Some of US President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks look likely to face a fierce confirmation battle in Washington as their fitness to safeguard the rule of law, national security and public health comes under scrutiny.
US Vice-President-elect (...)
A congressional ethics committee has failed to reach an agreement over whether to release a report on alleged sexual misconduct by Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the US Department of Justice.
The House committee met for two hours behind (...)
Texas authorities say they are prepared to offer President-elect Donald Trump 1,400 acres (567 hectares) of land along the US-Mexico border to build detention facilities for undocumented migrants.
In a letter, the Texas General Land Office said the (...)
In a matter of days US President Joe Biden's administration and Russia have made separate – but significant – moves aimed at influencing the outcome of the war in Ukraine, two months ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.
There is a (...)
Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time, the BBC understands.
The war-torn country was previously restricted to using long-range missiles within its own borders.
Reports of the strikes come (...)
The Russian Defense Ministry is claiming that Ukraine has launched US-supplied ATACMS missiles at Russian territory for the first time on Tuesday.
In a statement on Telegram, the ministry said Ukraine "struck a facility in the Bryansk region with (...)
Los Angeles, the second largest US city, is setting itself up for a standoff with President-elect Donald Trump over immigration.
On Tuesday, its city council passed a "sanctuary city" ordinance to bar using local resources to help federal (...)
The Russian military is accelerating its gains along the front line in Ukraine at a crucial time for the conflict.
Data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) shows that Russia has gained almost six times as much territory in 2024 as it did (...)
US President Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines, a US defense official told the BBC, a move seen as an attempt to slow Russian troops who have been steadily advancing in Ukraine's east in recent months.
The official, who (...)
The United States has formally recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as the country's president-elect following the disputed July 28 presidential election, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday on X.
"The Venezuelan (...)
President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed on his social media network that he plans to use the US military to carry out a mass deportation of undocumented migrants.
On Monday, he posted "TRUE!!!" in response to a conservative commentator who wrote (...)
President Joe Biden's apparent green light for Ukraine to strike Russia with US-made long-range missiles has caused consternation among some of Donald Trump's allies.
Trump himself has not commented, but he won the election after promising to end (...)
Russia says the use of US long-range missiles by Ukraine will lead to "an appropriate and tangible" response.
Such an attack inside Russian territory "would represent the direct involvement of the United States and its satellites in hostilities (...)
More than 40 of Hong Kong's best-known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city's already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing's sweeping (...)
Washington's highest-ranking Republican has said that President-elect Donald Trump is tapping "disruptors" to lead his incoming administration.
"They are persons who will shake up the status quo," House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday on CNN's (...)
Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken after a long-awaited decision came from Washington giving permission for Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets deeper inside Russia.
But despite Zelensky pleading such permission for weeks, (...)
The transition team of US President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly examining the possibility of court-martialing senior military officers involved in the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to NBC News.
Sources familiar with the plans (...)
A Russian-controlled segment of the International Space Station is leaking, allowing pressure and air to bleed out. The situation has reached a fever pitch as cosmonauts scramble to patch problem areas and officials from Russia's space agency, (...)
A hacker has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.
Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year in the case involving the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange being hacked (...)
Tropical Storm Sara is here and closing in on Central America where it will unleash disastrous flooding rain and mudslides in the region.
Earlier forecasts from the National Hurricane Center told residents along the eastern Gulf of Mexico to monitor (...)
The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US intelligence about Israel's plans for retaliation against Iran, according to court documents and a person familiar with the case.
Asif W. Rahman was indicted last (...)
Donald Trump's nomination of Congressman Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general arrived like a thunderclap in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon.
Of all the president-elect's picks for his administration so far, this is easily the most (...)
Israel has overseen the forced mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza in a deliberate and systematic campaign that amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity, according to a new Human Rights Watch report.
The 154-page report, published (...)
Republicans have won enough seats to control the US House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on US government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.
A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in (...)
The FBI is offering up to $25,000 in exchange for information about the suspect they believe set fire to several ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest during early voting last month.
Hundreds of ballots were destroyed or damaged across three fires (...)
