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The Trump administration says it has arrested more than 700 people in Washington, D.C., in its mission to crack down on crime. Experts say it's difficult to draw conclusions from that about public safety.

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A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 54 people on board crashed and rolled on a highway near Pembroke, killing five passengers and injuring many others, authorities said.

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An announcement of famine — as has now happened regarding Gaza — is a complicated decision. Here's what must be considered before such a declaration is made.

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The president's highly unusual announcement underscores the Trump administration's desire to take control over U.S. businesses.

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The case of Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man originally from El Salvador, raised basic questions of due process in Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants after he was arrested and sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, violating a U.S. immigration judge's 2019 order prohibiting his deportation to his home country.

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Family members of the victims of the 2022 Uvalde school shooting where 19 students and two teachers died, recently got a look at newly released files from the Uvalde Consolidated School District and Uvalde County from the day of the shooting. More than three years after the tragedy, their suffering lingers without answers to their questions about how the security protocols failed that day.

Maxwell spoke with top DOJ officials over the course of two days in late July. Asked about President Trump, she said she had never witnessed him "in any inappropriate setting in any way."

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A federal EV tax credit worth up to $7,500 ends Sept. 30. But the IRS has just clarified that shoppers don't need to actually have the keys in hand by the deadline to get the credit.

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Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday.

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The major parties' redistricting battle escalated this week, with lawmakers in the country's two most populous states each taking a notable step toward a new congressional map.

Joe Gruters, a Trump-backed Florida state senator, was elected on Friday to serve as the Republican Party's new chairman. Former chair Michael Whatley is running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.

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The band's frontman John Rzeznik talks about their new EP Summer Anthem and how, as he approaches 60, he might consider taking guitar lessons.

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Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signaled a possible interest rate cut in the months to come, sending stocks sharply higher.

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Raiding retirement savings. Pondering job changes or even marriage. People who buy their own health insurance are strategizing ahead of major price hikes in 2026. Open enrollment starts Nov. 1.

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The FBI says its search of Bolton's home was authorized by a court but declined to provide further details. Bolton is a frequent critic of the president.

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A U.N.-backed panel of experts has declared that northern Gaza is suffering from famine. And, the DOJ is expected to release to Congress the first wave of documents related to its Jeffrey Epstein probe.

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Famine has been officially declared in northern Gaza, a U.N.-backed group warns — marking the first such confirmation in the Middle East.

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Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was acquitted of a royal defamation charge by a court on Friday, in a case that could have sent him to prison for up to 15 years.

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For 60 years, TRIO has helped millions of people along the path to a degree, but the administration says it is no longer needed.

The Trump administration has shifted its tone and message in response to persistent pressure about the Epstein records — especially from supporters who see the unreleased files as an unfulfilled promise.

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