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U.S. Army Chief of Staff Randy George was fired on Thursday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, two U.S. defense officials and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, in the latest purge among the Pentagon's most senior ranks.

President Donald Trump’s meandering speech on the Iran war late Wednesday — in which he paired promises of a swift exit with new threats of escalated bombing and denied responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz — did little to assuage U.S. allies and world markets concerned about the conflict’s ongoing disruptions to the global oil supply.

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, removing the nation's top law enforcement officer as his frustration with her job performance deepened, according to a person familiar with the decision.

President Donald Trump has removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post, a White House official said on Thursday, following mounting frustration with her performance, including her handling of investigative files related to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

 An earthquake early Thursday centered in Santa Cruz County rattled numerous communities, including the Bay Area and Monterey Bay regions, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

President Donald Trump Thursday posted “Kangaroo Court!!!” in an apparent jab at the Supreme Court after it heard oral arguments in a case over birthright citizenship.

One year ago, Donald Trump stood in a sun-kissed, unpaved Rose Garden and defiantly announced a new era of global trade, raising tariffs on countries worldwide and sending shock waves through the global economy.

As the war on Iran enters its second month, reports from state media and residents in the Islamic Republic indicate mounting attacks on civilian infrastructure including homes, factories and electricity facilities.

WASHINGTON —The House Appropriations Committee is set to undergo a major shake-up following the midterm elections, especially among its Republicans. With four members retiring, two running for Senate and four others in potentially tight reelection contests, nearly a third of the committee’s Republicans may not return in the next Congress. Democrats are looking at a lower level of turnover, ...

In his first formal address to the nation since launching a war on Iran more than a month ago, President Trump on Wednesday night repeated a familiar list of claimed successes — and brushed aside setbacks caused by the war — while providing little clarity on a clear path to end a conflict that he said will be over “shortly.”

President Donald Trump says he hopes to pull the United States out of NATO as the rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance gets wider over his war with Iran.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against Costco is seeking to secure refunds for customers who helped pay tariffs on imported products.

Utah officials announced on Wednesday that they were closing a five-decade-old case after finding "definitive proof" that American serial killer Ted Bundy killed a 17-year-old Utah girl.

U.S. traffic deaths last year fell to the lowest number since 2019 after a sharp rise in road fatalities during the COVID ​pandemic.