People caught vandalizing the Lincoln ‌Memorial Reflecting Pool on Washington's National Mall will be fully prosecuted, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Sunday.

Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City.

President Donald Trump on Sunday reopened his long-running fight with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over Chicago crime, declaring on Truth Social that he could make it "a safe City in ONE MONTH" and demanding to know why the Democrat governor didn't seek federal help.

Two networks of super PACs tied to artificial intelligence rivals Anthropic and OpenAI have spent more than $37 million on 2026 congressional primaries, putting them among the cycle's biggest outside spenders as the industry races to shape who writes the rules for AI.

A Booz Allen Hamilton report is intensifying a debate in Washington over whether popular Chinese artificial intelligence models are seeding U.S. software with security flaws.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ordered officials on Sunday to resume talks on reopening an Orthodox Christian seminary near Istanbul, an issue raised by President Donald Trump, who is expected to visit Ankara next month for a NATO summit.The Halki seminary, founded in...

Investors are seeking signs that the U.S. stock market rally fueled by artificial intelligence has more life left in it, and the upcoming Micron Technology earnings will check the pulse of chip demand to see if it is still accelerating.Despite a sharp mid-week selloff,...

Four people were killed and fuel sales were suspended in Russian-occupied Crimea, the Moscow-backed authorities there said on Sunday, after a massive Ukrainian barrage hit the Black Sea peninsula.Ukraine said it targeted military and energy facilities in Crimea -- Moscow's...

Taiwan's military will hold a five-day combat readiness drill this week, the defense ministry said on Sunday, as part of modernisation plans to shift its training focus to more realistic exercises simulating war, away from setpiece events.Taiwan, which China claims as its...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a career-defining decision: step down or fight a challenge from Labour Party rival Andy Burnham.Starmer has publicly vowed to stay in post, but pressure is building as more and more Labour Party colleagues conclude his time is...

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday exalted the first American saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, as a model for Christians today to care for migrants in need, as he visited her birthplace during a day trip to northern Italy.Leo, who has clashed with the Trump administration over its...

Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park are being warned about extreme temperatures that will hit the popular destination early next week after a recent increase in heat-related incidents in the inner canyon, including the deaths of three hikers.The National Weather Service...

A deeply divided electorate will choose Colombia's next president in a runoff on Sunday that pits a progressive against a conservative outsider, with both candidates tapping into fears of a renewed internal conflict in the country.Voters will choose between businessman and...

President Donald Trump said on Saturday "terrible vandals" had sabotaged his renovation project of the Reflecting Pool in Washington, which will have to be revamped again, as it was blighted with algae and peeling paint.Trump has championed a makeover for the 610-meter-long...

Los Angeles was under a state of emergency Saturday as fire crews fought a days-long battle against a stubborn warehouse blaze that has filled the air with acrid black smoke."This is a major, multi-jurisdictional incident," Karen Bass, mayor of the second-largest US city,...

King Charles III will reveal his personal tax bill in a bid to improve transparency, Buckingham Palace told UK media on Saturday, as royal finances come under increasing public scrutiny.British monarchs are legally exempt from paying certain taxes, though they have paid...

Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program and build out the fragile interim deal to end the war in Iran. The framework was signed last week.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's bid for a South Florida congressional seat with a large Black voting population is drawing criticism from Democratic activists, elected officials, and primary challengers who argue the longtime lawmaker failed to consult community leaders.

As the Trump administration ramps up investigations of nonprofits and philanthropic organizations, one conservative watchdog group is finding itself at the center of the effort: the Capital Research Center, a D.C.-based nonprofit that studies tax-exempt organizations.

House Democrat leaders are absorbing a second straight primary defeat for a candidate they backed, as state auditor Matt Dunlap edged out state Sen. Joe Baldacci in a ranked choice runoff for Maine's open 2nd Congressional District seat.