Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent call with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro—during which Trump reportedly pressed Maduro to step ...

Chinese war games around Taiwan "unnecessarily" spiked tensions in the region, the U.S. State Department said, calling on Beijing to "cease its military pressure." "China's military activities and ...

A federal judge on Monday said the U.S. government denied due process to the Venezuelan men it deported to a prison in El Salvador in March after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act. The ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is offering to pay illegal aliens $3,000 and provide a free plane ticket out of the U.S. if they register by the end of the year for self-deportation on the ...

The judge said the administration had to decide by Jan. 5 whether it wanted to “facilitate” the men’s return to the United States or let them contest their initial removals another way. By Alan Feuer ...

The U.S. military has launched strikes against Islamic State group infrastructure and weapons sites in Syria, officials said Friday, following an attack on U.S. and partner forces in Syria last week ...

The U.S. military struck more than 70 targets at multiple locations across central Syria against Islamic State on Friday, retaliating a week after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed ...

A mysterious object that a controversial scientist claims could be an alien battleship reaches its closest point to Earth on Friday. Bus driver beat a father to death after Sainsbury’s queue-jump ...

The gang, which was the subject of charges brought in several states, is President Trump’s chosen nemesis. The defendant remains at large. By Benjamin Weiser and Alan Feuer Federal prosecutors in ...

Trailer confirms Disclosure Day is set at least partly in Kansas City. Production filmed in New York and New Jersey while creating Kansas City sets. Emily Blunt plays a Kansas City meteorologist whose ...