President Donald Trump returned to the White House Saturday evening after unexpectedly cutting short his stay at Camp David, as mounting tensions prompted new security warnings for Americans across the Middle East.

Two figures in the latest Census Bureau report offer a clear sign of economic progress: American households earned more, and a smaller share of the country lived in poverty in 2025.

Space Force plans to double in size over the next five years as America’s top military officer calls on U.S. forces to prepare for a battlefield that could extend to the space around the moon.

Vice President JD Vance said the United States should maintain its close partnership with Israel without treating agreement with its government as a condition of that relationship.

The Air Force’s plans for pilotless combat aircraft are moving beyond prototypes. This week, the service gave two of them official names: FQ-42 Vengeance and FQ-44 Fury. It also laid out an ambitious timetable, saying it intends to have 500 combat-ready aircraft by 2032 as part of an eventual fleet of about 1,000.

The Supreme Court has refused to let the U.S. Postal Service enforce new rules for mailing federal election ballots this fall, leaving a lower court’s injunction in place as states prepare for the November midterms.

House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled votes scheduled for Thursday, September 17, sending lawmakers home a day early for their planned recess before the November midterm elections. The House majority leader’s schedule had listed Thursday as a day for legislative business.

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday, bringing its target range to 3.75% to 4%. The unanimous decision marks the Fed’s first rate increase in more than three years.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is facing potential impeachment after U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., filed a resolution accusing him of committing high crimes and misdemeanors.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has rejected calls to slow down the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), calling doomsday predictions a “hoax” despite warnings from technology executives and researchers that the rapidly advancing systems could eventually threaten humanity.