Sen. Mitch McConnell is expected to return to Capitol Hill next week after health issues caused a prolonged absence that led to rampant speculation that he was dying or even dead.
Oil prices climbed Thursday after Iranian forces said they targeted two U.S. vessels near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized a key port city on Yemen's western coast.
"Naza," a documentary about the war in Gaza, received a 25-minute standing ovation at its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, the longest ovation in the festival's history.
A Ukrainian national was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to deploy the Conti ransomware variant, which infected the computers of more than 1,000 victims worldwide, the Justice Department announced.
Rep. Madeleine Dean said she's "gravely disappointed" with Sen. John Fetterman, a fellow Pennsylvania Democrat, for his "stunt" at the Republican midterm convention Wednesday in Dallas.
Texas Senate Democratic candidate James Talarico now says he opposes transgender student-athletes competing in girls' sports "if it endangers safety or fairness."
The Ivy League has restored SAT and ACT admissions requirements that had been suspended during pandemic lockdowns, but a new report finds 90% of colleges and universities nationwide still do not require standardized test scores.
A California couple's surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect.