Wall Street's major indexes were sharply higher in afternoon trading Thursday, extending gains after President Donald Trump said he had canceled planned strikes against Iran.Trump said negotiations with Tehran had advanced to the highest levels of Iran's leadership and had...

A majority of Americans believe intelligent life exists beyond Earth, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll that suggests views once considered fringe have moved firmly into the mainstream amid growing public interest in unidentified anomalous phenomena.

The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge's ruling invalidating President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, according to CNBC.CNBC reported that the Justice Department filed a notice of appeal Thursday after U.S. District Judge Leo...

As New York City's rental market continues to strain budgets, some young professionals are finding an unlikely source of affordable housing: convents and religious residence homes run by Catholic sisters and other faith-based organizations.

The U.S. Park Police are investigating the ‌marking ​of '8647' on the ⁠grounds of ​the National Mall in ⁠Washington, the Interior Department ‌said ​in a statement ‌on ‌Thursday.

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday said it voted to extend U.S. security assistance for Ukraine and increase authorized funding to $750 million, the latest pushback from Congress against the Trump administration's pullback on aid for Kyiv...

Federal agencies and the Ultimate Fighting Championship have spent more than $60 million preparing for Sunday's UFC event on the White House South Lawn, according to court filings, as President Donald Trump and his administration...

Ballots continued arriving at the homes of deceased Californians ahead of this year's primary election, despite repeated efforts by relatives to notify election officials and provide proof of death, according to interviews and records reviewed by The New York Post. Los...

The Trump administration said Thursday it has located 146,000 unaccompanied migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border during the Biden administration and were later released to sponsors, while nearly 300,000 children remain unaccounted for.

The U.S. midterm elections in November are projected to cost $11.6 billion, a record for political advertising in any electoral cycle, fueled in part by surging spending in Senate races in Ohio, Texas and Maine, according to ad tracking firm AdImpact.

A Minnesota man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges stemming from the killing of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as the attempted murder of a state senator and his wife. According to local media reports from a Minneapolis courtroom,...

Nearly half of Americans say they have no interest in the FIFA World Cup as the global soccer tournament gets underway Thursday, according to a new Emerson College poll. The poll found that 45% are not at all interested in the men's soccer tournament.

Border Patrol's Miami Sector has emerged as one of the agency's busiest regions for illegal immigrant arrests as the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts increasingly focus on the nation's interior, placing South Florida among the agency's top 20 regions...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday unanimously proposed to scrap longstanding Wall Street regulations requiring the execution of stock trades at the best available price, ‌saying the rules drove up costs and ​complexity and were no longer necessary.

Rep. Troy Downing, R-Mont., told Newsmax on Thursday that federal and state officials are moving aggressively to stop the spread of the invasive New World screwworm, highlighting a USDA program that releases millions of sterile male flies to protect livestock and secure America's food supply.

A rare lapse in a law that allows the United States to gather intelligence abroad appears likely after the House failed on Thursday to temporarily extend the program, in a protest of President Donald Trump 's refusal to name a permanent head of the nation's intelligence...

Low fuel inventories could cause gas prices to surge this summer, oil and gas executives have told the Trump administration, according to reports.

The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that President Donald Trump previously threatened to block was delayed on Thursday due to "outstanding issues." In a statement released before a Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony at the bridge, the Windsor-Detroit...

Oppenheimer became the first global brokerage to start coverage of SpaceX, ahead of the rocket and AI company's highly anticipated $75 billion market debut Friday.

The antitrust exemption created by the Sports Broadcasting Act "probably needs to be updated" due to the way the NFL makes games available on television, Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., told Newsmax on Thursday.