Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said she was troubled by social media posts that the leading Democrat in Maine’s Senate race made more than a decade ago about sexual assault. Last year, The Washington Post uncovered online comments that Graham Platner posted in 2013, in which the Democratic candidate downplayed the difficulties service members face when...
President Trump said on Saturday that he might pull even more U.S. military troops out of Germany, a threat that came one day after he ordered the Pentagon to withdraw approximately 5,000 service members from the country. “We are going to cut way down, and we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000,” Trump told reporters...
An attorney representing the Trump administration informed a U.S. District Court Friday evening that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun offering new appointments to disaster workers whose contracts the agency did not renew in January, reversing a controversial decision that prompted a coalition of labor unions, scientific groups and local governments to sue the administration.
The leader of the Czech Republic pushed back this week against President Trump’s accusations that Europe has failed to do its part to support the U.S.’s ongoing military operations against Iran. “I believe that Europe could do much more, but we are not part of it,” Czech President Petr Pavel told CNN’s Christine Amanpour at...
A public safety expert warned that the DHS shutdown could devastate local disaster response, with grant funding impacted as extreme weather threatens communities.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the city will resume clearing homeless encampments with a new approach after pausing the controversial practice in January.
Trump Justice Department launches investigations into Michigan school districts over gender instruction and intervenes in LA race-based admissions lawsuit.
President Donald Trump's top economist on Wednesday urged that Federal Reserve economists be punished for research last week that showed American companies and consumers paying for nearly all the new tariffs imposed by the White House last year.
Norman C. Francis, a civil rights pioneer and champion of education who played a pivotal role in helping rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, died Wednesday. He was 94.
Republican organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday objecting to Virginia Democrats' 2026 redistricting ballot referendum for using misleading language and violating state law and the state constitution.
The Food and Drug Administration plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies to win approval for new drugs, the latest change from Trump administration officials vowing to speed up the availability of certain medical products.
U2 is returning with its first collection of new songs in nearly a decade, opening with a tribute to Renee Good, the Minnesota mom fatally shot by a federal agent during this winter's massive immigration crackdown.
Argentina's President Javier Milei set off Wednesday for his 14th trip to the United States to take part in the inaugural session of U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative. He is also expected to attend Trump's regional summit in Miami on March 7 with Latin American leaders aligned with the White House's political agenda.
Waleed al Zamli longingly recalled the joys and traditions of the first day of Ramadan before the Israel-Hamas war had drastically altered his life: Lanterns for the children. Sweets. Special dishes.
A new count by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers suggests that federal prosecutors are facing increasing resistance from grand juries refusing to hand up indictments in highly charged cases. And even when an indictment is secured, trial juries and judges are refusing to convict.
The billionaire behind Victoria's Secret and PINK told House investigators Wednesday that he was "duped" by "con-man" Jeffrey Epstein and knew nothing of his sex trafficking crimes involving underage girls.
