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Sweeping tariffs set to be imposed by President Donald Trump next month may overshadow his top diplomat's first official trip to Asia this week - just as the U.S. seeks to boost relations with Indo-Pacific nations to counter China's growing influence ...

As commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick oversees the U.S. government's vast efforts to monitor and predict the weather.

Elon Musk's plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans looking to upend the two-party system that has dominated U.S. politics since almost the beginning.

The National Education Association has voted to break with the Anti-Defamation League, seeking to end a decades-long partnership on fighting antisemitism while offering more evidence that defenders of Israel may no longer have a home on the ...

The FBI launched criminal investigations into John Brennan and James Comey over possible wrongdoing related to the Trump-Russia investigation, including alleged perjury to Congress, sources say.

President Trump said Tuesday he would issue a 50% tariff on copper brought into the U.S. and signaled he was queuing up high levies on pharmaceutical imports after a grace period that would let drugmakers move operations back here.

The Trump administration is moving to protect America's farmlands and ban the sale of land to Chinese nationals and other foreign adversaries through a multi-agency effort.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he would roll out the welcome mat for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visited the Big Apple, distancing himself from Zohran Mamdani, his top rival in the mayoral race, who has called for the ...

President Trump said Tuesday that his administration has been "testing" the idea of taking over the District and suggested that he could also exert some influence over New York if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor.

The candy industry is continuing to use synthetic food dyes, despite ongoing initiatives by federal health officials to phase them out.