Members of Congress agree they must change the law so that Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained don’t owe penalties for failing to pay taxes. But their attempt to address that problem is stuck in a fight over other legislation.

Senior U.S. officials and migrant advocates say Mexico’s internal migrant bussing is a major factor in the stunning fall in apprehensions at the U.S. border, down 77 percent since December. But it’s unclear whether the results are sustainable. 

A Secret Service investigation has confirmed security breakdowns that paved the way for an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, while also revealing new information.

The Biden administration has asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S.

An investigation commissioned by Hawaii’s attorney general has found that officials didn’t prepare for dangerous fire weather in the days before flames incinerated the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year even though they were warned by meteorologists.

A former Pentagon official who was federally indicted last year on dogfighting charges in Maryland has pleaded guilty to some of the counts against him.

A Fort Cavazos sergeant arrested nearly two years ago during an incident in the barracks that involved a gun will face a court-martial for attempted premediated murder, rape, kidnapping and other charges, Army officials said.

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada controlled, and may still control, a “veritable army” of cartel members, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Francisco Navarro. “His release would guarantee his flight.”

A man who worked as a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer pleaded guilty on Friday to joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, court records show.

Minutes after entering the Capitol, the brothers allegedly assaulted a photographer who had been standing at the top of the east Rotunda stairs and fled with her equipment.

The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Russian state media Friday, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand-in-hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles, body armor and other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine.

While NSO will likely welcome the suit being dropped, Apple and some of its allies said it came about in part because of NSO’s decline. When the case began, its spyware was notorious for being used by authoritarian regimes.

The nation’s leaders should push harder for America’s youth to participate in public service, including in the military, as the Pentagon copes with recent recruiting shortfalls, former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday.

President Joe Biden brushed off a threat from Russian leader Vladimir Putin about war against the West if Ukraine’s allies allow it to use weapons deeper inside Russia. It’s a shift that Kyiv has pleaded for, but no decision was immediately announced following a meeting Friday between Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Retired Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker, a billionaire who donated to the project, said our maps, borders, civil rights, weapons, technology and even fashion owe some credit to World War I, even though few people alive today have a direct connection to the conflict.

The Biden administration is cracking down on cheap products sold out of China, expanding a push to reduce U.S. dependence on Beijing and bolster homegrown industry, but that could trigger higher prices for U.S. consumers who flock to popular shopping sites like Temu and Shein.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will use his visit Friday to Maxwell Air Force Base to unveil the initiatives and speak about them as part of his “Taking Care of Our People” effort.

A nonprofit dedicated to addressing eating disorders has been added to the Military OneSource’s resource finder, making it easier to find by people tackling the issue.

A pair of Russian patrol aircraft circled Japan’s four main islands Thursday for the first time in five years, according to Japan’s military the same day.