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Melania Trump made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to push Congress to pass bills broadening access to services for young people in foster care, calling it a "moral imperative."

The White House spent tax day arguing that record tax refunds have boosted the U.S. economy. But it may not be enough to offset the setbacks from higher energy prices due to the Iran war.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry reacted harshly to the American military blockade of Iranian shipping, calling the Trump administration's escalation of the war "dangerous and irresponsible" but stopped short of threatening action against the U.S.

Senate Democrats' war powers vote failed Wednesday after Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer vowed to flood the floor with such measures until the war in Iran ends or the upper chamber limits President Trump's military authority in Iran.

House Republican leaders again delayed a procedural vote Wednesday aimed at extending a key section of the federal warrantless surveillance law, despite another plea from CIA Director John Ratcliffe to renew the law without changes.

A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV should be defended from "powerful people" who have recently criticized him. The leftist leader's comments come amid a tense exchange of attacks between the pontiff and U ...

The former chief operating officer of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta was arraigned Wednesday on a federal charge of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, accused of stealing more than $600,000 from the institution.

A federal judge has issued an injunction preventing ICE from moving ahead with plans to turn a warehouse in Maryland into migrant detention space, the state's attorney general said Wednesday.

A 12-year-old boy found Tuesday in critical condition from gunshot wounds in Northeast has died, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday.