Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74, his family said in a written statement Saturday.

Workers on Saturday were resurfacing the bottom of Washington's famous Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with "American flag blue"-colored material used in swimming pools, following an order by US President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump hosted winners of his meme coin contest at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, giving top $TRUMP buyers access to him as the token has plunged more than 95% from its peak.

The bipartisan House Ethics Committee is facing scrutiny over its pace on investigations as misconduct scandals have rocked Congress, reports the Wall Street Journal. Critics say the panel, which leads probes into lawmakers, works too slowly and often doesn't publish a...

A U.S. Army master sergeant who helped plan and carry out the January raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was charged Thursday with using classified information about the mission to win roughly $409,881 on the prediction market Polymarket.

President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, warning of severe political consequences if the legislation fails.

President Donald Trump said he canceled a planned trip by U.S. envoys to Pakistan after Iran's top diplomat departed the country without agreeing to direct talks, effectively shutting down the opportunity for face-to-face negotiations.

The U.S. military said it launched another strike Friday on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people. The Trump administration's campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since...

A former Air Force intelligence officer set to testify on alleged UFO programs died of an accidental drug overdose in May 2024, contradicting claims of a suspicious suicide and fueling calls for an FBI investigation.

Iran's foreign minister departed Islamabad without meeting U.S. negotiators Saturday, raising new questions about the prospects for direct talks as tensions with Washington persist.

The Justice Department moved Thursday to reclassify medical marijuana to Schedule III while fast-tracking federal review of psychedelics as mental health treatments.

A former University of South Florida student has been charged with killing his roommate and the roommate's girlfriend - two doctoral students from Bangladesh who disappeared earlier this month, authorities said Saturday.

President Donald Trump has made it clear he expects his choice for Federal Reserve chair to quickly cut interest rates once he takes office.

The United States has agreed to ease sanctions on Venezuela to allow the government to pay Nicolas Maduro's defense lawyer, backing off a restriction that had threatened to disrupt the drug trafficking case, a court filing showed Friday.

The challenge for King Charles III when he embarks on next week's state visit to the U.S. is, as always, to live up to his mother's example.The late Queen Elizabeth II wowed Congress in 1991 with a speech that celebrated the shared democratic traditions of Britain and the...

An Iranian national has been arrested on charges of smuggling illegal aliens, primarily Iranian nationals, into the United States through Latin America, according to the Department of Justice.

Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza head to the polls Saturday for municipal elections in a first vote since the war in Gaza, marked by a narrow political field and widespread disillusionment.

The State Department has ordered a global push to bring attention to what it says are widespread efforts by Chinese companies, including AI startup DeepSeek, to steal intellectual property from U.S. artificial intelligence labs, according to a diplomatic cable seen by...

A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce a Republican-backed state law that would let authorities arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp for girls where 27 people died in a 2025 flash flood, cannot be licensed to reopen, Texas authorities said, citing nearly two dozen deficiencies in the riverfront camp's emergency preparedness plan.