A federal judge on Friday extended a block preventing the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new mail-ballot requirements ordered by President Donald Trump, escalating a legal battle over election procedures less than two months before the November midterms.

U.S. lawmakers are raising fresh concerns that China, Russia and other American adversaries could use electromagnetic pulse weapons to cripple the nation’s electrical grid and critical infrastructure, potentially plunging large portions of the country into darkness.

The Pentagon is turning to the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to accelerate missile manufacturing and rebuild U.S. weapons stockpiles strained by months of combat operations and years of military assistance to American allies, according to a Washington Times exclusive.

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its latest executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, marking another legal setback in President Donald Trump’s effort to redefine who qualifies as an American citizen at birth.

Elon Musk told a G20 innovation summit that humanoid robots could become one of the most disruptive forces in the global economy, predicting that at least 1 billion such machines may be operating within the next 10 years.

President Donald Trump is preparing an intensive final-month campaign push aimed at helping Republicans win roughly 35 competitive races that could determine control of Congress in the November midterm elections.

House Republicans forced Democrats into a politically charged vote Wednesday on a proposed constitutional amendment that would permanently limit the U.S. Supreme Court to nine justices, a direct response to renewed progressive calls to expand the court.

A 32-year-old Bank of America vice president has been identified as the woman killed in an apparently random stabbing attack in New York City’s Times Square that also wounded a 68-year-old man.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a short-term government funding bill Tuesday, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk and averting the immediate threat of a federal shutdown before the November midterm elections.

New York City police say they have shot and killed a female suspect who allegedly stabbed two people in Times Square on Monday, including one woman who died of her injuries.