The Israeli military maintained its pressure on Gaza City with heavy bombardments overnight, residents said, ahead of a Thursday meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers on plans to seize the enclave's largest city.

Iran launched its first military exercise since the end of its 12day war with Israel, state television reported Thursday, with navy vessels launching missiles at targets at sea in the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes as the monster storm slowly began to move away from the East Coast on Thursday.

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday reinforced his stance on decriminalizing prostitution, the New York Post reported.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent cease-and-desist letters to several organizations on Wednesday, ordering them to stop the advertising, sale, and shipment of abortion-inducing drugs into the state.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has assigned newly appointed Lt. Gov. Jay Collins to travel to California to extradite an illegal alien who is accused of causing a crash last week on the Florida Turnpike near Fort Pierce that killed three people.

Declaring that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has become "bloated" and has "failed to fulfill its mandate," DNI Tulsi Gabbard announced Wednesday the first structural overhaul of the agency since its founding 20 years ago, in the wake of the Sept. 11...

Elon Musk was ordered Wednesday by a federal judge to face a lawsuit by voters accusing the world's richest person of defrauding them into signing a petition to support the U.S. Constitution for a chance to win his $1 million-a-day giveaway.

Brazil's federal police said that messages found on the telephone of embattled former President Jair Bolsonaro show that at one point he wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum, according to documents seen Wednesday by the Associated Press.

As negotiations continue the effort to reach a ceasefire andend the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, a new poll suggests most Americans look dimly at the prospects of Russia holding on to any Ukrainian land it has captured.

A Texas Democratic state lawmaker abruptly left a Democratic National Committee call Wednesday after being warned she could face felony charges for participating while inside the state Capitol, The Hill reported.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced Wednesday that the Interior Department is deputizing federal border agents and sending them to National Park Service sites amid the federal law enforcement takeover of Washington, D.C., The Hill reported.

The United States will play a minimal role in security guarantees for Ukraine in any deal with Russia, a move that would tap Europe to shoulder the burden of ensuring peace, Politico reported Wednesday.

A think tank in Washington, D.C., has uncovered what it believes to be a heavily fortified, covert North Korean military base near the Chinese border that houses the nation's latest intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.

Nearly 1% of Americans, over 2.8 million people, identify as transgender, according a new study from the Williams Institute, a the University of California, Los Angeles-based research organization focused on sexual orientation and gender identity issues.

Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday while creeping toward the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing waves that have closed beaches from the Carolinas to New York City.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has cautioned that his country should hold veto power over any military assistance provided to Ukraine if and when a peace agreement is reached, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

A judge on Wednesday dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought against Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., by a man she accused in a televised speech of helping record her sexual assault.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt ceremoniously renewed his support this week for state legislation blocking funding for DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) policies at state colleges and universities.

A South Lake Tahoe, California, resident has tested positive for the plague, according to El Dorado County health officials.

A longtime anchor at Boston's CBS affiliate has filed a lawsuit alleging she was pushed aside to satisfy corporate diversity quotas, escalating legal scrutiny of diversity, equity and inclusion practices at major media companies, Breitbart reported.

Drone technology designed to stop school shootings in seconds will soon be unveiled in Florida, CBS News reports.

In a longshot bid, Texas House Democrats will be offering an amendment that would block a Republican redistricting effort until files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are released, Axios reported.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing the operators of LA Fitness, over allegations that they make it "exceedingly difficult" for consumers to cancel gym memberships and other related services offered in their clubs nationwide.

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 fell Wednesday as investors sold tech stocks and moved into less highly valued sectors, as they also awaited remarks from Federal Reserve officials at their Jackson Hole symposium this week.