A Georgia judge dismissed racketeering charges against activists linked to the "Cop City" protests, weakening one of the state's most aggressive efforts to use organized crime laws against demonstrators and reviving debate over the limits of prosecuting protesters.

European leaders meeting in Paris ⁠on January 6 will make firm commitments towards protecting Ukraine after any peace deal with Russia is brokered, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday during his New Year Eve's ‍speech.

France plans to ban children under 15 from social media sites and to prohibit mobile phones in high schools as of September 2026, local media reported Wednesday, moves that underscore rising public angst over the impact of online harms on minors.

A suicide bomber targeted a police patrol in Aleppo, killing one person and wounding two members of the security forces, a Syrian government spokesperson said on Wednesday.

The U.S. military has awarded Boeing a $2.7 billion contract for post-production support services related ⁠to Apache helicopters, the Pentagon ​said Friday. The announcement came a month after the ⁠Army awarded Boeing a separate $4.7 billion contract ⁠for new ​build ...

The U.S. government has granted an annual license to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to import U.S. chip manufacturing equipment to its facilities in Nanjing, China, the chipmaker said Thursday.

Investigative journalist Julie Kelly on Wednesday accused former special counsel Jack Smith of making multiple false and misleading claims about his prosecutions of President Donald Trump.

The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck three more boats that were allegedly smuggling drugs, killing three people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. The statement by U.S. Southern Command, which oversees South America, did not reveal where the attacks ...

The Republican National Committee on Wednesday released a year-in-review highlighting what it described as President Donald Trump's major feats during his first year back in office in 2025, pointing to gains in the economy, border enforcement, and foreign policy.

The Social Security Administration forcefully rejected a Washington Post report alleging worsening service and backlogs under President Donald Trump.

⁠President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration is removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, but added in his ⁠social media post that federal forces will come back if ​crime rates go up.

Construction of a Triumphal Arch in Washington D.C., is expected to begin "sometime in the next two months," President Donald Trump told Politico on Wednesday. "It hasn't started yet. It starts sometime in the next two months," Trump said.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is facing criticism after quietly signing the city's highly controversial reparations ordinance just days before Christmas, a move opponents say was deliberately timed to avoid public scrutiny.

Former GOP Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl disclosed that he has been diagnosed with dementia.

Authorities briefly closed Kansas City International Airport on Wednesday morning while local law enforcement and the FBI investigated a reported "potential threat" before reopening just before noon.

A Harvard University history professor who taught at the Ivy League school for about four decades said he is leaving after becoming disillusioned by what he described as Harvard's academic direction, COVID-19 policies, and approach to admissions and campus culture.

President Donald Trump renewed his appeal for former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk Tina Peters, saying she is "sick" as she remains imprisoned following what he has described as a politically motivated conviction over a 2021 voting machine breach.

The Washington Monument is set to shine bright on New Year's Eve and serve as "the world's tallest birthday candle," kicking off a yearlong celebration marking the 250th anniversary of America's founding.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani will put his hand on the Quran when he is sworn in as mayor of New York City.

Israel's population growth rate fell 0.9% in 2025, an "unprecedented decline," according to a paper published Wednesday by an Israeli think tank.