The US Marshals Service is still recovering from a February ransomware attack on a computer system holding sensitive law enforcement data and will soon bring a new version of the system online with better security, an agency spokesperson told CNN on Monday.
The US could default on its obligations as soon as June 1 if Congress doesn't address the debt limit before then, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday.
Two converging crises are testing American confidence in their financial well-being. There's a banking crisis, which regulatory officials and big American banks very much want you to believe is ending. And there's a debt crisis, which is becoming more urgent.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed three "anti-crime" bills into law, one of which would make child rapists eligible for the death penalty with the minimum sentence of life in prison without parole.
President Joe Biden on Monday called the top four congressional leaders, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, to discuss raising the debt ceiling at the White House later this month, following months of an impasse between the president and House Republicans.
President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, will need to sit for a sworn deposition and answer additional written questions about his investments, art sales and other financial transactions as part of a paternity-related case, an Arkansas judge said Monday.
The US State Department on Monday announced that a third US-government organized convoy had arrived in Port Sudan, the latest overland evacuation of US citizens and others amid the crisis in Sudan.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to reconsider long held precedent and decide whether to significantly scale back on the power of federal agencies in a case that can impact everything from how the government addresses everything from climate change to public health to immigration.
The board overseeing Disney's special taxing district -- which was appointed by and is aligned with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis -- voted on Monday to sue the company days after the entertainment giant filed its own lawsuit against the board.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Monday in Jerusalem that he still has not heard from President Joe Biden about debt ceiling talks, following the House passing a GOP-led bill in an effort to pressure the White House to the negotiating table.
A large blimp developed by the Chinese military has been spotted for the first time at a remote base in the desert of northwestern China, exclusive new satellite imagery obtained by CNN shows.
President Joe Biden welcomed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines to the White House on Monday as part of continued efforts to strengthen security and economic relations in the region amid concerns over an increasingly assertive China.
President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is expected to appear in court Monday morning in northeast Arkansas for a hearing related to a years-old paternity dispute.
A new joint effort by the government and the finance industry to prevent another teetering bank from triggering a wider crisis is underscoring US and international worries about the sector and producing another no-win political headache for the Biden administration.
Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina on Sunday teased a "major announcement" on May 22, signaling he will formally enter the 2024 GOP presidential primary after launching an exploratory committee earlier this month.
A second convoy of US citizens organized by the US government arrived in Port Sudan on Sunday as part of an effort to evacuate Americans from the Sudan conflict.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said Sunday that President Joe Biden "doesn't have to negotiate" over the debt ceiling, saying that "Republicans in the House, led by Kevin McCarthy, have passed the solution."
Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he would sign a federal abortion ban if he were elected president but would support exceptions.
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