A bipartisan group of U.S. senators demanded Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab hand over internal assessments of how its products affect children and the effectiveness of its parental controls, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

FBI Director Kash Patel told a U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday there was no credible information that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women and underage girls to anyone but himself, seeking to defuse criticism of the Trump administration’s move to end its review of the case.

Utah prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek the death penalty for the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination and revealed some of the evidence against him, including alleged text messages in which he appeared to confess to the crime.

The United States and China have reached a framework deal on social media platform TikTok as part of broader talks on tariffs and economic policy, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says.

Australia and Papua New Guinea will be legally obliged to defend each other from a military attack on either territory under a landmark defence treaty, the ABC can reveal.

A new Australian defence pact elevates Papua New Guinea to the treaty level of the United States and New Zealand, Anthony Albanese says.

A defence treaty with Papua New Guinea would bring the relationship with Australia’s closest neighbour even closer, the prime minister says, despite delays in putting pen to paper.

Nebraska confirmed its first case of bird flu in a dairy cattle herd, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday, showing the virus continues to spread in livestock after an outbreak began last year.

The suspect accused of murdering right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in Utah told another person in a text message before the shooting that he planned to kill Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday.

Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab hit a market capitalization of $3 trillion for the first time on Monday, riding on renewed optimism around artificial intelligence and a favorable antitrust ruling.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday visited a contentious archaeological site beneath Jerusalem, giving U.S. backing to a Jewish settler-led project that critics say undermines prospects for a future Palestinian state.

Israeli forces destroyed at least 30 residential buildings in Gaza City and forced thousands of people from their homes, Palestinian officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived on Sunday to discuss the future of the conflict.