The new Congress convenes Friday with one major task at hand and that is the election of the House speaker.

South Korean investigators spent hours waiting outside the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as the presidential security service blocked them from executing a warrant to detain him, in the latest confrontation of a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached in under a month.

Authorities say they know that a highly decorated Army soldier shot himself in the head inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks that exploded outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel.

In an extraordinary turn, a judge has set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he’s due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn't be jailed.

A mix of law enforcement, street performers and football fans is filling New Orleans’ blocks as the city inches back to normalcy.

Rudy Giuliani is in a New York courtroom facing a contempt hearing over whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a $148 million judgment for two Georgia election workers.

President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor to military recipients who displayed heroism and self-sacrifice in combat and the Medal of Valor to first responders who put their own lives at risk to save others.

President Joe Biden announced this morning he would block U.S. Steel— a company in Pittsburgh— from being sold to Japan based Nippon steel. The steel companies have been in sales talks for over a year. Both President Biden and President Elect

When the 119th Congress is sworn in, House Speaker Mike Johnson will fight for his political life — again.

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The German and French foreign ministers are heading to Damascus to send what the German minister said is a clear signal that a “political new beginning” between Europe and Syria is possible.

JetBlue is getting hit with a $2 million penalty for chronically late flights.

U.S. Treasury on Friday sanctioned a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for its alleged role in multiple hacking incidents targeting critical U.S. infrastructure.

Meteorologists forecast a strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States.

The FBI is investigating an early Wednesday attack in which a U.S. Army veteran drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 people.

President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans next week, with the city still reeling from the deadly New Year’s rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers.

A year after a panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max during flight, the nation’s top aviation regulator says the company needs to change its culture and put safety above profits.

Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed 10 people in the Gaza Strip, including three children and two high-ranking officers in the Hamas-run police force.

The person who law enforcement officials believe died in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck packed with firework mortars and camp fuel canisters outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel was an active duty U.S. Army soldier.

President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian award on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson — the lawmakers who led the congressional investigation into the violent Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot by Donald Trump’s supporters.