President Biden strode into office promising to restore competency and credibility to U.S. foreign policy after four years of President Trump's shoot-from-the-hip diplomacy, but several international missteps and crises abroad have undermined his claim.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said the United States must stand with Israel's push to eliminate Hamas and ignore the calls for restraint until the job is done.

A proposed gag order aimed at reining in Donald Trump's incendiary rhetoric puts the judge overseeing his federal election interference case in a tricky position: She must balance the need to protect the integrity of the legal proceedings against the First Amendment rights of a presidential candidate to defend himself in public.

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has benefited from waiting to reveal where he stands as the swing vote in a chamber closely divided between Democrats and Republicans.

Ethical concerns are casting a shadow over President Joe Biden as he seeks reelection amid investigations into his son Hunter and an impeachment inquiry, with a poll showing that 35% of U.S. adults believe the president himself has done something illegal.

On Oct. 14, an annular eclipse will briefly dim the skies over sections of the western U.S. and Central and South America. Viewing the eclipse safely will require some prep on your part, however.

On Friday, Texans began asking about the fireballs they saw in the sky all over the state.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday urged all leaders to stand up against antisemitic and anti-Muslim language amid the war between Israel-Hamas. “I call on all leaders to speak out against antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry and hate speech of all kinds,” Guterres said in a video posted to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter....

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday reiterated the need for bipartisanship amid the race for Speaker — but suggested the Republicans' most recent choice wasn't the answer. House Republicans delivered Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) the second GOP nomination for the leadership role on Friday — a day after first choice and Majority...

In a post online, President Biden said he is working with several countries, including Israel, and the United Nations to ease the humanitarian consequences of the Hamas attacks. “The U.S. is working with the governments of Israel, Egypt, Jordan — and with the UN — to surge support to ease the humanitarian consequences of Hamas’s attack,...