Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, said Wednesday that the president-elect told him earlier in the day he still supports him for the role, and said he plans to “fight like hell” ...

A Palestinian health official said Wednesday that at least 21 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a camp housing displaced people in Gaza. Atif Al-Hout, the director of Nasser Hospital in the ...

One of Venezuela’s most popular bands has canceled its homecoming tour after President Nicolas Maduro criticized the group for what he said were sexist lyrics. Many saw the lashing out as an attack by ...

Even though Brian Thompson led one of the biggest health insurers in the U.S., he was largely unknown to the millions of people affected by his decision-making. Wednesday’s fatal shooting of the Unite ...

President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trump calls Atkins a “proven leader for common sense ...

President’s Biden administration has withdrawn a proposed overhaul of workplace apprenticeship programs after fielding a variety of objections. The Department of Labor had touted its plan as a way to ...

Donald Trump says he’s selected a former soldier and Iraq War veteran to serve as secretary of the Army. Trump said on Wednesday that Daniel P. Driscoll had completed Army Ranger school and deployed ...

A 2-year-old boy was fatally shot when his 7-year-old brother found a gun in the glovebox of the family’s truck in Southern California, authorities said. Deputies responded Monday to reports of a ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA. Trump announced on Wednesday his choice for NASA administrator. Jared Isaacman, CEO ...

The birth of Lauren Mayberry as a solo artist should be marked by something like a wolf cry. And that’s exactly what it sounds like. The vocalist and percussionist from the Scottish pop band Chvrches ...

A new, widespread power outage has plunged Cuba into darkness after one of the island’s major power plants failed. It left millions of people without power in the third such blackout in six weeks. The ...

Jurors asked Wednesday to review police and bystander video at the heart of the chokehold manslaughter case against Daniel Penny as his lawyers complained that an aggressive protester was harassing ...