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Half a dozen GOP lawmakers are requesting data to build a case for making the National Fraud Enforcement Division permanent and expanding its legal authority.

The share of major studio releases featuring LGBTQ characters fell for a third consecutive year in 2025, according to GLAAD's 14th annual film representation study, dropping to 20.4% from 23.6% in 2024 and a record high of 28.5% in 2023.

President Trump said the U.S. ceasefire with Iran is "over," but the two countries will keep talking to end the conflict and strike a nuclear deal.

Dairy Queen franchisees have shuttered at least 46 locations nationwide since early 2025, with the newest round of closures wiping out all but one of the chain's Alaska restaurants.

A rare July 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence anchored a blockbuster sale of Americana at Goldin, the Runnemede, New Jersey-based auction house that closed its USA 250th Anniversary Historical Auction on Wednesday.

Montgomery County, Maryland, officials are weighing stronger enforcement against swimming in the Potomac River following a pair of drownings.

President Trump said he won't sign a bipartisan housing bill and pressed lawmakers to shift their focus to the SAVE America Act, a voter-ID bill that he has pushed the Senate to pass.

President Trump removed the remaining Democratic commissioners from a bipartisan panel tasked with helping state and local officials conduct elections, four months before the midterm elections that will determine which party controls Congress.

The Pentagon has lifted the suspension of eight South Carolina Army National Guard pilots who were grounded after flying Apache helicopters along state coastal beaches during a July 4 "Salute from the Shore" celebration.

Congress' yearslong struggle to force Big Tech to protect children online is now tangled in the fight over regulating artificial intelligence, adding new obstacles to an elusive legislative deal.