Zohran Mamdani was ⁠a trailblazing candidate whom many in his city of 8 million - some with hope, some with trepidation - expect to be a disruptive New York mayor. The democratic socialist's plans for his first day in office on Thursday...

Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus - and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel. That variant, known as "subclade K," led to early outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada. In the U.S., flu typically begins...

China will impose additional 55% tariffs on U.S. beef imports that exceed newly set quotas, tightening access for American exporters amid a domestic supply glut. The measures also apply to other major suppliers such as Brazil and Australia, but the impact on the United...

The U.S. Justice Department revealed it has 5.2 million pages of Epstein files left to review and needs 400 ⁠lawyers from four different department offices to help with the process through late January, according to a government document reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday.

Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, officials said Wednesday.

Fireworks are typically a celebratory centerpiece of Hong Kong's New Year celebrations. Not this year. The territory will ring in 2026 without spectacular and colorful explosions in the sky over its iconic Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November that killed at least...

A federal judge in Virginia has ordered the detention of a Virginia man accused of threatening to kill Ric Grenell, a senior presidential envoy, longtime ally of President Donald Trump, and the current president of the Trump Kennedy Center.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday blasted a Politico reporter, accusing him of posting a social media comment that appeared to encourage violence against federal agents investigating fraud in Minnesota's child care system.

Now-President Donald Trump banned Jeffrey Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after a 2003 incident at Epstein's Palm Beach home involving a young spa employee, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing former Mar-a-Lago and Epstein employees.

Democrats won a closely watched Iowa state Senate special election Tuesday, blocking Republicans from regaining a supermajority in the chamber.

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., is continuing his war of words with his state's Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Isiah Whitlock Jr., an actor who made frequent memorable appearances on HBO series "The Wire" and "Veep" and in the films of Spike Lee, died Tuesday. He was 71.

A Minneapolis daycare center that became a national punch line for misspelling "Learning" on its front sign has quietly corrected the error, an embarrassing fix that comes as state officials face renewed scrutiny over oversight failures and fraud concerns.

A ⁠Ukrainian drone attack damaged port infrastructure and a gas pipeline in a residential area in Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse, the regional administration said on Wednesday, adding no injuries were ‍reported.

National Guard members arrived in New Orleans on Tuesday to help with safety measures ahead of New Year's celebrations as city officials are still seeking permanent security solutions nearly a year after a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street left 14 dead.

ByteDance, owner of TikTok, plans to spend about $14.29 billion on artificial intelligence chips from Nvidia in 2026, a hefty increase from roughly ​$12.15 billion in 2025, if the U.S. company is ⁠allowed to sell its H200 graphics processing units in ⁠China.

President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday it was auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to detect fraud that could lead to denaturalization, or revocation of citizenship.

The Trump administration has frozen federal child care payments to Minnesota, citing allegations of widespread fraud involving Somali-run providers in the state that have gone viral online.

The Republican National Committee on Tuesday released its 2025 legal recap, highlighting an aggressive nationwide effort to strengthen election integrity and defend First Amendment rights.

Delaware authorities are reportedly investigating the death of Linda Stevenson, the wife of Jill Biden's first husband, Bill Stevenson, after police responded to a reported domestic dispute at the couple's home late Sunday night.