The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Thursday that it has imposed new sanctions targeting family members and associates tied to Venezuelan leader Nicols Maduro, citing corruption and narcotics-linked activity that supports his regime.

A bipartisan group of senators led by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced legislation this week that would set a countdown clock on the decades-old legal shield that has largely protected social media companies and other online platforms from lawsuits.

Retired NASCAR star Greg Biffle's wife, Cristina Grossu Biffle, texted her mother an unsettling message just before the fatal plane crash on Thursday that killed the couple and their family, along with three others."She texted me from the plane and she said, 'We're in...

The U.S. military continued its campaign against suspected drug-trafficking boats on Thursday, sinking two in the eastern Pacific Ocean and killing five people.

Two top House Democrats said they are "examining all legal options" after the Justice Department announced plans to release only part of the Jeffrey Epstein files Friday, despite a new law mandating their public disclosure. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the...

The livestream of a YouTube content creator talking about investments mysteriously appeared to take over a White House website, raising questions about whether the site was hacked. The livestream appeared for at least eight minutes late Thursday...

The Department of Justice announced Friday that a two-week nationwide enforcement surge led to the identification and recovery of more than 205 children who were victims of sexual exploitation.

As the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of its independence, organizers of a modern revival of the American Freedom Train say the project's future depends on whether Amtrak will allow the historic train to travel across the country.

A man credited with saving lives for wrestling a gun from one of the alleged attackers during the mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach received a check for more than $1.65 million on Friday, after tens of thousands of people contributed to a donation website.

Federal prosecutors tried but failed to convince a grand jury to add a third felony charge to a proposed indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to newly unsealed court records.

FBI Director Kash Patel has named a Chinese national now charged with attempting to smuggle the pathogen E. coli and trying to hide the effort in statements to investigators. This is just the latest case where Chinese nationals have been accused of similar activities....

The Justice Department will release "several hundred thousand" items from the Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday, with a similar amount coming in "the next couple of weeks,"Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

Ukraine struck a Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea with aerial drones for the first time, an official said on Friday, reflecting the growing intensity of Kyiv's attacks on Russian oil shipping. The vessel - the Qendil - was empty when it was struck...

One Florida lawmaker reportedly is "actively considering" forcing a vote to expel Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the House of Representatives. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told Axios on Wednesday he is weighing the move after Omar's campaign blasted out a fundraising email...

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said Friday that November's inflation report may have understated price pressures due to unusual data-collection issues, cautioning against drawing firm conclusions from the latest figures.

AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Gilead, Merck and other drugmakers are expected Friday afternoon to announce agreements with the U.S. government to lower certain prescription drug prices, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Staff at France's Louvre Museum in Paris has voted to call off a strike they began on Monday over pay and working conditions, union representatives said on Friday. "At a general meeting held today, Louvre Museum staff unanimously...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow's troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine, voicing confidence that the Kremlin's military goals would be achieved nearly four years after he ordered troops into the neighboring country.Speaking at his...

Providence police identified the suspect in the Brown University and MIT professor shootings as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national who later took his own life in New Hampshire.

Brown University President Christina H. Paxson on Thursday detailed the limited and long-ago academic history of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the former student identified by police as the suspect in the deadly campus shooting.

The State Department is criticizing a recent raid of a center in South Africa that was processing applications for the U.S. refugee program.

Hannah C. Dugan, a Wisconsin state judge, was found guilty on Thursday of obstructing federal agents, according to media reports.

The Department of Treasury has announced it is sanctioning 29 shadow fleet vessels engaged in the covert delivery of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian oil and petroleum products.

Brown University President Christina H. Paxson on Thursday detailed the limited and long-ago academic history of Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, the former student identified by police as the suspect in the deadly campus shooting. Neves-Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese ...

Providence police identified the suspect in the Brown University shooting as Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, a 48-year-old Brown student and Portuguese national who later took his own life Thursday night in New Hampshire. Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said Valenti's last ...