The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams.Lower courts ruled for the transgender athletes in Idaho and West Virginia who challenged the state bans, but the...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on Tuesday delivered a defiant defense of the island's sovereignty, accusing the United States of decades-long aggression and reiterating Cuba's readiness to defend itself against any external threat.

U.S. and Danish officials tell Newsmax that Denmark provided support during the seizure of the sanctioned oil tanker Marinera, previously and more commonly known as the Bella 1, last week in the North Atlantic.

A system administrator for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure was arrested and charged with stealing approximately 240 government-issued cellphones valued at more than $150,000.

The State Department is telling U.S. citizens to leave Iran immediately and to have a plan for departure that does not rely on U.S. government assistance, as protests across the country have escalated and turned violent.

A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.The grants supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16...

President Donald Trump placed a call Monday to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., after she publicly criticized his economic policies.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., says the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell must not do anything to harm the central bank's independence.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Monday rejected claims that the Justice Department is being "weaponized" after it opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying the probe should be allowed to run its course.

The Department of Health and Human Services has ordered Delaware to repay nearly $3.7 million after deciding the state incorrectly claimed eligibility for federal funds intended to support low-income families.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt questioned why protesters in Minneapolis were so enraged as she took reporters' questions Monday.

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that "effective immediately, any country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America."The Truth Social post amounts to a new form...

A suspect in an arson fire at a synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan decades ago admitted to targeting the historic institution because it's a Jewish house of worship and confessed what he had done to his father, who turned him in, the FBI said Monday.

President Donald Trump is weighing an offer from Iran to hold denuclearization talks even as he considers authorizing military strikes on the Tehran regime.

Sergio Gor began his first day as U.S. ambassador to India on Monday, stepping into the role as trade tensions and diplomatic strains dominate the relationship.

U.S. banks and financial institutions Monday pushed back against President Donald Trump's proposed cap on credit card interest rates, citing new data that showed it would result in millions of American households and small businesses losing access to credit.

Minnesota sued U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday in an effort to halt a major federal immigration enforcement surge that intensified after last week's fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Renee Good, according to reporting by Reuters.The lawsuit...

Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino will relaunch his podcast on Feb. 2.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said he was not concerned about President Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland by military action.

PBS will premiere separate programs on science and foreign affairs next weekend after shutting the doors on its Saturday and Sunday breaking newscasts because of the federal government's cut of $1.1 billion in funding to public broadcasting."PBS News Weekend" signed off...