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An Egyptian man who was a student at George Mason University has been accused of plotting a terror attack against Israel's consulate at the U.N. in New York.

A man suspected in the killings of three people in Illinois was fatally shot by police in west suburban Chicago while in the neighborhood of far-right political influencer Nick Fuentes.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Brian Burch, president of the political advocacy group CatholicVote, to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See in Rome.

The White House on Friday sidestepped a barrage of questions from the media about why President Biden has been missing in action while a potential government shutdown looms.

The 2024 election saw $1.7 billion spent on TV ads in House races, the most money ever dumped into congressional marketing.

House Republicans on Friday began coalescing around a new plan to fund the government before the midnight deadline, preparing to vote on a temporary funding extension separate from other year-end priorities loaded into prior versions of the bill.

President-elect Donald Trump says any shutdown in federal operations should begin immediately under President Biden and not when he takes charge at the White House.

A racist pro-Trump message found at a Tennessee college is the latest example of a fraudster seeking to stoke fear by perpetrating a fake hate crime.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Friday that he had another plan to avert a partial government shutdown after his previous two went up in smoke.

Some federal workers are "secretly hoping" for a government shutdown in the coming weeks, figuring it will earn them extra time off.