President Donald Trump’s tariffs did not take effect today — but the many countries that failed to make a deal with him ahead of the August 1 deadline will face even higher levies in a week.

A Senate committee has narrowly approved a bill that would ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks — a move aimed at restoring public trust in a group that has profited from privileged access to information. But, the bill still faces a major uphill climb before it passes the full Senate and House.

Amid pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza, international momentum appears to be building around recognition of a future Palestinian state — but with key caveats.

For many experienced politicians, a 12-point loss in a party primary to a political upstart would have led them to give up. But, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doubling down on his campaign to become the next mayor of New York City. He says the reason is simple. Cuomo views Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist assemblyman, as an “existential threat” to the future of the city.

We learning more details about the gunman who opened fire inside a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper early Monday night, killing four people — including a New York City police officer — before taking his own life. One person remains in critical condition.

Israel is halting daily military operations for 10 hours a day, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., in parts of Gaza to allow greater access for humanitarian aid, amid warnings from aid groups of escalating famine in the enclave.

It’s the final countdown: Friday, August 1, is the deadline for countries to reach a deal with the Trump administration on tariffs — or else high rates set by President Trump in April will take effect.

New CDC data shows that the U.S. fertility rate dropped to 1.6 children born per woman in 2024 — a record low and far below the population replacement rate of 2.1. This places the U.S. in line with Western Europe and East Asia, where aging workforces and population declines have long been a concern.

Gaza residents are suffering from man-made mass starvation caused by Israel's restrictions on aid, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday — an assessment echoed by more than 100 humanitarian organizations.

Columbia University will pay $221 million to settle a federal probe into antisemitic harassment on campus. It is the first of such settlements and could set a precedent for other schools that President Trump has scrutinized, including Harvard.

Federal prosecutors seeking new information in the Jeffrey Epstein case spoke Thursday with his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for aiding Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.

Former Transportation Secretary and potential 2028 presidential nominee Pete Buttigieg says he is concerned about the state of the U.S. democracy.

The U.S. transplant system is under growing scrutiny after reports of premature or mishandled organ retrieval attempts — with some patients reportedly showing signs of life during the process.

The Trump administration released around 230,000 pages on Monday related to the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The National Archives said more files are expected to follow.

President Trump called Thursday night for the unsealing of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein, directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to push for its release in court. It came after dismissing the Epstein story for two weeks and calling on his supporters to stop talking about the issue.

CBS announced Thursday that it is canceling 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.' The comedian's run and the overall 32-year-old 'The Late Show' franchise are set to end in May 2026 — after the next season. Colbert took over hosting duties in 2015 from David Letterman, who started the show in 1993.

Black-box voice recordings from the cockpit of Air India Flight 171, which crashed and killed 260 people on June 12, indicate that Captain Sumeet Sabharwal likely turned off the switches controlling fuel to the plane's engines

The United Kingdom plans to lower its voting age from 18 to 16 by the next general election in 2029, British officials announced Thursday. The move would fulfill a Labour Party campaign promise after the party returned to power last July.

Just a week after announcing an end to the post-9/11 shoe removal policy, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested Wednesday that the 3.4 oz liquid limit through security may soon be reconsidered 🙌.

President Trump ramped up attacks on his own supporters Wednesday over their continued focus on the Jeffrey Epstein case. He says they are playing in Democratic hands.