The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic understaffing has led to long overtime shifts and the use of prison ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the new pope, set to succeed the late Pope Francis and mark the first time an American has served as pope. He took the name Leo XIV and emerged ...

Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from four countries.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is roasting Republicans as they joust internally for a deal on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap. Jeffries said if Republicans were ...

The Trump administration announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom Thursday in grandiose terms, but with only limited details about what it will achieve. The agreement will ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening security cooperation on Thursday, vowing ...

The father of a Wisconsin teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting has been arrested in connection with the case, an official told The ...

Zoo Knoxville is now home to six newborn pups belonging to the species known as the most endangered wolf in the world after the litter was born on Earth Day.

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, the lawmaker known for his unconventional and irreverent brand of politics, is in the news ...

Crews moved the barge, from which they plan to make repairs, under Gay Street Bridge, the Knoxville government announced Thursday morning.

Amid safety concerns from a spate of plane crashes and near misses, President Donald Trump said Thursday that a planned massive overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system will revolutionize ...