U.S. & World

Israel’s agreement to establish diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates marks a watershed moment in its relations with Arab countries, but the Palestinians say it puts a just resolution of the Middle East conflict even further out of reach

Joe Biden is poised to unveil his vision for the modern-day Democratic Party in the first presidential nominating convention of the coronavirus era next week

Kader Exports has issued a nationwide recall of several brands of frozen cooked, peeled and deveined shrimp sold at retailers like Costco, BJ’s Wholesale Club and Fresh Market grocery stores due to possible salmonella contamination.

In an upcoming book, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former attorney, alleges that Trump worked with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. Among many other accusations, Cohen alleges that Trump worked to get close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and “his coterie of corrupt billionaire oligarchs,” according to an excerp...

Prosecutors defended their handling of charges brought last month against Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, while saying they are “deeply concerned” by the actions of Maxwell’s lawyers.

Robert Trump, brother to the 45th president, has been hospitalized in New York City, White House officials confirmed to NBC News. Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere did not share what led to Trump’s hospitalization, but a senior White House official tells NBC News he is “very ill.” President Donald Trump addressed his brother&#8217...

R. Kelly’s former manager is facing a new set of charges this week from federal prosecutors that allege the disgraced R&B performer’s ally threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theater to stop a screening of the Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. Kelly.” Attorneys for the Southern District of New York say Donnell Russell ...

The Austin City Council has voted to cut one-third of the city’s $434 million police budget amid national calls for “defunding” law enforcement in favor of spending more money on social services

President Donald Trump is dodging the question of whether he supports QAnon, a convoluted, right-wing, pro-Trump conspiracy theory

California has ordered rolling power outages for the first time since 2011 as a statewide heat wave strained its electrical system

The U.N. Security Council has resoundingly defeated a U.S. resolution to indefinitely extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, with the Trump administration getting support from only the Dominican Republic

People who have recovered from COVID-19 can safely interact with others for three months, according to a recent update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — suggesting that immunity to the virus may last at least that long. The recent change is part of the agency’s guidance on quarantining. It states that people shou...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday that will force China’s ByteDance to sell or spin off its U.S. TikTok business within 90 days.  “There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States,” Trump said in his o...

Apple and Google have removed Fortnite from their app stores after the game implemented its own in-app payments.