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President Donald Trump plans to build an exhibit of statues featuring prominent Americans along the Potomac River
The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013
Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller of Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and her legal team
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina over allegations that he created a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment
Kentuckys Republican Senate primary to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell is becoming a test of the Republican Partys transformation under President Donald Trump
The Tall Tour is a traveling meetup drawing thousands of unusually tall people to cities across the United States, offering a rare experience: blending in
A New York-area train system with 250,000 daily commuters is facing a shutdown if it cannot reach a deal with unionized workers to avert a strike
Fire officials say two people were found dead in a plane after it crashed into a house in Ohio and exploded into flames
A bungled message from a South Texas housing authority prompted mass flight
New U.S. House districts in Florida are facing their first test in court
The U.S. government has agreed to settle a lawsuit against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and dark money influence in politics
Texas man who experts said was intellectually disabled is executed for retired professor's killing
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged Americans to mark the nations 250th anniversary by defending deeply held beliefs and protecting free speech rather than relying on patriotic slogans or celebrations
A Texas man deemed intellectually disabled by experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys is facing a scheduled evening execution for the death of a retired college professor decades ago
A police officer in the Salt Lake City area is charged with manslaughter for allegedly using unreasonable force when he shot an unarmed man
An Oklahoma man who has narrowly avoided execution three separate times could walk free from a county jail after a judge agreed to grant him bond while awaiting retrial
The Supreme Court is allowing a man to sue a major logistics company after he lost part of his leg in a semi tractor-trailer crash, a decision that could have ripple effects across the trucking industry
The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has been sentenced in New York to 15 years in prison for trying to recruit others to commit violent acts against Jews and racial minorities
The former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, is in the custody of federal immigration authorities, a possible step toward deportation
Eleven people who survived a plane crash about 50 miles off the Florida coast were on a life raft for hours and had no idea anyone was coming to save them when rescue crews from the U.S. military arrived
Allegiant Air says it has completed its purchase of Sun Country Airlines, bringing together two low-cost carriers and creating a larger budget airline for travelers
U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed interest in making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state
British military says a ship anchored off the UAE has been seized and is heading toward Iran
An Oklahoma man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter after setting their home on fire nearly 20 years ago is facing execution
Federal agents have arrested a tourist for allegedly harassing an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on Maui
A man accused of running a secret Chinese spy outpost in New York City has been convicted of acting as an illegal foreign agent and destroying text messages from a Chinese government handler
A former New York City judge who resigned last year while under investigation for professional misconduct has been charged with abusing his position to swindle real estate investors out of at least $5 million and then using some of the loot to pay his ...
An oncologist traveling on a cruise ship amid a hantavirus outbreak says he's the lone American isolated at a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska
Safety experts recommended Wednesday that airlines develop realistic training to prepare their pilots to deal with smoke filling the cockpit like what happened on a Southwest Airlines plane after a bird strike in 2023
A museum in Illinois is wondering how it got a speeding ticket for its replica of the car in the TV show Knight Rider that hasn't moved from its display in years
The South Carolina Supreme Court has thrown out the murder convictions against disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh for the deaths of his wife and son
Environmental groups say the expected closure of a detention center in the Florida Everglades is linked to their lawsuit
The giant machines that will bore a train tunnel beneath the Hudson River connecting Manhattan to New Jersey are being assembled
Official figures show that the number of people deported to El Salvador from the United States nearly have doubled in the first months of 2026
The Trump administration is expanding its fraud-busting initiative in federal health programs
President Donald Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax to ease financial strain from high fuel prices during the war with Iran
Pop star Debbie Gibson and Terry Geezer Butler, co-founder of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, are singing the same tune when it comes to sparing dogs from medical experiments
A New York health care system has received a federal grand jury subpoena issued in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it
Shelley Capito wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in West Virginia
Jim Pillen wins Republican nomination for governor in Nebraska
Cindy Burbank wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Nebraska
The young sons of Utah author Kouri Richins have said in a new court document that they would feel unsafe if their mother was ever released from prison after she was found guilty of killing their father
A U.S. Air Force training jet crashed in Alabama with both pilots ejecting safely
Researchers are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic
Americans paid more for their groceries in April, but high gas prices were only one of the reasons why
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other passengers and crew were to travel across the South Atlantic
A federal judge has ruled that immigration officers in Colorado have violated his order limiting when they can arrest people without a warrant
A Utah woman found guilty of aggravated murder in her husbands death finds out how long she will spend in prison at a sentencing hearing in Park City, Utah
President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing is drawing attention for the spectacle China might present

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