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The constitutional court unanimously upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.

The Senate approved changes to the House's budget resolution on Saturday after an hourslong series of amendment votes during which Democrats sought to put Republicans on record on issues like tariffs and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

It passed mostly along party lines in a 51 to 48 vote.

The amended framework would raise the debt ceiling by up to $5 trillion within the reconciliation process, taking future leverage away from Senate Democrats. It would also make President Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent by using what's called a...

A pro-Yoon fringe movement, stoked by right-wing YouTubers, has become more energised and extreme.

The US has been accused of not doing enough to help Myanmar due to the shuttering of its humanitarian aid agency.

What impact will the introduction of hefty tariffs on countries in Asia have on Nike's iconic US shoe?

A pro-Yoon fringe movement, stoked by right-wing YouTubers, has become more energised and extreme.

As economic uncertainty swirls and the markets take a hit, many in this deeply Republican area back the president's plan.

A Columbia University student activist who led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now fighting the Trump administration's deportation efforts is urging students to continue demonstrations and protests, NBC News reported.

Mahmoud Khalil, who is in custody in Louisiana as his case moves through courts, called his March 8 arrest by immigration authorities an "abduction" in an op-ed published Friday in the Columbia Spectator.

Titled “A Letter to Columbia,” the piece was dictated and verified by his attorney, the student newspaper said.

"Since my...

Former President Barack Obama said he is "deeply concerned" with some of the actions that President Donald Trump and his administration have taken and seemed to call out the Republican Party for not pushing back on them, NBC News reported.

Obama rebuked Trump without explicitly naming him over the federal government's threats against universities and students who exercise free speech, its targeting of law firms, and the new tariffs imposed on foreign countries.

"I don’t think what we just witnessed in terms of economic policy and tariffs is going...

Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argued in a court filing Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery” of the country’s election system.

“From his creation of a wholly fictitious biography to his callous theft of money from elderly and impaired donors, Santos’s unrestrained greed...

Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week. It came after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office ordered the school to get rid of books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The Navy late Friday provided the list of 381 books that have been taken out of its library. The move marks another step in the Trump administration’s far-reaching effort to purge so-called DEI content from federal agencies.

Trump on Friday shared video of a recent airstrike on Houthi rebels, writing, "They will never sink our ships again."

"These Houthis gathered for instructions on an attack," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Oops, there will be no attack by these Houthis! They will never sink our ships again!"

The black and white aerial footage appeared to show a group assembling before a massive blast leaves nothing but a crater.

The Trump administration has been conducting daily airstrikes on the Iranian-backed rebels for the last 20 days following renewed Houthi...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is slated to meet with Panama leaders next week amid President Donald Trump's continued efforts to regain control of the key strategic and military resource.

The Trump administration has been outspoken about national security threats presented by alleged Chinese interference.

During a February visit to the country, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in an X post that "the United States cannot, and will not, allow the Chinese Communist Party to continue with its effective and growing control over the Panama Canal...

Americans nearing retirement and recent retirees said they were anxious and frustrated following a second day of market turmoil that hit their 401(k)s after President Donald Trump’s escalation of tariffs.

As the impending tariffs shook the global economy Friday, people who were planning on their retirement accounts to carry them through their golden years said the economic chaos was hitting too close to home.

Some said they are pausing big-ticket purchases and reconsidering home renovations, while others said they fear their quality of life will be...