The U.S. military is reporting a series of strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has offered a reassuring message to America’s allies.

The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea.

A White House memo says demolition crews "excellently preserved" the White House residence when they tore down the East Wing for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom.

The Trump administration is suing Harvard University, saying it has refused to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions.

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to lapse, and a shutdown looks certain.

Dubai has replaced the longtime head of DP World after emails linked him to Jeffrey Epstein.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Trump's recent push to seize control of Greenland is divisive even within his own party.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the U_S_ and Europe to “repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together.”.

President Trump used a Fort Bragg appearance on Friday to praise U.S. Special Forces for last month's raid that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump says he's amassed a collection of campaign funds exceeding $1.5 billion, an unprecedented sum for a lame-duck president.

President Donald Trump says a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran.

President Donald Trump has pardoned five former NFL players for crimes that include perjury, counterfeiting and drug trafficking.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis from North Carolina suggests he could support a compromise that would allow the Senate Banking Committee to start hearings on Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve.

Taiwan has reached a trade deal with the United States that cuts almost all of its tariff barriers.

Sen. Rand Paul has challenged federal immigration officers over the shooting death of Alex Pretti and said the public has lost trust.

The top antitrust official in the Trump administration is leaving her post amid tension about greenlighting big mergers in recent months.

President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that has extensive contracts with the agency he would lead.

The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of the U.S. government’s decision to reunite her with her Afghan family.

A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appears certain.

Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill that amends a law to recognize a fetus as a human being.

The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

A federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former U.S. Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.

A federal judge has used part of a court hearing to read email and social media death threats she received following her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections for Haitians in the U.S. Judge Ana Reyes in Washington recently blocked the termination of temporary protected status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging the Republican administration’s effort to end it proceeds.

President Donald Trump has invited Latin American leaders to take part in a summit in Florida next month, gathering the officials at a moment when the administration is spotlighting what it sees as concerning Chinese influence in the region.

The U.S. military has reported two major incidents that occurred in recent days tied to the massive buildup of forces in the Caribbean Sea.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he did not think it was appropriate for the Justice Department to be tracking the search history of lawmakers who are reviewing files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping U.S. health policy as HHS secretary, and doctors say his changes are eroding trust.

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison say it's escalating its fight over the two Panama Canal ports that it operates.

A U.S. judge says President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can go to trial in 2027.

The Trump administration says it is ending its massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota after weeks of angry mass protests, thousands of arrests and two fatal shootings.

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations.

Syrian government forces have taken over the al-Tanf base in eastern Syria, a site the U.S. military has run for years.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe that President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities.

Pentagon-FAA dispute over military test of laser to thwart cartel drones led to El Paso airspace closure, AP sources say.

European allies at NATO are putting on a brave face as the United States steps back from its leadership role at the alliance.

European Union leaders reached a broad agreement Thursday in a Belgian castle to restructure the 27-nation bloc’s economy as they face antagonism from Trump, strong-China and Russia.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a large U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference this week.

The chairman of the federal Religious Liberty Commission ousted a member after a hearing that featured tense exchanges on the definition of antisemitism.

The IRS has erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new court filing.

The House has voted to slap back President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada.

The Congressional Black Caucus is building a new coalition with major civil rights groups to push back on President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.

Democrats are denouncing the Justice Department’s attempt to indict a group of lawmakers who last year urged U_S_ military members to resist “illegal orders.”.

Iowa’s top election official and a group of naturalized citizens have settled a federal lawsuit that will prevent the state from relying exclusively on driver’s license records for citizenship data in the three months before an election.

President Donald Trump has escalated a feud with the National Governors Association chair over who gets invited to White House events.

House Republicans approved legislation that would impose strict new voter ID requirements ahead of the midterm elections.

The Kennedy Center is warning staff that a planned two-year renovation shutdown will lead to job cuts and “skeletal teams.”.

Homeland Security officials are highlighting the potential impact of a shutdown.

The Congressional Budget Office projects worsening federal deficits and rising debt over the next decade, driven by increased spending on Social Security, Medicare, and debt service payments.

NATO has launched a new military effort called Arctic Sentry to boost security in the High North.

Attorney General Pam Bondi took heated questions from lawmakers in a combative congressional hearing over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that have exposed sensitive private information about victims despite redaction efforts.

Iran marks the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as leaders face pressure from the U.S. and anger at home.

Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a wide-ranging, passionate defense of President Donald Trump, repeatedly shouting at Democrats during a combative hearing in which she postured herself as the Republican’s chief protector.

President Donald Trump met privately with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and says he pushed Israel to back continued U.S. talks with Iran on a nuclear deal.

A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter.

Congressional Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of trying to hijack plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and using the nonprofit National Park Foundation to solicit money from private donors for some of the president’s pet projects.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.

The U.S. Justice Department is targeting Alex Saab, a businessman linked to Nicolás Maduro, in an investigation that could impact the U.S. prosecution of the deposed Venezuelan leader.

The heads of three Trump administration agencies have appeared before Congress to discuss immigration policies.

The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia.

Republican lawmakers are decrying what they said are invasive tactics in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child.

The National Governors Association annual conference is unraveling after President Donald Trump did not invite some Democrats to events.

The White House says the Trump administration will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is defending his officers, saying they won't be intimidated while carrying out President Donald Trump's deportation agenda.

A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans' optimism about their future is at a low.

Congressional leaders said Tuesday that a deal was still possible with the White House on Homeland Security Department funding before it expires this weekend.

Iranian security official Ali Larijani is in Oman, the country currently mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program.

The United Nations says it’s waiting to find out how much of the nearly $4 billion the United States owes the world organization the Trump administration intends to pay and when the money will arrive.

Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire.

The U.S. Navy’s top uniformed officer has introduced his vision for the Navy's future, focusing on using smaller and newer assets instead of consistently turning to huge aircraft carriers.

The Winter Olympics have become a platform for political debate in the U.S. American athletes face questions about President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

The children of China critic Jimmy Lai say President Donald Trump's possible visit to Beijing in April could be crucial for their father's release.

House lawmakers have tried to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidant of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating.

The U.S. military says it has boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean.

Vice President JD Vance is in Armenia, a country that no sitting U.S. vice president or president has visited before.

The images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.

A leading U.S. health official is urging people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states.

Venezuela’s government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado.

The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has condemned recent anti-Olympics protests in Milan.

The White House is trying to show it's lowering the cost of living, but President Donald Trump has said he doesn't want to see the price of homes come down.

Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison.

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff.

President Donald Trump is facing rare criticism from his Republican Party over a racist video.

President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza.

President Donald Trump has taken an unusual step of turning to military leaders for high-level diplomacy.

The Jeffrey Epstein files have rocked Europe's elite, revealing ties to a prince, an ambassador, and top politicians.

Democrats are focusing on health care in the November elections and making it a key issue.

The Pentagon says it will cut ties with Harvard University, ending military training, fellowships and certificate programs.

The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation reopening a huge swath of the Atlantic to commercial fishing.

The Trump administration says its emergency orders keeping coal-fired plants running helped prevent blackouts during the recent cold snap.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is resuming staff cuts that were paused during January's severe winter storm, according to two FEMA managers.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office.

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is requesting records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics.

The Justice Department says a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in Washington in connection with the rampage that killed four Americans and became a divisive political issue.