Russian President Vladimir Putin said the U.S.-backed peace proposal in the Ukraine-Russia war is just a starting point for more discussion and reiterated his precondition that Kyiv accept the Kremlin's territorial demands.
An Afghan refugee who worked with the U.S. military in his homeland is accused of opening fire on two National Guard troops in the nation's capital after having driven across the country to launch the ambush, officials said.
A federal judge late Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to provide a description of the materials it intends to publicly release about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in his order requested “a detailed description of the privacy process, including any redactions, the Government seeks to employ to protect...
The Campbell’s Company announced Wednesday that a top executive had been fired over "vulgar, offensive and false" comments he made to a former employee a year ago about its food being for “poor people." Robert Garza filed a lawsuit in Michigan last week accusing Martin Bally of mocking low-income consumers and making other disparaging remarks....
Senate Democrats emerged from a two-and-a-half-hour caucus meeting Sunday night announcing there will be enough votes in the Senate to reopen the federal government after a grueling 40-day shutdown. A group of centrist Democrats led by Sen. Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with Democrats, and Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.),...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday vowed to oppose a new Senate deal in the works to end the nearly six-week government shutdown. In a statement, the Democratic leader dug his heels in on his party’s position that any legislation to reopen the government must include an extension of the enhanced Affordable Care...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who represents more than 144,000 federal employees in his home state, announced Sunday that he will support a deal to reopen the government even though it does not ensure an extension of enhanced health insurance premiums. The legislation would, however, require the Trump administration to restore the thousands of federal workers...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that he’s seen no formal proposal to overhaul the Affordable Care Act (ACA) despite President Trump’s latest call to nix the program and to direct the funds, instead, into the pockets of the American people. “We don't have a formal proposal,” Bessent said in an interview on ABC...
President Trump went to a Sunday evening NFL game featuring the Washington Commanders and Detroit Lions, according to pool reports. A post on the social platform X showed the president on the FOX Sports broadcast talking with commentators about the game. The president’s visit to the game comes after a report that he was pressing...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned on Sunday that holiday shopping could be affected by the government shutdown and the corresponding reduction of air traffic. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, the Treasury Department secretary addressed the wide-reaching economic consequences of the shutdown. He pointed to the reduced flight activity, which...
Flight cancellations have mounted as the government shutdown stretches into its second month, causing headaches for travelers nationwide. More than 7,000 flights on Sunday “within, into, or out of” the country had been delayed, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. The number of cancellations for flights “within, into, or out of” the country topped 2,200, the...
President Trump announced on Sunday that most Americans will receive “at least” $2,000 from the tariff revenue collected by the Trump administration. Trump’s statement, made early Sunday on his Truth Social platform, comes after the White House defended his sweeping use of tariffs before the Supreme Court this past week, where the justices appeared skeptical...
The Supreme Court is now weighing whether President Trump’s tariffs, which hinge on a specified economic emergency power, can remain intact. It leaves one of his biggest policy initiatives hanging in the balance. While upholding the tariffs would mark a vast expansion of presidential power, striking them down could unleash a host of dilemmas for...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Sunday his state is not “going to sit on our hands” amid the nationwide redistricting fight. Last week, Moore formed a redistricting advisory commission to explore redrawing Maryland’s congressional maps. “If other states are going to go through this process ... we're not just going to sit on our...
The Trump administration has ordered states to “undo” Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments. "States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025," a Saturday memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said. The department also said in the memo that "failure to comply" could "result in USDA...
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted in connection with a sports betting and money laundering scheme. The indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of New York on Sunday, alleges that Clase and Ruiz provided bettors with inside information on their pitches. The co-conspirators then placed wagers on those pitches, with...
As many as 10 Democratic senators are expected to vote for a bill to reopen the government as soon as Sunday evening or early Monday morning, as a group of moderate Democrats, and even some liberals, are ready to end the 40-day shutdown. Centrist Democrats and Republican members of the Senate Appropriations Committee were close...
