Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops.

The U.S. Mint has started producing a new $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump to help celebrate America’s 250th birthday.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Wednesday sought to evade a range of questions from senators on issues such as the impact of AI on inflation, what contacts he has had with President Donald Trump, and how the central bank will determine the persistence of inflation.

The Trump administration followed through on its pledge to rework and reinstall panels about slavery at the site of President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia.

House Republicans have unveiled a $95 billion plan focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and enacting stricter voter registration rules.

The Trump administration’s latest nominee to lead the nation’ top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some U.S. senators when they pressed her on whether she would protect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from political meddling.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is confronting questions about his brief but turbulent tenure atop the Justice Department during a Senate confirmation hearing that will test President Donald Trump’s grip on Republican lawmakers whose support the nominee will need for the job.

President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue traffic stops after two deadly shootings within a week, seeming to contradict a new policy to halt them.

U.S. wholesale inflation fell from May to June on plunging energy prices but intensifying hostilities with Iran are clouding the outlook.

President Donald Trump has endorsed MyPillow founder Mike Lindell for Minnesota governor, praising him as “one of America’s greatest and most hard working Patriots.”.

President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers should continue vehicle stops despite recent fatal shootings.

A lead U.S. negotiator for the release of hostages captured by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel will have a book out this fall.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is confronting skeptical questioning at a Senate confirmation hearing about the creation of a fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump and a tax immunity deal for the president.

Two human rights groups say Trump administration sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court over its investigations of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza have illegally impeded their ability to advocate for Palestinians.

Former President Joe Biden plans to publish his memoir, "Promise Me, America," this fall.

Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies, is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

President Donald Trump has begun addressing a defense summit at the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania.

A federal appeals court has ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate segregation.

Cuba is suffering another nationwide blackout, leaving the entire country without power.

President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections.

Pat Oliphant, one of the most influential political cartoonists, has died at 90.

A group of 26 Meta employees has sued the company, claiming it used artificial intelligence systems that disproportionately targeted those on medical or family leave for layoffs.

Authorities say a man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer.

Mexico has formally requested that U.S. state attorneys general investigate cases of migrants who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids.

Maine Democrats are fighting to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins to a new fatal shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in their state.

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s pursuit of a Russia sanctions bill has taken on a renewed sense of urgency following his death.

A familiar story has unfolded in the Maine city of Biddeford, where a federal officer shot and killed a man driving a vehicle during an immigration enforcement operation.

Lawmakers in the Senate have unveiled a bipartisan proposal to address Social Security's looming insolvency.

Senator Ron Wyden has accused Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of breaking the law by urging third-party candidates to drop out of Iowa congressional races.

The sister of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has been sworn in to fill his seat, just three days after his death.

The term weaponized vehicle has become commonplace at news conferences and in statements released by federal officials during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

A China-born U.S. seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years.

Court records show writer E.

Mahmoud Khalil is suing the federal government and several private groups for allegedly conspiring to suppress criticism of Israel.

Trump administration officials have told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in little over a week, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Todd Blanche is heading into a high-stakes test this week in his bid to become attorney general.

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are making a rare appearance before Congress.

Eighteen-year-old Alessandra Izaguirre is part of a massive grassroots effort to help Venezuela after devastating earthquakes.

Despite efforts to boost domestic energy production, Mexico will continue to depend on Texas for natural gas, experts said, undermining its stated goals of energy independence.

Ukraine’s air force says its air defenses intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in overnight attacks.

The U.S. military has reimposed its blockade of Iranian ports in response to Iran’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Media advocates have reacted with alarm to subpoenas issued to five New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns about the new Air Force One.

In rare congressional testimony, Supreme Court justices have shared chilling stories about the threats they increasingly face in public life.

Stocks rose after a report showed U.S. inflation was not as bad last month as economists expected.

President Donald Trump has warmly welcomed new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House.

The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham is renewing focus on the country’s aging lawmakers.

President Donald Trump has been trying to force Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz for months.

China has reported its export picked up pace in June, jumping 27% from a year earlier thanks to strong demand from the boom in artificial intelligence.

Mexico’s president said her government will file complaints and lawsuits over 17 deaths related to U.S. immigration enforcement.

U.S. inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, while underlying price pressures also slowed more than expected.

President Donald Trump is sharply reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah.

Lindsey Graham played a role in the Senate that won’t easily be filled.

Darline Graham Nordone has been appointed to fill the Senate term of her late brother, Lindsey Graham, who died over the weekend.

A federal judge says President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns was filed for an “improper purpose” as she referred one of his attorneys for possible disciplinary action.

Sen. Angus King says the motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing.

The Trump administration is cracking down on banks lending to people living in the U.S. illegally.

President Donald Trump said Iranian ships will no longer be able to travel through the Strait of Hormuz and America would charge a 20% toll on other countries’ eligible cargo, escalating tensions after weekend of attacks by both nations to assert control of the critical waterway.

August primaries in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota will be another gauge of Democratic voters’ frustration with the establishment.

American consumers — and the Federal Reserve — are being hit with another high-cost headache.

Ukraine and nine other countries have announced a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles, taking advantage of Kyiv’s experience of fighting Russia.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has named Darline Graham as her late brother Lindsey Graham’s temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate.

Senate Republicans are returning to Washington with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chairman and key player who served as a crucial ally of President Donald Trump.

Oil prices jumped following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East, while slumping AI stocks weighed on stock markets.

The U.S. has launched more strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.

Lindsey Graham was the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners and he rose to become a prominent senator and fixture on the global stage.

A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a civil penalty of nearly $27 million over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022.

Lindsey Graham's relationship with Donald Trump was a roller coaster.

The U.S. agency that oversees dozens of schools serving Native Americans is reporting more on-time high school graduations than ever.

NATO allies, Ukraine and Israel have paid tribute to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham as a friend and advocate of trans-Atlantic ties.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has died after a brief illness.

The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries have reasserted that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal.

The U.S. military has launched several waves of strikes on Iran over Tehran's attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing earlier in the weekend.

A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government’s landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

President Donald Trump says he's ordered the U.S. military to destroy Iran if he were to be assassinated.

Many longtime residents of the small Alaska fishing community of Petersburg say they opposed efforts by the state to keep a local man named Dan Sullivan from running in this year's U.S. Senate race, even if they're not voting for him.

The Department of Justice confirms that it's subpoenaed New York Times journalists after they reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One.

The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston.

Iran says it again considers the Strait of Hormuz closed after a vessel using an ‘unauthorized route’ was struck by a warning shot in the critical waterway — potentially further menacing the already tenuous ceasefire agreement with the United States.

Homeland Security has not fulfilled its promise to equip all officers with body cameras, despite receiving significant funding.

A completed bridge linking Detroit and Canada is expected to open by the end of the month after a dispute delayed its debut.

Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool again as President Donald Trump's problem-plagued effort to renovate the site pushes past his initial July 4 deadline.

Three men who survived a fatal shooting involving federal immigration officers in Houston say no officer was threatened.

Two transgender girls who were the first to challenge President Donald Trump's executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports,” have withdrawn their lawsuit in New Hampshire based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in related cases and their own personal hardships.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to give Ukraine a license to produce Patriot air-defense systems could mark a major breakthrough for Kyiv.

President Donald Trump has chosen not to sign a sweeping housing affordability bill on Friday, in protest of Congress not approving a strict voter ID bill that does not have enough support to pass.

Eight South Carolina National Guard helicopter pilots have returned to flying duties after a suspension that followed a low flight over the state's beaches during a July 4 event.

Senior U.S. officials are demanding that Iran’s leadership publicly state that ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has been fully restored.

President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission charged with assisting state and local elections officials.

Western leaders came to Turkey to discuss security in an increasingly perilous world.

After Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities his agency would pursue.

The U.S. is demanding that Iran make a public statement saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and that ships crossing the vital corridor won’t be attacked anymore.

U.S. stocks ticked higher after Wall Street showed its appetite is still big for winners of the artificial-intelligence boom.

Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are trying to sow doubt about the case.

A group of retired federal and state judges has been barnstorming through Ohio and Pennsylvania on the nation's 250th anniversary to defend judicial independence and bolster the rule of law.

The wall would have blocked parishioners from reaching La Lomita chapel. A state representative has put a stop to those plans.

A Texas congresswoman says a Mexican man living in the U.S. who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was not the person federal authorities had been targeting in a Houston operation.

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expands immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s second administration, several fatal shootings involving ICE agents have drawn national attention.

Eight men have been indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House in June.

Reitz, a partisan firebrand who has vowed to “destroy the left,” previously served as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top deputy.

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, economist Raj Chetty and former Bank of England governor Mervyn King are among a slate of names released by the Federal Reserve Thursday that will help develop recommended changes to the central bank’s operations.