Imprisoned former Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell is asking a federal judge to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence, saying “substantial new evidence” has emerged to prove constitutional violations spoiled her trial.
Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents.
The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is threatening contempt of Congress proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton.
President Donald Trump says he hasn’t seen the photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate released Friday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, but says they are not a big deal.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors have selected the jurors who will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers broke the law.
Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries celebrated at the annual Kennedy Center Honors.
Perhaps it's fitting that after the World Cup draw ceremony began, it took about 90 minutes for the actual drawing of teams to begin in earnest.
A federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests.
The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in the tournament field this summer.
The West Virginia Supreme Court has paused a ruling that allowed parents to use religious beliefs to opt out of required school vaccines for their children.
A West Virginia judge has ruled that parents can use religious beliefs to opt out of required school vaccines for their children.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's family says that the civil rights leader has been released from a hospital where he was treated for a rare neurological disorder.
A federal judge’s dismissal of criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney Letitia James, two political foes of President Donald Trump, won’t be the final word on the matter.
President Donald Trump has met the man who had proudly proclaimed himself “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” but he seemed to find the opposite.
In attendance at former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral were pews full of former presidents and vice presidents — but neither of the men occupying those offices today.
Congress is sending President Donald Trump a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Both Democrats and Republicans alike readied for a unanimous House vote to pass a bill to force the release of the case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and current Harvard professor Larry Summers says he'll step back from public commitments after the release of emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein long after the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
President Donald Trump says he would sign a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill Clinton.
Emails released by the House Oversight Committee reveal how Jeffrey Epstein maintained connections with influential figures despite his 2008 guilty plea to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
President Donald Trump has appeared to suggest on social media that the U.S. resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades.
President Donald Trump says the United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine.
A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown.
The government shutdown is quickly becoming a way for President Donald Trump to exercise new command over the government.
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can take command of 200 Oregon National Guard troops.
Britain believes its experience in Northern Ireland could help achieve a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
A U.S. peace plan has propelled former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the forefront of efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law legislation aiming to increase transparency and prevent AI models from being used to cause catastrophic harms.
The many conferences on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders offer a unique forum for companies and philanthropies to help shape an uncertain future.
A bipartisan group of former Federal Reserve chairs, Treasury secretaries, and top White House economists urged the Supreme Court Thursday to reject an attempt by President Donald Trump to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.
Former President Bill Clinton opened the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting by raising his concerns about rising political violence and other issues.
The United Nations will draw foundations and nonprofits to New York for a packed schedule of events on the sidelines of its General Assembly starting Sept. 22.
A federal appeals court has effectively upheld a state law in New York that bars firearms in “sensitive” locations including Times Square, the New York City subway system and commuter trains.
A judge has ruled that the Trump administration's central human resources office acted illegally when it directed the mass firings of thousands of probationary workers.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the genius of the American system of government is that no one should have too much power.
A House committee has released a collection of birthday messages sent to Jeffrey Epstein, featuring entries from two U.S. presidents, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.
A person with knowledge of the details says President Donald Trump will watch the U.S. Open men’s final from Rolex’s suite in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are the first two men to play each other in three consecutive Grand Slam finals in the same season.
A federal appeals court has ruled against President Donald Trump’s plans to end temporary protections for 600,000 Venezuelans who have permission to live and work in the U.S. This means those migrants whose protections expired or are about to expire might be allowed to stay.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas from requiring nearly a dozen public school districts across the state to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
The Justice Department has agreed to provide to Congress documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.
President Donald Trump's rhetoric in his federal takeover of Washington police echoes that of conservative politicians going back decades who've denounced American cities with majority non-white populations or progressive leaders as crime-ridden and in need of outside intervention.
President Bill Clinton plans significant changes for this year’s Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting to address global development challenges.
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Justice Department for files in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation and is seeking depositions with the Clintons and former law enforcement officials.
Democrats are out of power in Washington but hold 23 governors' seats, including in five of the seven presidential battlegrounds Donald Trump swept last year.
The Smithsonian says the White House did not pressure it to remove references to President Donald Trump's impeachments from an exhibit.
U.S. troops are sharing command stations and vehicles with civilian immigration authorities at the southern U.S. border under an emergency declaration from President Donald Trump.
A West Virginia judge has allowed children from three families to attend school without required vaccinations.
A broken promise to release more information about the Jeffrey Epstein case has sparked outrage among some of President Donald Trump’s loyal supporters.
A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their organization’s tax-exempt status is drawing praise from conservatives and even some progressive religious groups but concern from other leaders of faith, along with tax and legal experts.
Elon Musk’s plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans looking to upend the two-party system that has dominated U.S. politics since almost the beginning.
President Donald Trump has shared his unique takes on past presidents and their portraits while discussing his White House redecorating efforts.
Possible changes to President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts are being considered, though most of the amendments are expected to fail.
A West Virginia woman has filed a lawsuit seeking a religious exemption from required school vaccinations for her young child.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has heard arguments on whether the Trump administration should return control of National Guard troops to California.
A federal judge in San Francisco has stopped Secretary of State Marco Rubio from proceeding with plans to downsize the State Department.
Convicted killer and recaptured prison escapee Grant Hardin, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been transferred to the Varner SuperMax prison southeast of Little Rock, Arkansas prison authorities announced Saturday.
President Donald Trump’s administration has renewed its request for the Supreme Court to clear the way for plans to downsize the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds.
An appeals court is keeping in place a court block on the Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal workforce.
Billionaire Elon Musk is expected to fall far short of even his most modest goal of shaving $150 billion from the federal deficit, having publicly opined last year that he could identify $2 trillion, roughly the size of the federal deficit.
The latest pardons by President Donald Trump are another example of him flexing his power to bestow clemency on political allies and prominent public officials, including those convicted of defrauding the public.
Elon Musk arrived in the nation’s capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with lots of money, long hours or a well-calibrated algorithm.
Kentucky Democrats are trying to address the party's steep deficits in overwhelmingly white, conservative pockets of rural America.
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to resume his downsizing of the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds.
A former White House executive chef says U.S. presidents and their families are “just regular people” when they're at home in the private living areas of the Executive Mansion.
A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from stripping Foreign Service employees of their collective bargaining rights.
President Donald Trump has met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia.
