Lake Mead has fallen to its lowest level since the massive reservoir was filled nearly 90 years ago, underscoring the growing strain on the Colorado River system that supplies water and electricity across much of the American West.
Two former NBA players are seeking to put the transgender-athlete debate to a real-world test, declaring their intention to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft as questions intensify over who should be eligible to compete in women’s professional basketball.
After days of drawn-out negotiations, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a short-term government funding stopgap early Saturday morning.
The Pentagon is pressing U.S. defense contractors to sharply accelerate weapons production as months of fighting with Iran have depleted key American missile and interceptor stockpiles, raising concerns about the military’s ability to sustain the current conflict while remaining prepared for other global threats.
U.S. Senators advanced, in an 8-5 vote on Thursday, a contempt of Congress resolution that would refer Anthony Fauci to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C.
President Donald Trump signed two executive actions Thursday aimed at restricting birth tourism and limiting automatic citizenship in certain cases, renewing his effort to confront what the administration calls widespread abuse of America’s immigration and citizenship laws.
The Trump administration’s Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against Montgomery County, Maryland, challenging a new gun-control ordinance that restricts licensed citizens from carrying firearms in and around churches and thousands of other locations.
President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that the United States has entered a new “Golden Age,” pointing to accelerating factory activity, record stock-market levels and sustained growth in American exports.
Written free-speech protections at American colleges have reached their strongest level in two decades, according to a new report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday rejected an emergency request from the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization to halt enforcement of a $655.5 million terrorism judgment while they pursue an appeal.
The U.S. Senate has released its version of the five-year farm bill and plans to mark it up in committee Thursday, finally making progress on the critical agricultural policy package.
Anti-Jewish hate crimes in New York City rose 53.3% in July compared with the same month last year, according to NYPD figures reported by JNS.
Motivational speaker Tony Robbins told Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that advances in nanotechnology could make it possible to connect the human brain directly to artificial intelligence as early as 2031 or 2032, opening the door to widespread human-AI integration within the next decade.
The Democratic National Committee is facing a deepening financial and leadership crisis ahead of the November midterm elections, prompting prominent voices on the Left to warn that the party’s national organization is becoming dangerously unprepared for the political battle ahead.
The Republican-led Senate narrowly rejected another attempt Thursday to force an end to unauthorized U.S. military operations against Iran, preserving President Donald Trump’s ability to continue the campaign without a new authorization from Congress.
President Donald Trump openly questioned whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune should remain in his leadership post as tensions intensified over the Senate’s failure to advance Trump’s election-integrity agenda.
U.S. senators will vote next week on holding in contempt of Congress the man who led the U.S. response to the global pandemic in 2020.
A federal appeals court has upheld the rejection of an attempt by Democratic Party leaders and campaign committees to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking tighter citizenship-verification and mail-ballot procedures.
President Donald Trump led tributes Tuesday to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral, remembering his longtime political ally as a towering figure in the Senate and a “true American original.”
The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, placing a permanent leader over the nation’s intelligence community after weeks of uncertainty surrounding the post.