Israel has launched a major attack on Iran, raising fears that the long-running shadow war between the adversaries may spiral into a more dangerous regional conflict.

Iranian state television has confirmed that Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, was killed in Israel’s strikes Friday morning.

Just hours before Israel launched strikes on Iran early Friday, President Donald Trump was still holding onto hope that the long-simmering dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program could be resolved without military action.

A Tennessee judge is scheduled to hear arguments about whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from jail pending the outcome of a federal trial on human smuggling charges.

Eight years after Donald Trump was dazzled while watching a grand military parade in Paris, the president is finally getting a chance to try to top the spectacle.

Asia shares have opened lower while oil prices surged after Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday amid tensions over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Meta is making a $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing “superintelligence” at the tech giant.

Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and raised the potential for a larger war between the two bitter adversaries.

An Israeli airstrike killed Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Iranian state television reported Friday.

President Donald Trump has ordered government agencies to consolidate their wildland firefighting into a single program.

A source confirms to The Associated Press the PGA Tour is hiring a top NFL executive as the CEO of its commercial PGA Tour Enterprises.

Senate Democrats were shaken to the core after seeing videos of officers aggressively pushing California Sen. Alex Padilla out of a press conference with the Homeland Security secretary and eventually restraining him on the floor outside the room.

The Department of Homeland Security is notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that their temporary permission to live and work in the United States has been revoked and they should leave the country.

The Republican tax bill approved by the House would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually.

Final preparations are underway in the nation’s capital ahead of a massive military parade honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army this weekend.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it regularly provides security at big sporting events in response to questions about the agency’s presence at the FIFA Club World Cup amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

President Donald Trump’s administration has been issuing warnings to Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans that their immigration status under a humanitarian program has changed.

The House has passed bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on fentanyl.

Faith leaders across denominations are joining nationwide protests against immigration raids ordered by the Trump administration and making a united call on nonviolence to curb clashes with law enforcement.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California has been forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to speak up about immigration raids that have led to protests in California and elsewhere.

Two of the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit to compel Congress to follow one of its own laws and install a memorial to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids are flaring up around the country, and officials in cities from coast to coast are bracing for major demonstrations against President Donald Trump over the weekend.

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration imposed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.

More than 2 million acres of federal lands would be sold to states or other entities under a budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee.

Former congressman Billy Long of Missouri has been confirmed to lead the Internal Revenue Service, an agency he once sought to abolish.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appearing to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary.

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Maryland to impose fines and other sanctions against the Trump administration.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he has ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state, along with more than 2,000 state police.

President Donald Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

A local official in Brazil say the world’s most-followed TikTok personality Khaby Lame is now in the South American country.

The CIA has released 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of New York Sen. Robert F.

U.S. filings for jobless benefits were unchanged last week, remaining at the higher end of recent ranges as uncertainty over the impact of trade wars lingers.

California U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after he interrupted a Los Angeles press conference on immigration by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

U.S. wholesale prices rose modestly last month from a year earlier, another sign that inflationary pressures remain mild.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that as Washington prepares for a military parade this weekend to honor the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, U.S. adults are more likely to approve than disapprove of President Donald Trump’s decision to hold the festivities.

Top Democratic strategist David Plouffe is joining Coinbase as an adviser as the cryptocurrency exchange broadens its political reach.

Republicans in Congress called several Democratic governors to Washington on Thursday to question them over policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

The House has voted to cut about $9.4 billion in spending as President Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.

An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

Iran says it has built and will activate a third nuclear enrichment facility, ratcheting up tensions with the U.N. immediately after its atomic watchdog censured Iran for failing to comply with obligations meant to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is promising to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Los Angeles despite the waves of unrest.

House Democrats are searching for a new leader on the powerful House Oversight Committee after the untimely passing of their previous ranking member.

Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration are set to rally in nearly 2,000 cities and towns this weekend.

The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called President Donald Trump's military intervention in Los Angeles an assault on democracy.

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is intensifying his crackdown on dissent, a move observers suggest has been emboldened by his alliance with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Eight years after President Donald Trump's first travel ban largely targeted majority-Muslim countries, many Arab Americans say his new ban is motivated by bias.

Oklahoma has executed a man whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.

U.S. stocks drifted higher following another encouraging update on inflation.

The Trump administration is facing a second lawsuit over the shutdown of asylum at ports of entry, a legal pathway created by Congress under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

David Hogg says he will not fight to hold onto his leadership role in the Democratic National Committee.

U.S. troops have begun directly detaining immigrants accused of trespassing on a recently designated national defense zone along the southern U.S. border.

Vice President JD Vance has made a brief trip to Montana to meet with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, his son Lachlan and a group of other Fox News executives.

Southern Baptist representatives have fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right.

The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by Tuesday's raid carried out by federal immigration officials.

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution.

Senate Republicans have blocked an effort by Democrats to temporarily block arms sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in response to President Donald Trump’s dealings in the region.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a measure Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom looked straight into the camera and offered a stark moment for his Democratic Party.

President Donald Trump’s plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane season is likely to put more responsibilities on states to provide services following increasingly frequent and expensive climate disasters, experts say.

A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot deport and must release Mahmoud Khalil, the student whom the Trump administration jailed over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University.

Nintendo says it sold more than 3.5 million of its new Switch 2 gaming consoles within the first four days since its release — breaking a record for the company.

Veteran rock star Bruce Springsteen, a high-profile celebrity critic of President Donald Trump, slammed the U.S. administration as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” during a concert Wednesday in Berlin.

Missouri lawmakers have approved hundreds of millions of dollars of incentives to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to keep playing in Missouri.

Nearly all the members of a board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships on Wednesday resigned in protest of what they call the Trump administration’s meddling with the selection of award recipients, according to a statement they issued.

The United States is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East and their loved ones due to the potential for regional unrest.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending his decision to order National Guard troops to provide security during immigrations raids in Los Angeles.

Large-scale arrests outside immigration courts have unleashed fear among asylum-seekers and immigrants who are accustomed to remaining free while judges grind through a backlog of 3.6 million cases.

An Oklahoma appeals court has ordered a stay of execution for a man on death row to be lifted, clearing the way for him to receive a lethal injection.

Getting to know the candidates New Jersey’s race for governor may offer insights about the national mood on President Donald Trump’s agenda, as well as how voters are reacting to Democrats’ messaging.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration says the air traffic control system needs “massive upgrading” and he will prioritize its modernization if confirmed to the role.

The Los Angeles Police Department has made nearly 400 arrests and detentions since Saturday in connection to immigration protests.

The United States is reducing the number of people deemed nonessential to operations in the Middle East, the State Department has announced.

President Donald Trump is hailing a favorable decision by a federal appeals court over his sweeping tariff policy as a “great” win for the United States.

A government watchdog group in Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit seeking to prohibit billionaire Elon Musk from ever again offering cash payments to voters in the battleground state like he did in this spring’s hotly contested Supreme Court race.

With concern and confusion over how the federal government will respond to disasters this summer, aid groups are readying to expand the ways they help communities after hurricanes, fires and other storms.

President Donald Trump is looking to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress.

The upcoming parade in Washington to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary has divided veterans.

The audience at the Kennedy Center's opening-night performance of “Les Misérables” greeted President Donald Trump's arrival with a mix of cheers and boos.

The world’s most powerful politician and its richest businessman stepped back from their war of words Wednesday, but it’s unclear if the peace will hold.

Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together to demand that the Trump administration stop the stepped-up immigration raids that have spread fear across their cities and sparked protests across the U.S. They also called on President Donald Trump to pull back from using troops alongside immigration agents during the raids.

Wall Street’s rally stalled after stocks climbed back within 2% of their all-time high.

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says the federal military intervention in Los Angeles marks the onset of a much broader effort by President Donald Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy.

President Donald Trump's lawyers are fighting to erase the New York hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the first former — and now current — U.S. president found guilty of a crime.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government has survived a vote of confidence in the Polish parliament.

Immigration raids across Southern California are rattling the area’s immigrant communities, even among those in the country legally.

Big changes are being proposed to a food aid program as part of President Donald Trump's tax-cut legislation.

Elon Musk says Tesla is “tentatively” set to begin providing robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, on June 22.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that China will make it easier for American industry to obtain much-needed needed magnets and rare earth minerals, clearing the way for talks to continue between the world’s two biggest economies.

A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday to let the government keep collecting President Donald Trump’s sweeping import taxes while challenges to his signature trade policy continue on appeal.

Seven Army bases whose names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders are all reverting back to their original names.

New Jersey primary voters chose their nominees — and President Donald Trump notched a win in his endorsement belt — in one of two high-stakes governor's races being held this year.

A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s dismantling of a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses.

Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites.

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes more than tax breaks and spending cuts — it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into his mass deportation agenda.

President Donald Trump in recent days has sent thousands of National Guard troops and 700 active duty Marines to quell Los Angeles-area protests over immigration enforcement actions, despite the objections of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and local leaders.

Rallies are set to take place in South Florida and nationwide Saturday, protesting President Donald Trump’s scheduled military parade in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced criticism on Tuesday after the military response over immigration law enforcement.