Veteran Reps. Pete Aguilar (D-Redlands) and Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) hold the positions of Democratic Caucus chair and vice chair, respectively.

A selection of news photographs from around the world.

Though a U.S. citizen killed revelers on Bourbon Street, experts say the incoming president sees advantages in blaming immigrants and Islam for New Year's Day attack.

Time is running out for Nimisha Priya, who was convicted for the murder of a Yemeni man in 2017.

Trump had attempted to use his presidential election victory to dismiss the case against him.

Republican Mike Johnson could only lose two votes from his own party in his bid for speaker re-election, and he nearly did.

A British man is one of 14 people who were killed when an alleged Islamic State supporter drove a truck into crowds celebrating the New Year in New Orleans.

A judge has ordered US president-elect Donald Trump to be sentenced next week in his New York hush money case - but has suggested he will not jail him.

The soldier, Matthew Livelsberger, was found dead in the wreckage of the New Year's Day explosion outside a Trump hotel.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has urged his players to 'flip the coin' in their pursuit of the Premier League title.

President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor -- the country's highest military award -- to a group of seven U.S. Army soldiers, six of whom were honored posthumously.

Craig Johnson has announced that his next Walt Longmire book is set for publication this spring.

Democratic Rep. Mark Takano of California, the first openly gay person of color elected to Congress, will be the chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus during the upcoming session, the group announced Friday.

Residents have erected a makeshift memorial to the victims, as local businesses prepare for the tourist high season.