A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has launched national security investigations into whether pharmaceutical companies Merck and AbbVie participated in clinical trials in China that may have contributed to the country's military capabilities.

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt another setback to President Donald Trump's efforts to restrict mail-in voting, ruling in favor of preserving broader access to absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a decision widely viewed as reinforcing the independence of the U.S. central bank.

The Trump administration's Religious Liberty Commission has released a draft report arguing that the traditional interpretation of the separation of church and state is legally flawed and recommending that the Justice Department adopt an originalist reading of the Constitution's religion clauses.

Justice Elena Kagan quoted several controversial statements made by President Donald Trump about Haitians in a strongly worded dissent after the Supreme Court allowed the administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of migrants.

Most Americans doubt that a proposed agreement with Iran would permanently halt Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Saturday that Russian forces were preparing a major attack on Ukraine and urged residents to pay close attention to air raid alerts as missile and drone strikes continued across the country.

The United States has fallen to 12th place in the latest Henley Passport Index, marking the first time it has ranked outside the top 10 since the global travel ranking was introduced 20 years ago.

A new national survey shows President Donald Trump with a 30% job approval rating, while 66% of Americans disapprove of his performance.

The U.S. Supreme Court said Justice Samuel Alito's public remarks following a dissent read from the bench by Justice Sonia Sotomayor stemmed from a misunderstanding.

Most Americans want the conflict with Iran to end, but they remain skeptical about the agreement negotiated by the Trump administration.

Japan's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court order requiring the controversial Unification Church to disband, calling the move "necessary and inevitable.”

Andy Burnham met with Labour Party colleagues as he prepared for a leadership contest in which he could emerge as the sole candidate to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Several Senate Republicans are expressing concerns over a Justice Department settlement that reportedly shields President Donald Trump, his family and his businesses from IRS audits and certain federal legal actions related to past tax filings.

Ukraine's envoy to the United Nations, Andriy Melnyk, warned that Kyiv's "patience is not endless" and suggested Ukraine could revise its ceasefire proposal if the UN Security Council fails to adopt a resolution calling for a full and unconditional end to the fighting.

Georgia's Republican-controlled legislature ended its five-day special session without advancing proposed congressional redistricting changes that President Donald Trump and his allies had supported.

A three-star Navy rear admiral who was dismissed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a purge of senior military leaders last year has won the Democratic primary in a closely watched South Carolina congressional race.

Bill Gates told US lawmakers that he believed Jeffrey Epstein may have been considering blackmailing him.

Longtime conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on a podcast that "there's no chance I would support the Republican Party" ahead of the November midterm elections.

China has built a new replica of a US destroyer at a remote missile-testing site in its northwestern desert, according to satellite imagery.

Chinese technology giant Alibaba has filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Defense over its designation as a military-linked company.

Iran delivered two major developments on Saturday that further strained an interim agreement with the United States.

Australian police have seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine in what authorities describe as the country’s largest drug bust, uncovering the drugs in an underground bunker system in western Sydney.

China’s ambitions to expand its global arms exports remain constrained despite rising production and technological advancements.