Conservative activist Robby Starbuck has filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta alleging that the social media giant's artificial intelligence chatbot spread false statements about him, including that he participated at the demonstration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,...

Catholic cardinals are preparing for their conclave to begin on May 7 to select a new Pope after the death of Pope Francis.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that he is working with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to change nationwide recommendations for adding fluoride in public drinking water.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged India and Pakistan to work with each other to deescalate tensions after last week's Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir, the State Department said Wednesday.

The Dow and S&P 500 closed higher after a late rally Wednesday, erasing declines from most of the session after data showed the economy contracted in the first quarter for the first time in three years.

A 44-year-old Haitian woman died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody last week in Florida, as federal officials continue to investigate the cause of her death, The Hill reported.

An Emerson College poll of voters who participated in the 2024 presidential election showed that nearly all would vote the same way today.

The United States has secured the release from Belarus of an American who was arrested in Moscow and held on coup plot allegations, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve policymakers have signaled that short-term interest rates will remain unchanged as they wait for clearer signs that inflation is nearing the U.S. central bank's 2% goal or until there is a whiff of a deteriorating job market.

More U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline, according to provisional data posted Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 688 people died last year during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. That's...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United Statesand Ukraine would sign a minerals deal Wednesday afternoon after the Ukrainians attemptedto make "some last minute changes," it was reported.

Chief Justice John Roberts appears to hold the key vote over whether the Supreme Court will allow the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school in Oklahoma.

The Food and Drug Administration is still determining whether it will approve COVID-19 vaccines for next winter, as there is a lack of data on the booster shots, according to Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary.

Prosecutors in two separate jurisdictions denied accusations from alleged CEO murderer Luigi Mangione's lawyers of improprieties committed against their client.

A tuition-free school for low-income families in California's Bay Area founded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan is closing after the couple's foundation reportedly withdrew support, according to CNN.

Longtime Newsmax commentator and conservative Jewish author David Horowitz has died at age 86.

A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.

Neil Young has taken aim at Elon Musk with his newest protest song, a reworked version of Woody Guthrie's classic "This Land Is Your Land."

U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in March as households boosted purchases of motor vehicles to avoid higher prices and shortages due to tariffs, but that did little to change economists' views that the economy had shifted into lower gear.

Ukraine and the United States could sign a minerals deal within the next 24 hours after the final details are worked out, Ukraine's prime minister said on Wednesday.

The U.S. economy shrank 0.3% from January through March, its first drop in three years.

After a brutal year of headlines about The Washington Post, executive editor Matt Murray sounded almost relieved to be talking about journalism.

A U.S. congressional panel is set to consider legislation Wednesday that looks to drastically curtail existing government efforts to police consumer financial markets and scrutinize public company accounting. The House Financial Services Committee is set to consider draft...

Florida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over the concerns of dentists and public health advocates who say the mineral is a safe, effective way to protect people of all ages from developing cavities. Florida lawmakers gave final...

The Supreme Court is set Wednesday to hear arguments in a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a major test of religious rights and the separation of church and state.