A federal judge has ordered the release of Florida grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the transparency law President Donald Trump recently signed.

When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program, he left thousands stranded worldwide.

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts.

In 2023, Texas overcame lawsuits that sought to prevent constitutional amendments from going into effect, but one that voters approved in 2021 is still blocked.

One study estimates that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million.

President Donald Trump has intensified his anti-immigrant rhetoric, calling Somali immigrants in the U.S. “garbage” during a Cabinet meeting.

The deadliest fire in Hong Kong in decades is putting pressure on Beijing’s governance system in the city.

U.S. Southern Command says it has conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, following a pause of almost three weeks.

The U.S. Treasury has imposed a $7 million fine on a New York property management firm for allegedly violating Russia-related sanctions.

A special congressional election in Tennessee this week highlights the power and consequences of partisan gerrymandering.

President Donald Trump has added a new architectural firm to his $300 million ballroom construction project at the White House.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. troops at risk by sharing sensitive military plans on his personal phone.

House Republicans plans to vote on a bill regulating college sports has been scrapped due to divisions within their caucus.

President Donald Trump plans to visit Pennsylvania next week to highlight his efforts to reduce inflation.

Two Black men who were fired by President Donald Trump from the National Transportation Safety Board and the U.S. Surface Transportation Board accused the administration Thursday of discriminating against them as part of a pattern of dismissing Black leaders.

Republican Matt Van Epps of Tennessee has been sworn as the newest House member.

A new survey of Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollees finds that many are already struggling with the high cost of health care.

President Donald Trump praised the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda for their courage as they signed onto a deal aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Congo.

A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean, but the video of survivors being killed has alarmed lawmakers, That disclosure Thursday comes as Congress scrutinizes an attack on an alleged drug boat in international waters near Venezuela.

Florida is poised to join the wave of states debating how they might reshape congressional voting districts, as political parties grapple for an edge in next year’s midterm elections.

The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is making the rounds in Washington.

Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of contempt from Donald Trump was a shock in the country’s largest Somali community in Minnesota.

Muth left the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in July.