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President Donald Trump gives Iran deadline to reopen Strait of Hormuz to all vessels or face strikes as oil, gas, diesel and jet fuel prices climb worldwide.
A wave of new tax proposals in blue states targets high earners with wealth taxes and exit taxes, prompting billionaires and businesses to relocate fast.
President Donald Trump prepares to visit Beijing in May amid rising gas prices, a tumbling stock market and a record-high U.S. trade deficit with China.
Four April elections — two House special elections, a Wisconsin Supreme Court race, and Virginia's redistricting referendum — could reshape the razor-thin House majority.
After losing his daughter Katie in a crash involving a previously deported driver, an Illinois father calls on leaders to confront sanctuary policies.
Trump warns Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face sweeping strikes on energy infrastructure as the conflict enters its endgame.
Sen. John Fetterman says moral clarity, not party politics, guides him as he describes a widening break with Democrats over Israel and the government shutdown.
Rising AI and data center electricity demand requires expanded U.S. energy production as Trump and congressional Republicans realign policy.
President Trump juggles an escalating Iran conflict and a wave of Cabinet firings, raising big questions about loyalty, strategy and consequences.
Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan Jackson said after a Congressional delegation to Cuba that U.S. economic restrictions on the island represented an "illegal U.S. blockade of fuel."
Suspect who allegedly shot a New Hampshire police officer is killed in a gunfight after a massive manhunt that included a shelter-in-place order.
Three people were killed after high winds knocked down a tree onto a group of people in Germany during an Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning, police said.
Victor Glover delivers a powerful Easter message from the Artemis II Orion capsule, calling Earth a beautiful oasis in the emptiness of the cosmos.
Sen. Warnock compares Christian leaders backing Trump to those who justified slavery, saying their faith-based support for the president is misguided.
Dawn Staley praised UCLA after the Gamecocks' championship loss, refusing to discuss her viral exchange with UConn's Geno Auriemma post-Final Four.
Savannah Guthrie delivers an emotional Easter message about faith and doubt as her mother Nancy Guthrie remains missing after 63 days in Arizona.
Former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman says the agency tracked Iranian forces and ran a deception operation to help rescue a downed U.S. airman.
North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick is sued over a painter's alleged fall and injuries at his Nantucket, Massachusetts, property in June 2024.
Joseph Baena, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger, takes home first place at the INBA Iron Gladiator natural bodybuilding competition in Southern California.
The UCLA Bruins defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks, 79-51, to capture the first women's basketball national title in program history under coach Cori Close.
Elizabeth Hurley, 60, goes topless on Instagram while posing in a flower field, wearing only tiny yellow bikini bottoms for a sun-soaked spring moment.
Dave Portnoy and Scott Van Pelt criticized the NCAA's first-ever Final Four halftime concert, which delayed the Michigan-Arizona tipoff.
Journey bandmates Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain are feuding over politics, religion and lawsuits even as their farewell world tour moves forward.
Tori Spelling is recovering after a car crash in Temecula, California. Four of her children and three friends were also transported to the hospital.
A U.S. airman survived days in enemy territory before being rescued, highlighting the high-stakes training fighter pilots undergo.