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The Senate confirmed former treasury secretary Jack Lew to serve as U.S. ambassador to Israel.

President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month, the White House says.

Trump's prosecutors and judges have warned that Trump's frequent public attacks against his perceived enemies have led to threats and harassment.

Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, claims the gag order will put him at a disadvantage in his campaign and his legal battles.

Robert Card, 40, of Bowdoin, Maine, is wanted by authorities on multiple counts of murder after a mass shooting that killed at least 18 people in Lewiston.

Allies of President Joe Biden barely acknowledged the Minnesota Democrat's longshot presidential campaign after he entered the race this week.

Santos hinted he would plead not guilty to the latest charges, and he repeated his vow not to resign from Congress.

Bankman-Fried faces seven criminal counts, including wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering, that could land him in prison for more than 100 years.

The suspect in the shooting, Robert Card, remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous, police said.

The latest attacks show Trump turning to the court of public opinion to fight his mounting legal challenges.

"I never believed we would need a recession to bring inflation down," said President Joe Biden, after a new GDP report showed 5% growth last quarter.

Smith accuses Trump of trying to intimidate witnesses, including his former chief of staff Mark Meadows.

The U.S. is ramping up efforts to cut off funding to Hamas, the group behind this month's terrorist attacks in Israel.

The prospect of an imminent mass incursion by Israel into Gaza has raised questions about what a postwar future could look like.

President Joe Biden Wednesday stressed the conflict spanning Israel and Gaza must end with a vision of a "two-state solution."

Donald Trump stormed out of the trial after a judge, who had just fined him $10,000 for violating his gag order, rejected a bid for a verdict in Trump's favor.

All 220 Republicans who cast a ballot voted for Johnson, despite his being the fourth nominee tapped by the fractious conference in two weeks.

Johnson won the nomination Tuesday with the support of 128 Republicans, far short of the 217 GOP votes he needs to win the speakership on the House floor.

The ACLU, a frequent critic of Trump, said that the gag order in special counsel Jack Smith's election interference case runs afoul of the First Amendment.