Kevin Warsh, tapped to become the next Federal Reserve chair, may want to significantly contract the central bank's multi-trillion-dollar balance sheet, but experts agree that financial realities strongly indicate accomplishing this goal will be difficult and slow, if it...

Iran is weighing the terms for resuming talks with the United States soon, a foreign ministry official said on Monday, after both sides signaled readiness to revive diplomacy over a long-running nuclear dispute and dispel fears of a new regional war.Tensions are running...

Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic development on the ground as few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and no goods will pass through it.

It's already been a long, cold winter across much of the United States, and on Monday, Punxsutawney Phil's handlers will announce whether the weather-predicting groundhog says there's more of the same to come. When Phil is said to have seen his shadow upon emergence from a...

House Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are urging colleagues to oppose the continuing resolution returned from the Senate this weekend, warning it would expand immigration enforcement and increase DHS resources without sufficient oversight.

More than 30 people in Venezuela considered to be "political prisoners" were released on Sunday, legal rights group Foro Penal said, as part of a prisoner release process that families have said is too slow.

Trevor Noah once again roamed through the audience during his monologue to open the Grammy Awards, taking pokes at the stars while standing right next to them, but he saved his most pointed joke for someone who was absent.

Olivia Dean took home the trophy for best new artist at the 68th annual Grammy Awards Sunday. "I never really imagined that I would be up here," she said, receiving her first Grammy while wiping away tears.

The Department of Transportation released a shutdown contingency plan Thursday calling for the furlough of more than 10,000 Federal Aviation Administration employees if the partial government shutdown continues.

Palestinians in Gaza watched with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory's Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world.

The board of Walt Disney Co. is close to promoting theme-park division chairman Josh D'Amaro to the role of chief executive officer and will vote on naming a new leader next week, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., reportedly will be ready to swear in Rep.-elect Christian Menefee, D-Texas, on Monday if Menefee's office takes the necessary steps.

The Department of Homeland Security lashed out Sunday at the "doxxing" of Customs and Border Patrol agents' names who are alleged to have fatally shot ICE-watch agitator Alex Pretti.

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators - including young children - outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest...

A Democrat candidate won a special election for the Texas state senate by a double-digit margin, taking control from Republicans for the first time in decades in a result the losing candidate on Sunday called "a wake-up call" for the midterm elections.

Federal immigration enforcement must remain focused on removing violent criminals from the country and avoid aggressive tactics that fuel public backlash, according to Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas.

Renowned Venezuelan human rights activist Javier Tarazona was freed Sunday after more than four years in a notorious Caracas prison on charges including terrorism and treason.

Sen. Ron Johnson on Sunday accused Democrats of trying to weaken immigration enforcement by pushing new limits on federal officers following the killings of two American citizens in Minnesota last month.

A push to require judicial warrants for immigration enforcement could "grind it to a halt," Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday, while backing legislation that would penalize state and local officials who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration detainers.

Gun ownership has surged in Minneapolis and the surrounding Hennepin County since the unrest following the 2020 deathof George Floyd and the crime wave that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported.

A huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of flight cancellations to North Carolina, flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for thousands...

A growing number of states are considering sweeping proposals to eliminate property taxes for homeowners, as rising home values push tax bills higher and fuel voter anger in an election year, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.

A top US prosecutor signaled Sunday that authorities would not bring any more charges after the release of millions of new documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a case that has drawn in many world-famous names."The review that we had done before...

The top U.S. and Israeli generals held talks at the Pentagon on Friday amid soaring tensions with Iran, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity.The officials did not offer details about the closed-door discussions between U.S. General...