The latest national polling shows something that many political observers have missed: President Donald Trump's standing with the American people is improving during a week dominated by his ceasefire initiative and negotiations with Iran.

Manhattan prosecutors have dropped plans to retry Harvey Weinstein on a third-degree rape charge after the woman at the center of the allegation told prosecutors she did not want to testify again.

Chevron says Americans should see lower gasoline prices in the coming weeks as oil markets stabilize, following President Donald Trump's move to investigate whether major energy companies are keeping pump prices artificially high.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is among three potential Democratic presidential contenders for 2028 who have recently met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Politico reported.

A Singapore-flagged commercial cargo ship was attacked Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing the U.N. International Maritime Organization to pause its efforts to escort vessels through the vital global energy chokepoint.

President Donald Trump met with House Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House on Thursday afternoon as Republican leaders work to end a legislative standoff that has brought House business to a standstill and intensified the party's push to advance election legislation.The...

The White House is poised to nominate Adam Candeub, the general counsel at ​the Federal Communications Commission, to take ⁠over as ​the Justice Department's antitrust chief, ⁠Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing sources.

U.S. inflation increased further in May, breaking above 4.0% for the first time in three years as the Middle East conflict boosted energy prices, and potentially drawing the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest rates this year.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is "ready, willing, and able to help" Venezuela after the country was struck by powerful back-to-back earthquakes Wednesday evening.

Most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis - and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams, according to a new AP-NORC survey. The poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in...

U.S. stock futures advanced Thursday, with the Nasdaq gaining over 2% as strong forecasts from Micron and Qualcomm renewed AI optimism ahead of key inflation data later in the day.

A day after France hit record high temperatures, a court in Paris is set to rule Thursday on a landmark climate change case that could see energy giant TotalEnergies forced to reduce its oil and gas production.

A Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife decades ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison...

The city mayor told busy Parisians to slow down on Thursday as large parts of Western Europe remained in the grip of a deadly heatwave that has claimed dozens of lives, disrupted power supplies, and shut schools and cultural landmarks. Paris faced another sweltering day...

Just two weeks after Canadian Prime ‌Minister Mark Carney announced in January he would allow limited electric-vehicle imports from China, that country's biggest auto exporter, Chery, held its first meetings in Canada with car dealers.

Vermont has become the first U.S. state to ban paraquat, one of the most commonly used herbicides, with lawmakers citing a possible link between the weed killer and Parkinson's disease.

IBM on Thursday unveiled what it said was the world's first technology capable of producing chips smaller than one nanometer, as tech companies race to build semiconductors that can handle increasingly demanding AI workloads. Shares of the Armonk, New York-based company...

Russia is moving a significant part of its air defenses to protect a handful of prime targets, including Moscow, as Ukraine's long-range drones continue to hammer sites deep inside the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

For more than 40 years, sketches by American illustrator Norman Rockwell of scenes from the White House visitor's lobby graced the walls of the West Wing, where every president from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump had seen them.

The U.S. security ‌apparatus is keeping watch at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, whose blue color has been fouled by green algae after being newly renovated at President Donald Trump's request.