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A second teenager has pleaded guilty in a rock-throwing spree that claimed the life of 20-year-old driver Alexa Bartell in Colorado.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., floated the possibility of defunding the U.S. Office of Special Counsel on Wednesday, the day after he pledged to "rein in" Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into former President Trump.

"There's a lot of different ideas. People are alarmed that the special counsel, in that capacity, has been abused in recent years," Johnson said in answer to a Fox News Digital question at his weekly press conference. "How does Congress correct that error and ensure that a special counsel is not abusing their authority? You...

PM Robert Fico was shot in what the Slovak Interior Ministry said was an assassination attempt.

Slovak PM Robert Fico is was shot a number of times in what officials call an assassination attempt.

Slovakia's outgoing president expressed shock after the shooting of PM Robert Fico.

Last month, a video began circulating on social media purporting to tell the story of an internet troll farm in Kyiv targeting the American election.

Speaking in English with a Slavic accent, “Olesya” offers a first-person account of how she and her colleagues initially worked in support of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Then, she says, after a visit by mysterious Americans who were “probably C.I.A.,” the group began sending messages to American audiences in support of President Biden.

“We were told our new target was the United States of...

Ron Klain, the president’s former chief of staff, will take some time away from his post-White House job to help President Biden prepare for a debate against Donald J. Trump.

Mr. Klain, who left the White House last year, said in a text message that he would take a vacation from his job as the chief legal officer at Airbnb in the coming weeks to help get Mr. Biden ready.

“On my own time, I will assist,” he said.

Mr. Klain, 62, is one of the president’s most trusted confidants, and was critical to Mr. Biden’s debate preparations during the 2020...

President Biden said in a statement that he has received, and accepted, an invitation from CNN for a debate on June 27.

“Over to you, Donald. As you said: anywhere, any time, any place,” he wrote.

Mr. Trump told Fox News Digital that he “will be there” and is “looking forward to being in beautiful Atlanta.”

CNN confirmed the date in a statement and said the debate would be hosted in its Atlanta studios, in a crucial swing state, with no audience. Moderators will be announced later.

Maryland state Sen. Sarah Elfreth won the Democratic primary for an open House seat Tuesday, NBC News projects, defeating a former police officer who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and a slew of other candidates.

Elfreth will be a heavy favorite in the general election to succeed retiring Rep. John Sarbanes in Maryland’s 3rd District, which is solidly Democratic.

Harry Dunn, a 15-year veteran of the Capitol Police force, became one of the public faces of the officers who battled rioters seeking to keep President Donald Trump in power after...

A manhunt continued Wednesday for a fugitive dubbed "The Fly" and accomplices wielding machine guns who facilitated the convicted criminal's escape, authorities said.

Two pro-life activists were sentenced to several years in prison Tuesday on charges of conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) stemming from a 2020 "rescue action" at a Washington, D.C.-based abortion clinic.

Lauren Handy, 30, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for organizing the protest, while co-defendant John Hinshaw, 69, was sentenced to a year and nine months. Handy and Hinslaw, along with seven others convicted on the same charges, blocked access to the Washington...

U.S. immigration judges have completed over half a million new cases this year, putting them on pace to set a new record.

The immigration court backlog has grown from 2.8 million at the end of Fiscal Year 2023 to nearly 3.6 million in FY 2024, with immigration judges being unable to keep up with the current flow of new cases into the system, according to data collected by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a nonpartisan data gathering organization that tracks immigration cases and backlogs.

The newest TRAC...

Staff scaled a ladder to discover graffiti thought to date back to the 1789 French Revolution.

Secretary of State Blinken announced the additional aid in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Walgreens announced Wednesday it will be selling a generic version of over-the-counter naloxone, a drug that can reverse overdoses.