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Consumer confidence in the economy ticked up slightly in May after several months of declines, according to new data from The Conference Board released Tuesday.  The Consumer Confidence Index rose to 102 in May, up from 97.5 in April, the business group’s monthly survey found. “Nonetheless, the overall confidence gauge remained within the relatively narrow...

Closing arguments are underway Tuesday in former President Trump’s hush money trial, marking the near end of the weeks-long trial that saw nearly two dozen witnesses take the stand, with Trump's attorney, Todd Blanche, delivering his side's final arguments. The final statements from Trump’s defense team and state prosecutors are expected to last for much...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is slated to answer reporters' questions Tuesday during a news conference. The event is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Watch the video above.

The same issues that have plagued Biden virtually his entire term — inflation and poor economic sentiment — continue to be a thorn in the president’s side. 

Boxer Mike Tyson is reportedly "doing great" following a medical emergency the ex-boxing champion suffered on a flight.

Former President Trump’s legal fate will rest with New York jurors within days. There is no clear consensus among legal experts who have followed the Manhattan trial closely about whether a hung jury, acquittal or conviction may be ahead for the defendant who faces 34 felony counts while campaigning to return to the White House....

Kimberly Turbin thought she was going to be a happy mom. “But that was snatched from me,” she says, the first time she gave birth. Up until then, “I had a perfect pregnancy. I didn’t have any nausea. Nothing was wrong with me,” she says. Her water broke while she was at her friend’s house,...

House Republicans are pressing forward with aggressive plans to mark up and pass their 12 annual funding bills for fiscal year 2025 before the August recess, but some are dialing back expectations after intraparty divisions over spending plagued the process last year. House Republicans took a key step this week in passing legislation out of...

Refusing to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election has become a litmus test for Republicans jockeying to become former President Trump's running mate, but that's making their Senate GOP colleagues uncomfortable about the prospect of another Jan. 6-style standoff if Trump loses. A group of Senate Republicans are rejecting the idea that...