Comedian Shane Gillis made a snide Caitlin Clark joke during his opening monologue at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans will vote on a Russia sanctions bill once Trump approves it, as pressure mounts on Moscow to negotiate peace in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump struggles to turn the page on the Jeffrey Epstein saga while a politically vulnerable senator in Texas appeals to him for an endorsement.

Also, Israel bombarded Syria’s capital. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Plus, the many takes on Superman.

Prosecutors said the chiefs and other officials exploited a program that offers immigrant victims of violent crime a pathway to residency and citizenship.

Children removed from California home of couple who were arrested in May and had said they ‘wanted a large family’More than 20 children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the...

Outcome could have major effects on whether the Catholic archdiocese settles its expensive, five-year-old caseAs New Orleans’s bankrupt Roman Catholic archdiocese finalizes a plan to settle 633 clergy abuse claims filed against it, the church’s investors are arguing in US bankruptcy court that about...

Secretary Rubio and European foreign ministers set an August deadline for Iran's nuclear deal, which could trigger the snapback mechanism reimposing all U.N. sanctions.

Vice President JD Vance urged support for Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" in Pennsylvania ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

The judge on Long Island chided the Trump administration over its effort to “avoid public scrutiny.”

Former governor Andrew Cuomo faces backlash for his latest mayoral campaign video, yet vows to continue his race as an independent candidate after losing the Democratic primary.

The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny.

Thousands have been forced to forgo an annual pilgrimage to a revered waterfall in central Haiti, now in territory held by gangs, where they would splash among sacred waters and rub their bodies with aromatic leaves.

The lawyers wrote that Emil Bove III, the face of some controversial moves by President Trump’s Justice Department, had disgraced the department.

Search teams located a 49-year-old mother and her son who became disoriented in a California forest when their GPS failed, using handwritten notes to coordinate the rescue.

Some key Senate Republicans are expressing serious reservations with a package of spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump as they barrel toward a final vote as soon as Wednesday evening.

'The Summer I Turned Pretty,' based on Jenny Han's popular book series, issued a PSA this week asking fans to "keep the conversation kind." But is that even possible?

After President Trump federalized California National Guard troops in response to anti-ICE riots in LA, Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters, “It’s about time Donald Trump grow up."

Fundraising reports filed Tuesday shed new light on the battle for control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, with some shows of strength and some warning signs for lawmakers facing tough races