The special counsel assigned to the investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents issued subpoenas to election officials in three states.

A federal judge has blocked a request for a temporary restraining order against Measure 114, an Oregon law that limits the sale of high-capacity rifle magazines and requires background checks prior to firearms purchases.

The mother and brother of police officer Brian Sicknick, who died in the days following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, declined to shake the hand of top Republicans Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell at a medal ceremony on Tuesday.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced more than $1 billion in funding to help grow small businesses across seven states.

A hardline Republican U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday announced he will challenge House of Representatives party chief Kevin McCarthy for the House speakership, a prospect that could lead to party turmoil when the Republican-led chamber convenes in January.

The Justice Department announced plans to monitor the Georgia Senate runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in four counties to ensure federal voting rights are protected on Tuesday.

A goldsmith by trade, Angel Nieto carefully pries away a beehive from an inner-city tree in Chile's coastal Vina del Mar. Without a protective mask, he gently places the hive in a painted wooden box and carries it to a protected space he prepared in his garden earlier.

Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee, told reporters Tuesday that he expects the panel to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice.

The British government on Tuesday said it would begin a consultation to see how local support for building onshore wind farms could be demonstrated, after it came under pressure from lawmakers in the ruling party to make approval easier.

The suspect in last month's mass shooting that killed five people and injured 17 others at the LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs, was officially charged with hate crimes and murder on Tuesday.

A forecast on the future of oil prices from the U.S. government is packed with uncertainties related in no small part to recent developments regarding Russia.

Kodiak Robotics won a nearly $50 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday, to design and test autonomous vehicles for the military.

The ascendancy of ultranationalist and religious parties in Israel reflects a decline in support for a Jewish and Palestinian state side by side.

Federal authorities on Monday arrested former U.S. Rep. David Rivera, accusing him of secretly working for a Venezuelan state-run oil company to pitch the prospects of an improved relationship between the United States a

U.S. senators have scaled back a proposal that placed new curbs on the use of Chinese-made chips by the U.S. government and its contractors, according to a recent draft seen by Reuters, amid pushback from trade groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol said on Tuesday that the panel had decided to make criminal referrals in the matter, although he did not elaborate.

The Texas-based energy provider said its investing in its consumer-based growth strategy with the acquisition.

Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday said 272 civilians were killed in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe last week, raising the death toll from a previous estimate of 50.

The family of a boy who was thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America has reached a settlement with the mall, lawyers said.

EU finance ministers failed to agree on providing vital economic assistance for Ukraine next year, with Hungary stymying for now efforts to secure the loan through common EU debt issuance.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said that the damage done to two substations on Sunday that left an entire county in the dark was a deliberate act.

Attacks on airfields deep inside Russia will have struck a powerful psychological blow, senior Western officials said on Tuesday, saying it meant Moscow would have to think much more carefully about how to keep its long-range bombers safe.

The unidentified defendants were convicted of involvement in the death of Ruhollah Ajamian, a member of the Basij paramilitary organization, who was killed last month.

Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker.

Hawaii deployed 20 National Guard members to help with traffic control as the Mauna Loa eruption enters its second week.