Trump has signed one executive order defining sex as only male or female — and as unchangeable — and another that seeks to end federal funding of the care for patients under 19. He’s also sought to ...

California’s Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas’ mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.

Weekly applications for jobless benefits are seen as a proxy for layoffs and have mostly settled in a historically healthy range between 200,000 and 250,000 since the U.S. began to emerge from the ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to give final approval Thursday for ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins is set to appear in federal court on Thursday to be arraigned on corruption charges.

The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to Oregon State University ...

Economists have long preferred independent central banks because they can more easily take unpopular steps to fight inflation ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are urging a federal judge to quickly reject Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ request that he throw out a jury verdict or order a new trial after a jury convicted the music ...

For much of the year, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage has hovered relatively close to its 2025 high of just above 7%, ...

Russia launched 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight, in one of its biggest aerial attacks on Ukraine of the year, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday, while a recent ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart Inc. reported increases in second-quarter profits and sales Thursday as it continues to pull in price ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Menendez brothers will make their cases for parole starting Thursday, marking the closest they’ve been to winning freedom from prison since their convictions almost 30 years ago ...