The Democratic Party's ideological divide moves into new territory.

President Donald Trump likes to say that he started his war with Iran after 50 years of economic pressure had failed to stop its nuclear weapons ambitions.

The Washington Post reports that President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft due to an Iranian assassination threat.

Prosecutors want social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate to remain in federal custody.

The president’s media company posted a massive loss in the latest quarter and plans to ditch new business lines and refocus as a forum for users to post their views.

Public health officials said some parents are confused about what vaccines are required to attend Texas schools amid efforts to change recommendations.

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, has been sworn in as attorney general after a bruising confirmation fight that exposed bipartisan concerns about the Justice Department’s direction under the Republican president.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that calls for spacing out childhood vaccines into separate medical visits and splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different single-disease shots.

Meta Platforms has released a new AI model for developers, emphasizing open-source access.

U.S. health officials want food manufacturers to provide more information about new additives and ingredients.

At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won’t leave microplastics in the environment.

Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, is voluntarily recalling some products that include jalapenos because of worries about a possible salmonella contamination.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that certain shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.

Democratic New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is freezing her eggs as she decides her next political moves.

Washington residents and officials see President Donald Trump’s extended National Guard deployment as an attempt to restrict the heavily Democratic city’s autonomy.

U.S. President Donald Trump is scoffing at Iran's demands that the U.S. pay for devastation caused by five months of war.

Soccer powerbrokers in Europe, North America and Asia believe FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s recent plan to sell an interest in the World Cup was a “fundamental breach of trust” with the institutions that the sport’s global governing body serves.

The U.S. stock market edged down from its all-time high, while oil prices rose on uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and get the global flow of crude going again.

Congressional Democrats say they are investigating the Trump administration’s efforts to deport military service members and their families.

Progressive candidates for governor in Wisconsin and U.S. Senate in Minnesota are making their final pushes ahead of Tuesday’s election.

President Donald Trump says Will Scharf will be the new White House counsel, replacing David Warrington.

The Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota is heating up and immigration has become a central issue.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says he's spoken with Barack Obama and hopes the former president will campaign with him.

A program run by a legal nonprofit aims to help immigrants as they navigate the immigration court system in California's capital.

The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma opened its new Harrah’s-branded casino in April.

Israel’s prime minister is rejecting President Donald Trump’s announced deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it expects every officer and agent in the field to be equipped with a body camera by the end of August, a rapid expansion that could provide an unprecedented visual record of the federal government’s immigration enforcement operations.

Darline Graham, the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, is running in a crowded Republican Senate primary on Tuesday.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues.

Three ex-presidents have joined an all-star roster of historians in contributing to a series of essays about presidents back to George Washington.

Senators have headed for the exits in the predawn hours without having met President Donald Trump’s push to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill.

The Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general of the United States.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Serbia for talks on economic ties and security issues.

The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season.

The Trump administration has announced renewed efforts to limit birthright citizenship for children born to immigrant parents under specific circumstances and children who are the result of “birth tourism.”.

The Pentagon has revoked former U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's access to classified information.

The Protect College Sports Act gained a burst of momentum with last week’s support from the SEC and Big Ten, but the clocking is ticking as the Senate prepares to leave town.

Mississippi does not top the list of hotly contested U.S. Senate races this fall.

A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about President Donald Trump has sued the Justice Department, saying his termination violated his First Amendment rights.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job while she fights the president’s effort to terminate her over mortgage fraud allegations that she has denied.

The Senate has approved a punishing Russian sanctions bill that was a top priority for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The U.S. Army says it’s opening up test ranges to private companies developing missiles and drones.

The president’s comments to Punchbowl News come just days after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide pause of approval for data centers trying to connect to the power grid.

Attorneys for social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate argue that the brothers’ high-profile, public lives and other factors constitute special circumstances for their release.

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project.

Michigan Democrats are showing unity behind their statewide candidates.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy says he’ll back Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general, likely paving the way for Blanche to be confirmed to lead President Donald Trump’s Justice Department.

Scott Colom is a Black man and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, a state traditionally led by white conservatives.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says he’ll vote for Todd Blanche as attorney general, likely paving the way for Blanche to be confirmed to lead President Donald Trump’s Justice Department.

Norway’s soccer federation wants Gianni Infantino to step down immediately, piling more pressure on FIFA’s embattled president.

Cuba's power blackouts have been stretching sometimes for days, so Cubans are planning their lives around the lights turning back on.

Immigration officials denied the allegations, but Reps. Joaquin Castro and Veronica Escobar said they’ve come across numerous problematic examples.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident.

Stocks rose on Wall Street and Treasury yields fell after the government reported that employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month.

President Donald Trump loves talking about grass, even in settings where such a topic might seem out of place.

To reach a deal with Iran that reopens the economically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump may need to do something out of character — compromise.

President Donald Trump has hosted the U.S. Winter Olympians and Paralympians at the White House, honoring their accomplishments in the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games.

President Donald Trump says he is once again trying to limit birthright citizenship in the U.S. He signed two executive actions on immigration.

An offshore wind company says it's reached a $1.2 billion settlement with the Trump administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana.

Six years after the world was thrust into a global pandemic, Republicans in power aren’t leaving it in the past.

WK Kellogg said Thursday that it will remove artificial colors from all its cereals by the end of this year.

Ugandan authorities have gained parliamentary approval to deploy troops to Gaza as part of an international force.

U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month, and Labor Department revisions shaved 103,000 jobs off payrolls in May and June.

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul Head Start, a key early education program for the nation's neediest children.

Mexican officials say a social media influencer was killed by a gunman during a livestream in the violence-torn state of Sinaloa.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but layoffs remain in the historically healthy range of the past few years.

A Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler with the killing of a Palestinian activist last year in the West Bank.

Iran says it is in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman.

Stocks edged lower on Wall Street as oil prices rose and more company earnings reports rolled in.

Wisconsin is the latest state where the battle over the direction of the Democratic Party will play out.

A Senate committee has voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher has defeated Congressman Andy Ogles in a Republican primary.

A new study calculates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires.

The United States says it has suspended all government operations in the Mexican state of Michoacan because of a “threat to U_S_ interests."

The federal government is taking steps to shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life.

Legal aid groups are raising concerns after the Trump administration awarded a $150 million contract to a small Texas law firm with limited experience in immigration law.

Dr. Erica Schwartz has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Construction crews have taken apart the massive granite seal for the new White House helipad, signaling potential delays.

Jeanine Pirro this week found out there’s a tradeoff between loyalty to President Donald Trump and being loyal to reality.

A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home.

It's not clear why a plane was allowed to take off as President Donald Trump’s helicopter was approaching Reagan National Airport in an apparent violation of safety procedures put in place after last year’s midair collision between an airliner and an Army helicopter near that busy Washington D.C. airport.

Israel's military for the first time in weeks has told residents in southern Lebanon to evacuate, citing a “blatant violation of the ceasefire” by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

A federal judge is decrying efforts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as he reluctantly dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group at the administration’s request.

Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state.

President Donald Trump is making a rare appearance in Nevada to sell voters on his handling of the economy against a backdrop of high interest rates, a national housing shortage and gasoline made more expensive by the Iran war.

The Word of Life Center, a church in Salisbury, Maryland, is facing difficult times.

House Democrats are adding a dozen Republican-held seats to their list of targets for the November midterms.

The sprawling district, vacated by former GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales earlier this year, went for President Trump by 15 points. But Democrats see an opening to win its Hispanic-majority electorate.

Disney’s solid third quarter was driven by a $1 billion box office haul from “Toy Story 5” and the draw of its U.S. theme parks that helped to offset continued weakness from international tourism.

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week.

China has announced a series of economic measures against the United States, including export controls on drones and a ban on trade with six American entities.

Iran and Oman have moved closer to an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz.

Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed.

Authorities say they have arrested a man who was walking the grounds and appeared to be monitoring security planning at President Donald Trump’s California golf course ahead of the president’s visit.

Missouri’s top election official has rejected a petition for a statewide referendum on new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit ahead of October elections.

The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects.

Maryland voters will decide in November whether to clear the way for a new congressional map that would favor Democrats in all eight of the state’s U.S. House districts.