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President Trump said Friday that the U.S. launched "minor strikes" on a strategic island off the southern coast of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.

Voters have sent a strong election-year message to the new Democratic congressional majority and President Donald Trump: Repair the damage inflation has done to the economy.

Congress returns Monday to grapple with midterm election fallout and decide what, if any, legislation on a long to-do list can pass in the final weeks of the Republican majorities.

Democrat Scott Colom hasn't won Mississippi's U.S. Senate race, but the local prosecutor was welcomed as a historic figure Friday as he strolled through the Farish Street business district where civil rights leaders once organized.

U.S. Central Command said late Saturday it disabled a St. Kitts-flagged ship after it ignored multiple warnings and attempted to leave the region after visiting an Iranian port.

A couple are facing charges, accused of luring an 81-year-old man to a Cecil County, Maryland, residence and torturing him with hot syrup so that he would divulge the code to his safe.

A group of Senate Republicans is calling for a delay of Tuesday's leadership elections until after figuring out the cause of the midterm drubbing.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Saturday night that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27.

Two men were arrested after being charged with plotting to throw objects at attendees during a Turning Point USA event at the University of New Mexico.

A man in South Carolina is accused of leaving his 6-year-old daughter sleeping and alone outside a Target to hold a place in line to buy a new set of Pokemon cards.