House Armed Services Committee Republicans on Thursday grilled Pentagon officials over the Department of Defense's efforts to bolster diversity, equity and inclusion in the services, warning that efforts to curb bias in the ranks are politicizing the troops and eroding military readiness.

Former President Donald Trump has a busy schedule coming up. He has his first big "Make America Great Again" rally of the year on Saturday in Waco, Texas -- an event that many observers consider his official entry into the 2024 presidential race. The rally promises to uphold the Trump tradition of attracting big crowds who arrive early.

Nearly a decade after he led a military takeover of the government, authoritarian Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is hoping his double-edged new promise to voters -- "No coup again" -- will win him another term in office in this longtime U.S. Southeast Asian ally.

The Fish and Wildlife Service downplayed the scope of its training for employees to handle "ecogrief," telling Congress on Thursday that no more than 150 employees took the classes and calling the sessions "small bore."

As revelations that a defense witness was also an FBI informant roil the already contentious Capitol riot trial of members of the far-right Proud Boys group, prosecutors said Thursday that the informant was never told to gather information about the defendants or their lawyers.

A Pennsylvania woman linked to a far-right extremist movement was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where she invaded then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office with other rioters.

House lawmakers debated on Thursday the constitutionality of a new pistol brace rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, among other actions related to Second Amendment rights.

TikTok acknowledged collecting the precise location information of U.S. users despite previously downplaying concerns about how it tracked people's physical location.