers who attended President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” political rally on Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol are asking the nation’s highest court to keep their identities anonymous in public court records.

Yemen's Houthi rebels say the U.S. military has launched a series of airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, and a rebel-held coastal city.

Protests against President Donald Trump’s administration are once again taking place in communities across the U.S. Organizers of Saturday’s events say they’re protesting against what they view as the Republican administration’s constitutional and civil rights violations.

Ten years ago Saturday, Freddie Gray died from spinal injuries sustained during transport in a Baltimore police van and the city was thrust into a national debate over police brutality against Black Americans.

President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 Capitol rioters on his first day in office, and now some of those involved in the Jan. 6 attack are getting a platform to tell their version of events.