TikTok has agreed to settle three lawsuits brought by young people who accuse social media companies of designing their platforms to be addictive and harming their mental health, a plaintiffs' lawyer said Monday.

The U.S. House of Representatives' cybersecurity committee asked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for a briefing on the company's rogue AI agent that attacked AI platform Hugging Face, according to a letter from the committee. This is a developing story....

The FBI said days ago that water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states had reported cyberattacks, but confirmation of which states is trickling out one at a time.

The Senate is set to hold a procedural vote Monday night on a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, the first in a flurry of moves the upper chamber is expected to take this week before it leaves for its August recess.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is calling on Democrats to reopen long-simmering debates over the Electoral College, expanding the Supreme Court, and granting statehood to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico as the party charts its path toward the 2028 presidential ...

The House Committee on Ethics has recommended that Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., be censured after finding he violated the chamber's Code of Official Conduct through a pattern of inappropriate behavior toward two young female staffers.

U.S. stocks kicked off August on a strong note to send the Dow Industrials to a closing record high, as signs of de-escalating U.S.-Iran tensions pulled down oil prices and Treasury yields in a busy week for earnings and economic data.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told "The Diary of a CEO" podcast Monday he is leaning toward another run for the White House in 2028, signaling he is seriously weighing a second presidential campaign...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said citizens of the state "come first" as he ordered a comprehensive audit of data centers seeking to connect to the state's power grid.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is warning Catholic schools they could lose access to state scholarship funding if they refuse to grant religious exemptions to student vaccination requirements, escalating a dispute over vaccine policy...

Opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Russia's war in Ukraine and tried to challenge President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, said Monday he has left Russia, a move that follows a crackdown that barred him from a race for parliament this year.

Two deaths have been identified as part of a cyclosporiasis outbreak affecting Michigan, the state's health department said on Monday.

Several prominent Long Island Democrats are leaving Gov. Kathy Hochul off the endorsement pages of their campaign websites, raising questions about whether candidates in one of New York's most competitive regions are distancing themselves...

Acting ICE Director David Venturella says he has sold his Geo Group stock and recused himself from matters involving the private prison company's detention contracts after Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., raised questions about potential conflicts of interest tied to his former employer.

The son of Maine's Democrat U.S. Senate nominee reportedly earned more than $180,000 lobbying the state Legislature while his father served as president of the state Senate.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is expected to hold private talks Monday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he faces mounting calls to resign following the collapse of a controversial private equity deal, the New York Post reported.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is fueling fresh speculation about a possible 2028 White House run while raising her political profile and keeping her future plans closely guarded.

U.S. stock index futures rose Monday as signs of de-escalating tensions in the Middle East dragged down crude prices, while investors prepared for another week packed with earnings and economic data.

A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags.

Russia reportedly has resorted to using violence or threats of arrest to recruit fighting-age men into military service, underscoring mounting manpower problems as Moscow struggles to sustain its war in Ukraine.

Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said Monday. Russia has used glide bombs to smash...

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said he remained optimistic that inflation pressures are on track to ease gradually, but if they don't the U.S. central bank will not hesitate to respond with rate hikes to ensure price pressures return to target.

Maryland lawmakers will kick off a special session Monday to consider a first step in a partisan redistricting initiative that could help Democrats pick up an additional U.S. House seat by 2028.

The administration of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has renewed a contract worth up to $1.86 billion that allows hotels across the city's five boroughs to provide emergency shelter for homeless individuals and families through 2029...