The House of Representatives has approved a short-term extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act over the objections of privacy advocates who warn it allows the government to conduct ...

President Trump on Thursday repeated his claim that a deal to end the war on Iran is “very close” and that direct talks with Iran could resume in Pakistan as soon as this weekend. Despite the claims, ...

Celebrations broke out across Lebanon overnight after Israel agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, following U.S.-brokered talks to end seven weeks of attacks that have killed nearly 2,200 people in Lebanon, ...

A 10-day ceasefire has begun in Lebanon. The news is being celebrated across the country, but major questions remain over what happens next. President Trump announced the deal between Israel and ...

In Virginia, police say former Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax fatally shot his estranged wife Cerina Fairfax before taking his own life. The couple’s teenage children were home at the time of the ...

In Israel, hundreds of people rallied in Tel Aviv on Thursday to denounce escalating attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Human rights groups say it was the largest ...

In New Jersey, progressive Democrat Analilia Mejía has won a special election to fill the House seat left vacant by New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill. Mejía’s victory further narrows Republicans’ ...

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to extend temporary protected status for 330,000 Haitian immigrants in the United States, after the Trump administration canceled the program. Ten ...

In Ukraine, at least 17 people were killed as Russia launched its deadliest drone and missile attacks of the year on Kyiv and other cities. Among the dead was a 12-year-old child; dozens more were ...

In Texas, advocates are demanding the release of a longtime court interpreter and the only licensed Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu interpreter in the state, who was detained by ICE last month. Meenu Batra ...

More than a thousand of Hollywood’s most prominent writers, directors and actors signed an open letter Monday voicing their ...

Democratic Congressmember Eric Swalwell of California and Republican Tony Gonzales of Texas resigned Tuesday. Both of them faced potential expulsion votes after they were accused of sexual misconduct ...