A federal judge said Pete Hegseth appeared to be expanding restrictions on free speech that have applied only to active-duty service members.

Days after their win in a state Senate race, reports of a racially charged comment roil the U.S. Senate primary contest.

The drug is increasingly manufactured in and trafficked from the U.S.’s northern neighbor, though the numbers remain small compared with Mexico.

The Chinese foreign minister spoke by phone with Marco Rubio, the new secretary of state who has been a critic of Beijing.

The swap for four soldiers stationed on the border of the Gaza Strip at Nahal Oz follows 15 months of captivity and a campaign by their families.

Israelis held their breath as four soldiers, all women, were released from the Gaza Strip, the second group to be freed as part of a fragile cease-fire agreement with Hamas.

Aid workers estimate as many as 300,000 people are fleeing advances by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group, which has taken two strategic towns on the approaches to Goma over the past several days.

Israel says 91 hostages abducted on Oct. 7 remain in captivity, including the bodies of at least 34.

The hostages are the second set to be released since the multiphase agreement came into effect, raising hopes for a lasting end to the war.

The president, calling the heavily bombed enclave “a demolition site,” proposed relocating Palestinians temporarily or long-term, a move rejected by Arab countries since the war began.