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President Trump said Monday the U.S. military "shot down" seven speedy Iranian boats and urged South Korea to join efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. stock market is falling from its record heights Monday, while oil prices jump following escalations in the Middle East that may be undermining the ceasefire in the war with Iran.

Iran threatened ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday as the U.S. began to guide vessels through the waterway, a bold operation President Trump launched to break an impasse in peace talks and reduce the economic fallout from the war.

For roughly 380 right whales left in the North Atlantic, which can die after getting tangled in fishing ropes or hit by ships, the Trump administration said this month it wants to delay new protections by almost a decade in favor of commercial ...

He had met his 6-year-old son only once. A few days together in a life otherwise spent apart.

The State Department late last week approved arms sales worth more than $8 billion to key U.S. partners across the Middle East.

An attorney representing the Trump administration informed a U.S. District Court Friday evening that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun offering new appointments to disaster workers whose contracts the agency did not renew in January,

The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, which will begin operating the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday, has made cuts to the newsroom staff.

The San Diego Padres have reached an agreement to sell control of the team to an investor group led by Kwanza Jones and Jose E. Feliciano.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a relief plan for Spirit Airlines customers and employees following the airline's shutdown early Saturday.