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President Trump on Thursday praised a controversial ad from Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy featuring his opponent's estranged mother calling the Democratic candidate a liar.

A man is in custody, accused of taking a sledgehammer to a statue depicting the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II.

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into the infamous D.C. jail that held dozens of people arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took her populist pitch to Maine on Thursday, rallying behind Democrat Troy Jackson's bid to unseat Sen. Susan M. Collins and making the case for a politics built around working-class voters.

When Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar, an Orthodox Jew who lives in Jerusalem, first arrived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 2011 to research Amish communities, she had only visited the U.S. once and could barely speak English.

A pedestrian who walked into the road on U.S. Interstate 80 in California was struck and killed by a Tesla operating in its autonomous mode Thursday.

Iran's claims that its forces on Thursday struck several oil tankers traveling in the Strait of Hormuz are false, said President Trump, who accused Tehran of inventing incidents to drive up oil prices.

The Pentagon announced Thursday that it finalized a 10-year agreement with defense company Lockheed Martin for F-35 fighter jets, including production and future maintenance of the stealth fighter, according to a release.

Attendants on United Airlines Flight 1157 were hurt Wednesday after the flight suffered turbulence and a severe drop while flying from Honolulu to Los Angeles.

Calley Means, a senior White House adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a Make America Healthy Again advocate, announced his resignation Thursday.