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China refused a conversation with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin following the downing of the suspected Chinese balloon, the Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday.

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President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver his second State of the Union address Tuesday night at the US Capitol.

Researchers have detected a previously unknown layer of partially molten rock beneath Earth's crust.

A group of constituents from Rep. George Santos' New York district traveled to Capitol Hill calling for his resignation. Hear the freshman congressman's response.

Standing in front of the flattened remains of a 10-story building in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, a man anxiously waits for news about his friend Mustafa, who is trapped beneath the rubble.

Search and rescue efforts are ongoing after a powerful earthquake struck parts of the Middle East on February 6.

However you feel about doing your taxes, chances are that, if you expect to get a refund, you'll want it fast.

This harmless looking cat-themed chess bot called "Mittens" has a single digit Elo score, but it has bewildered the world of chess while evolving into an internet meme.

Mady Gosselin is tired of the public feeling like they are owed access to her family members because they were once reality stars.

Speaking at The Economic Club of Washington, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the Fed doesn't have the ability to protect the US economy from a potential US credit default crisis if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.

As retail sales took a bit of a breather in December, so did the credit cards.

When President Joe Biden returns to the House chamber to deliver his second State of the Union address, the former longtime senator will be addressing his onetime congressional colleagues as a guest.

CNN's Poppy Harlow speaks with Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, about why he plans to vote for a higher interest rate hike than his colleagues and why he does not think another recession will occur.

A senior American military officer notified lawmakers in January that China has more land-based fixed and mobile intercontinental ballistic missile launchers than the US, according to a letter sent to Congress.

The US labor market remains "extraordinarily strong" and Friday's monster jobs report underscored that the central bank has more work to do to bring down inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday.

A fire from the battery of an electrical device aboard a United Airlines flight forced a Newark-bound plane to return to San Diego on Tuesday and sent four people to the hospital, officials say.

Disney has found itself in the middle of a culture war battle that could end up transferring Disney World's governance to a board appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. And that may be the least of Disney's problems.