President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared martial law early on Feb. 24, 2022, under Kyiv skies still tinged black by the smoke from Russian missile strikes.

French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump on Monday as European leaders look to shore up transatlantic alliances. The two are scheduled to hold a joint news conference in the afternoon.

Apple on Monday reaffirmed a commitment to spend hundreds of billions on U.S. soil in the coming years amid pressure from President Donald Trump.

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump shared a SpongeBob SquarePants-themed meme after Musk announced government workers would receive an email seeking information about what they accomplished last wee

President Donald Trump said Dan Bongino, the conservative radio talk show host, will be deputy director of the FBI.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the White House on Monday for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump expected to cover the prospects for ending the Ukraine war amid stark differences on how to proceed.

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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has led an effort to gut USAID, the main delivery mechanism for American foreign assistance.

The company said Monday that it plans to spend $500 billion domestically over the next four years.

The talks come amid deep uncertainty about the future of transatlantic relations and U.S. support for Ukraine.

There will still be an institution called the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but with Kash Patel and Dan Bongino at the helm, it will not be the FBI.

Even as Elon Musk ordered workers across the federal government to summarize in an email their accomplishments for the week or be removed from their positions, officials at some agencies — including the F.