Two American hostages, a mother and her daughter, were released Friday by Hamas and are with Israeli authorities, according to Israel's prime minister. The US citizens will be reunited with family at an Israeli military base, officials said.
A father and several of his family members were convicted of charges in a terrorism and kidnapping case in which his 3-year-old son was found dead on a New Mexico compound, prosecutors said Friday.
The US is allowing Israel to make its own calls on timing and strategy in its war with Hamas, but US President Joe Biden did weigh in on the matter during his visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war cabinet in Tel Aviv earlier this week, according to a senior administration official.
Italy's "family-first" prime minister Giorgia Meloni has broken up with her TV journalist boyfriend after lewd comments in which he grabbed his genital area as he propositioned a co-host to a "threesome or foursome," led to the suspension of his television show.
Michael Cohen plans to testify Tuesday at the Trump civil fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump's ex-attorney said, with the former president expected to attend.
The US budget deficit soared in fiscal year 2023, which will likely complicate Congress' efforts to come to a federal spending deal before government funding runs out next month.
House Republicans are once again scrambling with no clear path to elect a new speaker after voting to push Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan out of the race, the latest sign of the chaos and divisions that have engulfed the majority party and left the chamber in a state of paralysis.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday temporarily froze the gag order she issued on Donald Trump in the former president's federal 2020 election subversion criminal case.
The venomous fangs of a tarantula, crystallized sugar syrup and the auto-fluorescing hairs on a leaf are among the top 20 images chosen for their science and artistry in Nikon's Small World Photomicrography Competition this year.
Deutsche Bank on Friday won final approval from a US judge for a $75 million settlement it reached with victims of Jeffrey Epstein who had accused the German company of facilitating the late financier's alleged sex trafficking.
Travis King, the US Army private who fled to North Korea in July, has been charged by the Army with desertion, among other crimes, according to a charging document seen by CNN Thursday.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is doubling down on Iowa, ramping up his visits to the state as he looks to prove he can compete in the battle to mount the strongest primary challenge to GOP front-runner former President Donald Trump.
United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain told members that all three automakers have now offered record contracts but that the union will continue its strike in a push for even better deals.
The US and its allies have been urging Israel to be strategic and clear about its goals if and when it launches a ground invasion of Gaza, warning against a prolonged occupation and placing a particular emphasis on avoiding civilian casualties, US and Western officials told CNN.
House Republicans have dropped Rep. Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker after he again failed to win the gavel in a third round of voting. Follow here for the latest on the race to elect a new speaker.
After a mini-saga in the classified documents case against Donald Trump, both of the former president's co-defendants have waived concerns that their attorneys have represented witnesses in the case.
The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on the Biden administration's communications with social media companies while a lawsuit targeting the government's efforts to combat online misinformation plays out.
The city of San Marcos, Texas, settled a lawsuit this week filed by four supporters of Joe Biden who said local police failed to protect them from harassment in 2020 as they rode in a Biden campaign bus.
