President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared martial law late Tuesday.

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A U.S. Secret Service agent fired shots near the home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen early Tuesday morning.

Kader Sylla, a 22-year-old professional skateboarder who has competed in the X Games was charged with drunkenly driving his Porsche the wrong way in Manhattan.

She does this every night and we swear we're not crying!

Visitors to Florida’s Everglades National Park were stunned to see an alligator swimming with its catch — a Burmese python so large it stunned the tour guides.

A young mountain lion has returned to the wild after being found severely emaciated, anemic and suffering from soft tissue trauma nearly six months ago in Southern California's Yucca Valley.

Wallace the dachshund couldn't get enough of Lexi, who was returning home for break from Illinois State University.

An 80-foot Sitka spruce, known as the "People’s Tree" traveled 700 miles by sea and 4,000 miles on land from Alaska to the U.S. Capitol’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

A cat is recovering after firefighters rescued her from between the foundation of a home and patio after being trapped for six days.

The community gathered to countdown for the official lighting ceremony!

Dolly Pawton had to show Mr. Claude how it's done!

A mama kangaroo showed her patience and continued to eat despite the young kangaroo all over her.

A dog owner dressed up as a giant canine to entertain his/her dachshunds in Coatesville, Indiana

Republicans senators returned to Washington after Thanksgiving recess to a renewed peppering of questions about President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks.

As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and closest advisers, African American Republicans ask why more Black people haven’t been selected.

The Democratic National Committee is hoping to highlight down-ballot successes last month as it hosts a key post-election meeting.

Here's how Kash Patel, President-elect Trump's choice to lead the FBI, might try to make good on his pledge to rid the government of the so-called "deep state."

Joe Biden is the first president to pardon his child.

The outgoing Democratic National Committee chairman is downplaying his party’s November loss to President-elect Donald Trump and arguing Democrats avoided even greater losses that parties in power have faced around the world

The measure helped worsen the Great Depression, experts said.

A day after President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, prosecutors rebutted the president's allegation that their charges were motivated by politics.

Following his meeting Monday with Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tommy Tuberville told reporters Hegseth would be "great" for the position.

President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter, is throwing a bomb in his party's post-election soul searching.

Republican Sen. Mike Rounds emphasized his support for current FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom Trump intends to fire and replace with controversial Kash Patel.