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The head of the IRS largely declined to answer questions about recent unlawful disclosures of taxpayer data when he was questioned by lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Wednesday, saying they happened before his tenure began.

Early voting on Virginia's congressional redistricting referendum will begin Friday after a judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to delay the vote over the proposed map's constitutionality.

Customs and Border Protection Baltimore Field Office agents recently recovered cars stolen from the District's Southeast area that were going to be sent to West Africa.

The U.S. and Israeli code names for the campaign in Iran -- Epic Fury and Roaring Lion -- constitute the first truly combined military operations waged by both countries.

One of the world's largest online forums used to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools was dismantled, the Justice Department announced.

Tiny microorganisms tucked inside space rocks could survive being hurled between planets -- including to Earth -- according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University, raising fresh questions about how life may have first begun on our world.

Surgeries to manage obesity "declined substantially" for eligible patients starting in 2023, fueled by surging prescriptions for appetite-suppressing GLP-1 drugs, a new study finds.

Minnesota officials knew within weeks of the pandemic's start that a children's meals program was being defrauded -- but kept the money flowing anyway, fearing lawsuits and racial backlash, according to a new House report released Wednesday.

Texas Rep. Julie Johnson and former Rep. Colin Allred have advanced to runoff in a Democratic primary for U.S. House.

Rep. Tony Gonzales survived Tuesday's GOP primary -- but just barely. Now, with a runoff looming, a congressional ethics investigation underway and mounting calls from members of his own party to resign, the embattled West Texas congressman faces an ...