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A California tax preparer pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent federal income tax returns on behalf of clients and submitting false applications for COVID-19 pandemic relief loans, the Justice Department announced.

The man accused of shooting at Secret Service agents near the Washington Monument this week had been following the path of Vice President J.D. Vance's motorcade moments before he opened fire on authorities, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told House investigators on Wednesday he steered clear of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein after he visited his home and saw a massage table in 2005, but acknowledged two other encounters over the following seven years ...

The U.S. Navy fired on an Iranian-flagged oil tanker that was attempting to breach the U.S. maritime blockade of Iran and sail to a port on the Gulf of Oman, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

STUDY: More than 1 in 3 Americans has cut off a friend, family member, coworker or romantic partner because of political differences -- and the trend appears to be accelerating.

Bell-to-bell cellphone bans in public schools have reduced student distractions but had minimal impact on test scores, a new study shows.

NASA and SpaceX are targeting a 7:16 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 12, liftoff for the 34th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, the agency announced.

The District had 27.2 million visitors in 2025, an increase of 20,000 visitors from the previous year, Mayor Muriel Bowser and a tourism marketing group said Wednesday.

President Trump said Wednesday he is waiting to see if Iran can make a "satisfactory" deal and warned he would make Tehran agree to his terms, one way or another, if they don't strike an agreement now.

A Phoenix, Arizona, man with ties to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel has been sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization that sold cocaine, heroin and fentanyl in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, U.S.