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Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that "way more Republican senators" want to preserve the "blue slip" process for home-state senators to object to U.S. attorney and district court nominees than those who side with President Trump's ...

Maria Corina Machado has long been the face of resistance to Venezuela's 26-year ruling party. Now, she is also a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

A senior House Democrat on Thursday called the shooting that took the life of a National Guard soldier an "unfortunate accident" and an "unfortunate situation."

Nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 heavy bombers took to the skies over the Sea of Japan with an escort of Japanese F-35 and F-15 fighter jets Thursday, two days after Washington had verbally sided with Tokyo in its fast-escalating confrontation with Beijing.

Most U.S. stocks are rising on Thursday, but a sell-off for Oracle is weighing on Wall Street as investors question whether its big spending on artificial-intelligence technology will pay off.

Iran wants the U.N. to intervene on its behalf over what it says are the Trump administration's unduly restrictive measures placed on Tehran's delegation in New York.

In a December release, the National Petroleum Council recommended removing lengthy reviews and overlapping regulations that lead to higher costs and missed opportunities when it comes to the permitting issue.

After no one won the Powerball jackpot in Wednesday night's drawing, the prize for the next drawing on Saturday is up to $1 billion.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to "immediately" release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling that the migrant's detention violates his rights.

Venezuelan officials said the U.S. engaged in "blatant theft and an act of international piracy" after American troops seized a tanker near its coastline that the Trump administration said was transporting crude oil from Venezuela to Iran in ...