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Trump to rally voters again in Ohio in key races for Senate, governor

President Trump is set to return to Ohio on Monday to rally voters to the polls and support Republican candidates in the final weeks of the midterm election.

How a wallet sold at Woolworth gave thousands the same Social Security number

In 1938, a wallet maker printed a real Social Security number on its sample card. Thousands of Americans used it as their own

Spirits lobby urges Trump to drop 10% tariff on cognac, liqueurs

After winning tariff relief for Scotch and Irish whiskey, the U.S. spirits industry's top trade group now wants President Trump to finish the job and drop the remaining 10% levy on European cognac and liqueurs.

Feds raid Rep. Ilhan Omar's home in D.C. as part of immigration probe

Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home in the District of Columbia early Monday as part of a criminal fraud investigation focused on the Democratic congresswoman's immigration paperwork.

Judge orders halt after Park Service cuts 500 trees at East Potomac Park in D.C.

A federal judge issued an emergency order on Monday barring the National Park Service from cutting any more trees at East Potomac Park, after hearing that crews had felled more than 500 trees in one day over the weekend.

Trump evokes Willie Horton to take down Roy Cooper, boost Michael Whatley in N.C. Senate race

President Trump said Monday that former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper had the worst record on crime since Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, resurrecting the decades-old "Willie Horton" ad to boost GOP nominee Michael Whatley for Senate.

North Korean missile launch seen as reaction to South Korea's hypersonic test

North Korea test-fired multiple ballistic missiles Monday, just days after South Korea conducted the first successful test of its own hypersonic missile.

Iranian officials will respond to latest U.S. proposal after review, says Foreign Ministry spokesman

Iranian officials are reviewing the latest U.S. peace proposal and will respond with a counterproposal via mediators afterward, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday.

Zelenskyy tells Warsaw forum Russian drones defied Trump's truce: 'Putin does not read Truth Social'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Europe's main eastern-flank security gathering Monday that Kyiv will honor President Trump's surprise "energy ceasefire" if Moscow does. But Russian drones, he said, kept hitting Ukraine's power and gas sites through the night anyway.

What to know about Pope Leo's planned lung nodule surgery

Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to have an operation this week to remove "a localized nodule" in his lung that was "detected at a very early stage." It is the first medical event of his 17-month papacy.

5 Questions About the Erie, Pennsylvania, Shooting

A 45-year-old man killed eight people, including a pregnant woman and two young children, at his Erie, Pennsylvania, home before taking his own life, and investigators are still working to determine why.

EU sanctions nearly 1,600 Russian people and firms linked to drone and missile parts

The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on almost 1,600 Russian people and companies linked to Russia's arms industry, notably targeting those suspected of involvement in making parts for drones and missiles.