At the tail end of the Vietnam War, Congress engaged in a breathtaking act of legislative assertion, affirming that lawmakers held the power to declare war – not the president.
March 04, 2026
The Texas GOP Senate primary went about as expected with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Senator John Cornyn headed for a runoff that will conclude on May 26. CNN's Arlette Saenz has details.
March 04, 2026
Governments around the world are rushing to organize the return of their citizens from the Middle East on Wednesday and air traffic seems to be picking up slightly as travel across the region remains heavily disrupted by the widening Iran war
March 04, 2026
China has set an economic growth target of 4.5% to 5% for this year, a slight decrease in the face of a prolonged property slump and other headwinds and global uncertainty
March 05, 2026
US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters marking a first since WWII
March 05, 2026
Facing ‘grave and complex landscape,’ China sets lowest economic growth target in decades
March 05, 2026
The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and anthem
March 04, 2026
Texas Democrats have picked James Talarico as their Senate nominee, and the state lawmaker now becomes a national voice against President Donald Trump
March 04, 2026
A new report says Rhode Island Catholic clergy abused hundreds of children for decades, while church leaders minimized the scandal
March 04, 2026
Rep. Tony Gonzales acknowledges affair with late staffer, but vows to stay in Texas runoff
March 05, 2026
Texas Rep. Steve Toth defeats GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw in primary upset
March 04, 2026
Trump advisers work to mitigate a political nightmare on Iran as president fuels messaging chaos
March 05, 2026
House Republicans grill Walz and Ellison over Minnesota’s welfare fraud scandal
March 04, 2026
Aaron Spencer wins primary race for sheriff as he awaits his murder trial in Arkansas
March 04, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. is quickly gaining air superiority over Iran but the U.S. can't stop all air attacks
March 04, 2026
Takeaways from the Texas and North Carolina primaries
March 04, 2026
A joke from Hilary Knight on “Saturday Night Live” and a couple of fist-bumps with Jack and Quinn Hughes on “The Tonight Show” capped a whirlwind victory lap celebrating the twin Olympic golds won by the U.S. men’s and women’s hockey teams
March 05, 2026
Analysis: What Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio said vs. what they claimed they said
March 05, 2026
With his war in Iran, Trump just made the next Fed chair’s job even harder
March 04, 2026
President Donald Trump says he'll soon endorse a Republican candidate in the Texas Senate race
March 04, 2026
An Arkansas man awaiting trial for murder has won the Republican nomination in a sheriff’s race in central Arkansas
March 05, 2026
Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran
March 04, 2026
Iran is launching more missiles at Israel as attacks in the Middle East commence for a sixth day
March 04, 2026
Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines of Montana has dropped his bid for reelection to a third term
March 04, 2026
Sri Lanka’s navy has recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people after an Iranian warship was sunk by a U.S. submarine in international waters near the island
March 04, 2026
A widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has seen major strikes, missile fire across the region, and fresh fears for global energy and markets
March 04, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he supports the strikes on Iran “with some regret” as they represent an extreme example of a rupturing world order
March 04, 2026
Spain’s foreign minister has denied that the government has changed its position on supporting the U.S. military operations against Iran
March 04, 2026
The first round of primary elections shows this year’s midterm elections will be taking place on shifting political ground for incumbents
March 04, 2026
A partisan battle to redraw U.S. House districts is raging in some states, even though campaigning is underway
February 21, 2026
Democratic turnout in Texas primaries reaches record levels, in latest sign of party enthusiasm
March 04, 2026
State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Texas' closely watched Democratic Senate primary
March 03, 2026
President Donald Trump says “someone from within” the Iranian regime might be the best choice to take power once the U.S.-Israel military campaign is completed
March 04, 2026
An operations center targeted by an Iranian drone strike that killed six American soldiers was located in a civilian port in Kuwait, more than 10 miles away from the main Army base
March 04, 2026
President Trump's plan to nominate U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as Homeland Security secretary will leave an unexpected Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma
March 06, 2026
A Wisconsin teenager who killed his parents and stole their money to fund his plan to kill President Donald Trump has been sentenced to life in prison
March 06, 2026
Democrats are gearing up for a bruising presidential primary as they argue over how to rebuild a winning coalition
March 06, 2026
A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to charges that he brought dozens of homemade explosive devices to a Washington, D.C., church that was preparing for an annual Mass celebrating the start of the Supreme Court’s term
March 06, 2026
The FBI is investigating “suspicious activities” on an internal system that the bureau says contains sensitive information related to surveillance operations and investigations
March 06, 2026
President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
March 06, 2026
Sen. John Cornyn is going on offense against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as they fight for a Republican Senate runoff, and President Donald Trump’s endorsement hangs over it all
March 06, 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP leadership are calling for Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas to withdraw from his reelection race after he admitted having an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide
March 06, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration is trying to explain why it struck Iran and killed its supreme leader without clear support from Congress or allies
March 06, 2026
Some two dozen states are challenging President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs in court
March 06, 2026
A federal panel reviewing President Donald Trump's White House ballroom has set April 2 for a final vote on the project
March 06, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is urging Latin American countries to take a more aggressive approach against drug cartels
March 05, 2026
Georgia city passes ordinance protecting natural hairstyles
March 05, 2026
Azerbaijan has accused Iran of a drone attack on its territory, a development that signaled the war in the Middle East was spreading
March 05, 2026
A longtime diplomat explains how the State Department normally encourages and helps Americans to leave countries amid political instability and war – which didn’t happen over the last week.
March 05, 2026
On its own, the phrase “Christ is king” sums up a core tenet of the Christian faith, that Jesus is the divine ruler of the universe
March 05, 2026
Former President Barack Obama is promoting a Democratic effort to redraw congressional lines in Virginia, the latest front in a nationwide redistricting battle ahead of this year’s midterm elections
March 05, 2026
Officials in New Delhi say that an Iranian warship that was sunk by a U.S. submarine near Sri Lanka had participated in naval exercises hosted by India before heading out into international waters in the Indian Ocean on its way home
March 05, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr says U.S.-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine have stalled as the war in the Middle East pulls focus away
March 05, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones
March 05, 2026
Iran is launching more missiles at Israel and U.S. bases as war in the Middle East enters a sixth day
March 05, 2026
Iran is launching more missiles at Israel as attacks in the Middle East commence for a sixth day
March 05, 2026
Iran is launching more missiles at Israel as attacks in the Middle East commence for a sixth day
March 05, 2026
Canadian and Australian prime ministers have called for a de-escalation of the Iran war but added the Iranians must never gain a nuclear weapon
March 05, 2026
Montana GOP Sen. Steve Daines won’t seek reelection in shock announcement at filing deadline
March 05, 2026
A Pakistani man charged with plotting a political assassination in the U.S. is testifying in his defense at his attempted terrorism trial
March 05, 2026
The new president of Honduras, who was elected with the backing of President Donald Trump, has ordered a review of economic agreements with China
March 05, 2026
Polls are open across Nepal in the first nationwide election since last year’s violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power
March 05, 2026
Voters who cast ballots during extended polling place hours in Dallas and Williamson counties are waiting to see if their votes will count
March 05, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened an internal investigation into whether the one-time architect of President Donald Trump’s large-scale immigration crackdown made disparaging comments about the Jewish faith while criticizing the U.S. attorney for Minnesota
March 05, 2026
A man protesting the war in Iran has been arrested after a struggle in a U.S. Senate building
March 05, 2026
Trump, tech companies sign voluntary pledge to protect consumers from rising electricity costs
March 05, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrapped up two days of scrutiny in Congress, appearing for the first time in front of lawmakers since the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis at the hands of immigration enforcement officers
March 05, 2026
Florida’s attorney general says Florida has reopened a criminal investigation into former Cuban leader Raul Castro’s role in the 1996 shootdown of exile planes
March 05, 2026
The first primaries of the year weren’t short on drama
March 05, 2026
Jurors in a bellwether trial about the impacts of social media on teenagers and children on Wednesday watched a deposition of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that explores what the architects of Facebook and Instagram knew from internal research about negative experiences by young users and how the company responded since its early years
March 05, 2026
Aaron Judge will captain a loaded U.S. roster at the World Baseball Classic
March 05, 2026
President Donald Trump is pressing big tech to build its own power as AI data centers spark anger over electric bills
March 05, 2026
The House Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation
March 05, 2026
Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press
March 05, 2026
The Trump administration has formally nominated Kevin Warsh, a former top Federal Reserve official, to be next Fed chair when Jerome Powell’s term ends in two months
March 05, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration is expanding its crackdown on state Medicaid programs to New York, launching a fraud probe in the state
March 05, 2026
Experts say adults can help children cope with the latest conflict in the Middle East by making space for conversation, validating their feelings and limiting exposure to frightening or inaccurate information
March 05, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó for talks in Moscow
March 05, 2026
Gov. Pritzker tries to downplay concerns about locking in Bears stadium in Illinois over Indiana
March 05, 2026
Minnesota’s governor and attorney general are defending their efforts to combat fraud
March 05, 2026
Iranian intelligence sends word to US on potential talks to end war, but US officials say no active negotiations
March 05, 2026
Newsom ramps up his criticism of Israel, accuses Netanyahu of leading Trump into war with Iran
March 05, 2026
Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee to advance to runoff for Texas 18th, CNN projects
March 05, 2026
Lewiston shooting survivors say they haven't received financial support they were promised
March 05, 2026
Parties and missile threats: On board a cruise ship stuck in the Middle East crisis zone
March 04, 2026
Suffs musical opens on the exact block that played a role in women's suffrage history
March 04, 2026
Former employee says he was forced to resign after pointing out a contract that violated city policy
March 04, 2026
‘No Winston Churchill’: Trump opens new rift with Europe as leaders try to avoid being sucked into Iran war
March 04, 2026
Some of the sharpest criticism President Donald Trump has faced in the early days of the Iran war has come from once-loyal media figures more accustomed to singing his praises
March 04, 2026
With 100 days to go until the World Cup, the Iran war has added a new layer of complexity to the tournament co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada
March 04, 2026
US air defenses may not be able to intercept many of Iran’s one-way drones
March 04, 2026
US Rep. Tony Gonzales and activist Brandon Herrera will head to a runoff for Texas’ 23rd District
March 04, 2026
John Cornyn and Ken Paxton will advance to a runoff in Texas’ US Senate Republican primary
March 04, 2026
James Talarico defeats Jasmine Crockett to win Democratic primary in Texas Senate race
March 04, 2026
Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley will advance to a marquee North Carolina matchup for US Senate
March 04, 2026
‘I’m not grouchy, I’m just optimizing’: Thom Tillis doesn’t want to hear he’s not doing enough to challenge Donald Trump
March 04, 2026
Latin Grammy winner Bobby Pulido will win Democratic primary for Texas’ 15th District
March 04, 2026
Why Zohran Mamdani denounced the US-Israeli strikes on Iran
March 04, 2026
Primary elections set up major Senate fights in Texas and North Carolina, and they also expose fresh tension over voting rules
March 03, 2026
Travel advisories, closed airports, empty skies: How Middle East air disruptions might affect your plans
March 02, 2026
Longtime Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton are heading to a May runoff in Texas’ Republican Senate primary, while Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico are in a close race for the Democratic nomination
March 03, 2026
A rule change for primary voting in two Texas counties led to mass voter confusion that eventually led to a state supreme court ruling, threats of more legal action and the potential that an untold number of voters could find themselves disenfranchised
March 04, 2026
US military launches anti-drug trafficking operation in Ecuador
March 04, 2026
Texas Supreme Court stops Dallas County from counting late votes after confusion over new rules
March 04, 2026
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley have won their respective party nominations for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat
March 03, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says “someone from within” Iran’s government might be best suited to take power once the U.S.-Israeli war on the country ends
March 03, 2026
States across the country are pushing to cut property taxes as homeowners complain about rising bills
March 04, 2026
Everything we know on day 4 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 03, 2026
Hacked traffic cameras and US intelligence: How a plot to kill Iran’s supreme leader came together
March 04, 2026
A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop has been executed in Florida
March 03, 2026
A federal judge has clashed with Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor during an unusual contempt hearing that highlighted growing confrontations between increasingly frustrated judges and Department of Justice officials
March 04, 2026
CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say
March 04, 2026
Questions are mounting at the U.S. Capitol over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for going to war with Iran
March 04, 2026
If the adage “geography is destiny” holds true, then Cyprus should be a prime candidate as its poster child
March 04, 2026
A criminal trial in New York is airing claims that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was entangled in a foiled 2024 assassination plot that eyed then-candidate Donald Trump as a possible target
March 04, 2026
Israel has sent troops into southern Lebanon and told residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran
March 03, 2026
President Donald Trump is threatening to cut off trade with Spain
March 04, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended her agency in testimony and under questioning at a Senate hearing
March 03, 2026
A Detroit-area judge has erased a 1999 murder conviction after prosecutors acknowledged that a confession was coerced by a rogue police officer
March 04, 2026
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to halt New York’s first-in-the-nation congestion fee on drivers entering Manhattan
March 04, 2026
Street renamed in honor of Hezekiah Watkins, youngest Freedom Rider
March 04, 2026
A covert US campaign in the mid-20th century helped steer Iran toward the intense anti-American sentiment that has distinguished its government policy for decades.
March 04, 2026
About an hour and twenty minutes into her deposition, Hillary Clinton became furious that a Republican congresswoman had released a photo from her deposition, which is against House rules. Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado shared the photo with conservative influencer Benny Johnson.
March 03, 2026
The House Oversight Committee has released video footage of the closed-door depositions of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton that occurred last week in Chappaqua, New York, as part of the panel’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The former president and secretary of State each faced roughly 4 1/2 hours of questioning from Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Until now, everything that is known about the depositions was shared by people who were in the room.
March 03, 2026
Trump admin asked a court to drop court fights against law firms tied to Democrats. Now it’s changing its mind
March 04, 2026
Why a 6-year-old with diabetes is pushing for change in Virginia
March 04, 2026
The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes has sparked anger across Shiite communities worldwide and is raising fears of wider unrest
March 04, 2026
The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has fueled a disagreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer
March 03, 2026
CNN's Jake Tapper reports that President Donald Trump said the US is "ahead of schedule" on the military operation in Iran in a phone call Monday morning.
March 02, 2026
Toddler found alive inside impounded car in Detroit lot; father in custody
March 04, 2026
Britain’s Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has sought to present a rosy picture of the state of the U.K. economy, even as oil and gas prices soared in the wake of the fast-evolving Iran war that has cast a pall over the global economic outlook
March 03, 2026
Family and friends of slain police officer prepare for convicted killer's execution
March 04, 2026
Group safely returns to US from Israel amid Iran strikes
March 03, 2026
A Russian court has banned a prominent LGBTQ+ rights group and has labeled it as extremist in the latest step in the country’s crackdown on the community
March 03, 2026
There are never enough lawyers to provide indigent defense, but the situation has gotten worse since the pandemic.
March 03, 2026
When do polls close in crucial Texas primaries and when should we expect results?
March 03, 2026
Europe is gradually being pulled into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, even as it avoids direct combat
March 02, 2026
Pakistan says that Afghan forces have attacked Pakistani military positions along the border, triggering intense clashes that left 67 Afghan troops and one Pakistani soldier dead
March 03, 2026
This congressman wanted to retire. His identical twin could make history by replacing him
March 03, 2026
China’s progress in building a modern economy, evident in its kung-fu fighting robots and self-parking cars, is hitting limits as a downturn in its housing industry drags on and young people struggle to find jobs
March 03, 2026
Minnesota is suing President Donald Trump’s administration in an attempt to stop it from holding back $243 million in Medicaid spending
March 03, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has steered his country along two pillars of foreign policy throughout his political career
March 03, 2026
Mamdani says he’s asked Trump to drop immigration cases against these pro-Palestinian activists
March 03, 2026
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was forced into a primary runoff with his GOP opponent as he faces calls to resign over allegations of having an affair with an aide
March 03, 2026
Democrats stay mostly united against President Donald Trump, but the strikes on Iran are starting to reveal some splits in the party
March 03, 2026
Many in the Iranian American diaspora spent the weekend glued to their TVs, watching news of U.S. and Israeli bombs falling on Iran, some hoping for a brighter future for their homeland but terrified relatives would suffer harm
March 03, 2026
The war in the Middle East has spiraled further as Israel and the U.S. pounded Iran, while Tehran and its allies hit back
March 02, 2026
The war in the Middle East spiraled further as Israel and the U.S. pounded Iran
March 02, 2026
A House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein labored for six months to question former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
March 03, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has spoken to widening concerns the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring: “This is not Iraq
March 02, 2026
As people awoke to news over the weekend of the U.S. and Israel's war on Iran, it resulted in many feeling anxious and stressed
March 03, 2026
Travelers stranded by a widening war have started leaving the United Arab Emirates aboard a small number of evacuation flights
March 02, 2026
Jake Tapper reports.
March 02, 2026
Candidates in Texas’ tightly competitive U.S. Senate primary were treading carefully in response to news of U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran
March 03, 2026
Trump says he will attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time as president
March 03, 2026
A Minnesota county attorney may pursue charges against federal officers for alleged misconduct during an immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis area
March 03, 2026
The Supreme Court has sided with Republicans in ruling that the boundaries of the only GOP-held congressional district in New York City do not not need to be redrawn for the 2026 elections, despite a court ruling that the district is unfair to Black and Hispanic residents
March 03, 2026
President Donald Trump says he plans to attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 25, the first time he's done so as president
March 03, 2026
President Donald Trump is pushing back on criticism that he hasn’t done enough to explain why it was necessary to start a war with Iran now or to articulate his vision for an endgame to the escalating conflict
March 03, 2026
Iran’s place at the men’s soccer World Cup in three months has been put in doubt amid an escalating Middle East conflict sparked by tournament co-host the United States
March 02, 2026
Supreme Court blocks redrawing of Republican-held congressional district in New York over liberal dissent
March 03, 2026
Minnesota county attorney investigating Gregory Bovino and other federal officials over immigration crackdown
March 03, 2026
Israeli strike hits Hezbollah-aligned media building in Beirut’s southern suburbs following an evacuation warning
March 02, 2026
Nancy Mace under investigation by House ethics panel for allegedly overcharging Congress for housing costs
March 03, 2026
President Donald Trump says he was not pleased with the way that negotiations with Iran were proceeding
March 03, 2026
A Republican lawmaker from Montana who served as interior secretary during President Donald Trump’s first administration says he will not seek reelection to a fifth term
March 03, 2026
America’s founding documents fly out of nation’s capital for first time on the freedom plane
March 03, 2026
Moderate Democrats are pushing back on the party’s progressive energy
March 03, 2026
The Associated Press is referring to fighting between Iran and the United States and Israel as the “Iran war.”
March 03, 2026
In closing arguments, prosecutors say school shooter’s father is responsible for the attack
March 03, 2026
The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to loosen a federal law that bars marijuana users from owning guns in a case that crossed typical political lines
March 03, 2026
U.S. first lady Melania Trump is presiding over a U.N. Security Council meeting that will focus on children in conflict, one of her signature issues
March 03, 2026
Iowa water quality and cancer rates: Atlantic-area grandparents push lawmakers to act on pollution concerns
March 03, 2026
Sirens replace celebrations as Israelis head to shelters on religious holiday
March 03, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government should “immediately” focus on implementing urgent transformations to the island’s economic and social model as oil reserves in the Caribbean country dwindle
March 03, 2026
Haiti’s government has opened a 10-day registration period for political parties to run in an upcoming general election
March 03, 2026
Bay Area Iranian community takes to streets of SF in celebration, hope for regime change
March 03, 2026
Northwest High students protest after no Black History Program scheduled; School responds
March 03, 2026
Around 120 Louisiana National Guard members will remain deployed in New Orleans through August
March 03, 2026
Trump administration drops suits against law firms with ties to Democrats and other Trump foes
March 03, 2026
Trump’s neck rash is because of ‘preventative skin treatment,’ his doctor says
March 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has recognized three U.S. Army soldiers with the Medal of Honor at the White House
March 02, 2026
A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month
March 03, 2026
Robert De Niro will appear this week at Carnegie Hall
March 03, 2026
As US bombing operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya have shown, destruction is not the same as political success.
March 03, 2026
North Carolina voters will narrow down the field of candidates Tuesday in a competitive U.S. Senate race that could decide control of the closely divided chamber in November
March 02, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron says France will allow the temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries as part of its new nuclear strategy
March 02, 2026
CNN poll: 59% of Americans disapprove of Iran strikes and most think a long-term conflict is likely
March 03, 2026
Immigration lawyer fears family safety in Iran after US strikes and pleads for resolution
March 03, 2026
Russia has condemned U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and urged an immediate stop to the campaign and a return to diplomacy
February 28, 2026
Father, teen daughter trapped in Israel after strikes on Iran begin
March 03, 2026
World leaders have been responding cautiously amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports of its supreme leader's death and fears of a wider war
February 28, 2026
How the Iran war set off a MAGA fight over Charlie Kirk’s legacy
March 03, 2026
Iran’s leaders are scrambling to replace Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years before he was killed in the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment
March 02, 2026
Maine Democrat Graham Platner has picked up another endorsement in his bid to flip a key Senate seat blue
March 02, 2026
Trump tells CNN the ‘big wave’ is yet to come in war with Iran
March 02, 2026
Social media videos and surprise phone calls: How Trump told the world about Iran
March 02, 2026
An official says at least 169 people were killed after insurgents raided a village in a remote area of South Sudan
March 02, 2026
Two hotly contested U.S. Senate primaries in Texas will help officially kick off the 2026 midterm election cycle Tuesday
March 02, 2026
At least 20 million Americans have served time. Most of them can’t or don’t vote, and that may distort some election outcomes, a political scientist argues.
March 02, 2026
The joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have sparked global anger and urgent diplomacy as the conflict spreads across the region
March 02, 2026
Britain says it is not at war, despite an Iranian-made drone strike on a U.K. base in Cyprus and a decision to let the U.S. use British bases during its conflict with Iran
March 02, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S.-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine expected later this week may take place in Switzerland or Turkey if a planned meeting in Abu Dhabi is not possible due to the war in the Middle East
March 02, 2026
Democratic challengers say incumbents aren’t fighting hard enough. This North Carolina primary will test that
March 02, 2026
Palestinians in Gaza are reacting to a possible shift in the world's attention away from the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to a new regional conflict with Iran
March 02, 2026
Iran’s IAEA ambassador says U.S. and Israeli airstrikes hit Iran’s Natanz enrichment site, but the U.N. nuclear watchdog says it has no reports of damage
March 02, 2026
As Israel unleashed a sweeping military response to the brutal assault by Hamas on October 7, 2023, it aimed punch after punch at Iran, the militant group’s longtime sponsor, and its proxies
March 02, 2026
Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei opened Congress with a fiery 90-minute speech highlighting his government’s achievements and praising his relationship with American President Donald Trump
March 02, 2026
The U.S. and Israel are pounding targets across Iran, dropping massive bombs on its ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships
March 01, 2026
The president of Iran’s soccer federation says he does not know if the national team can play World Cup matches in the United States following the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment of his country
March 02, 2026
Three U.S. service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the attacks on Iran
March 02, 2026
Hunkered at Mar-a-Lago, Trump makes his club a makeshift Situation Room
March 02, 2026
Three close allies of the United States say they are ready to join forces to defend their interests in the Middle East and stop Iran’s retaliatory strikes following the killing of its supreme leader
March 01, 2026
The Associated Press is using the word “war” to refer to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation
March 02, 2026
Key questions surround the death of a nearly blind refugee after he was dropped off at a coffee shop alone
February 27, 2026
Nearly blind refugee found dead in New York days after immigration agents dropped him at a coffee shop alone, officials say
February 26, 2026
Group holds dance parties on overpass to call for peace in politics
March 02, 2026
President Donald Trump has taken the United States into war with Iran despite decades of self-professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Middle East, and repeated pledges to focus primarily on the Western Hemisphere with an “America first” agenda
March 02, 2026
Some of the jubilation was open and even raucous
March 02, 2026
A heated U.S. Senate race in Texas is entering its final stretch before voters decide Tuesday who will be their party's nominee in November
March 01, 2026
Trump officials decline Sunday show invitations amid Iran strikes
March 02, 2026
Hateful symbols removed from home after months of complaints from neighbors
March 02, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of stranded travelers are scrambling to make new connections and get through to airlines on jammed phone lines and online portals after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down much of the Middle East to air travel
March 01, 2026
Iranians confront a post-Khamenei reality with relief, disbelief and anxiety
March 02, 2026
Who’s running Iran now that the supreme leader is dead?
March 02, 2026
CIA closely watched Khamenei for months before fatal strikes in Iran
March 02, 2026
Who might replace Iran’s supreme leader? There’s no clear successor
March 01, 2026
Taliban allows men to beat their wives as long as they don’t break bones or leave open wounds
March 01, 2026
What we know about why the US and Israel attacked Iran and Tehran’s retaliation
February 28, 2026
Exclusive: Trump crossed a ‘very dangerous red line’ with killing of supreme leader, Iranian official tells CNN
March 01, 2026
Afghanistan says it has thwarted an attempted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air Base
March 01, 2026
Regime change might seem straightforward at first
March 01, 2026
John Cornyn goes scorched earth to try to save his Senate seat
March 01, 2026
This time it was Hilary Knight’s turn to provide a big laugh in the wake of a weeklong dustup involving the United States women and men’s gold medal-winning hockey teams
March 01, 2026
What we know about the death of Iranian supreme leader Khamenei
March 01, 2026
President Trump has appealed to Iranians to topple their government, but a popular uprising is unlikely to defeat current leadership or the Revolutionary Guards, a former US diplomat says.
March 01, 2026
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability
February 28, 2026
Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a major attack by Israel and the United States
February 28, 2026
Ayatollah Khamenei, who battled the US and Israel for decades as Iran’s supreme leader, has been killed
March 01, 2026
Saturday’s military operation against Iran shows the dramatic evolution in risk tolerance that President Donald Trump has made in a matter of months
March 01, 2026
Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Iran's armed proxies like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023
March 01, 2026
The United States and Israel have clashed with Iran at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, where the U.N. chief and many countries urged a halt to their attacks and a return to negotiations
March 01, 2026
Nonstop Iranian missile fire has sent residents of central Israel scrambling in and out of shelters throughout the day
March 01, 2026
From Tehran to Dubai: Geolocated videos show the shockwaves of US-Israeli strikes — and Iran’s retaliation
March 01, 2026
President Trump’s decision to strike Iran pulls him toward the kind of overseas conflict he once attacked
March 01, 2026
America and Israel’s attack on Iran disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond Saturday as countries around the region closed their airspace and three of the key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia halted operations
February 28, 2026
Congress to vote on Trump’s war powers in aftermath of Iran strikes
March 01, 2026
Are Trump’s strikes against Iran legal? Experts are skeptical
March 01, 2026
Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on Iran
March 01, 2026
March in Asheville encourages residents to vote ahead of primary election deadlines
March 01, 2026
Should marijuana users be able to own guns
February 28, 2026
Pakistan’s military has struck deeper into Afghanistan as border fighting intensifies and both sides claim to have inflicted heavy losses
February 28, 2026
James Talarico believes a Texas surprise is coming in November. First, he needs to win the Senate primary
February 28, 2026
With sniper rifle photos, Kim Jong Un intensifies spotlight on his daughter, a potential successor
February 28, 2026
Trump deliberated on Iran for weeks. His ‘massive and ongoing’ operation comes with acknowledgment US lives could be lost
February 28, 2026
Trump wonders why Iran won’t ‘capitulate’ on its nuclear program. Here’s why
February 28, 2026
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told embassy staff in an email on Friday that if they want to leave the country amid the possibility of a strike on Iran they “should do so TODAY,” according to a source familiar with the message.
February 27, 2026
Top officials with Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior have unveiled for the first time the items they said were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that opened fire against troops in waters off the island’s north coast this week, with soldiers responding and killing four suspects
February 28, 2026
Former President Joe Biden returned to South Carolina on Friday for a warm homecoming from the Democrats who resurrected his 2020 presidential campaign
February 28, 2026
A federal judge has extended his order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported
February 28, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has gifted top government and military officials new sniper rifles following a weeklong ruling party congress celebrating his leadership
February 28, 2026
Argentine President Javier Milei has scored a crucial victory in congress with the approval of a sweeping labor reform aimed at radically altering labor relations in the South American country
February 27, 2026
Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Los Angeles public schools, is being placed on paid leave two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district’s headquarters
February 28, 2026
Renee Good loved sparkles and laughter and any excuse for a celebration
February 28, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's “pretty much” made his decision on whom to endorse in Texas’ heated Republican Senate primary, but he still refuses to name his pick publicly
February 27, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with the latest talks over Iran’s nuclear program but has indicated he'll give the negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East
February 27, 2026
Trump administration designates Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention
February 28, 2026
A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin man who forged threats against President Donald Trump as part of a deportation scheme to 16½ years in prison
February 28, 2026
Democratic lawmakers say former President Bill Clinton has tried to answer every question during a deposition over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
February 27, 2026
Former Vice President Kamala Harris has endorsed Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Texas’ Democratic Senate primary, giving Crockett a big boost as she faces concerns about electability
February 28, 2026
The Pentagon has made a deal with Scouting America that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says would maintain their century-old partnership but refocus the organization away from “woke” policies
February 27, 2026
The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called “factories of anti-American resentment.”
February 28, 2026
After months of heated wrangling, Paramount has emerged the apparent victor in its bid to acquire storied Hollywood rival Warner Bros
February 28, 2026
A New York businesswoman has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison over a financial scheme that prosecutors say ripped off more than $30 million from foreign investors and funneled some of the stolen funds to U.S. political campaigns, including a campaign fundraiser for President Donald Trump
February 28, 2026
Rev. Jesse Jackson funeral services, celebration of life continues Friday at Rainbow PUSH headquarters
February 28, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi says federal prosecutors have indicted 30 more people tied to a protest at a Minnesota church over an immigration enforcement crackdown
February 28, 2026
President Donald Trump says the United States is talking with Cuba and raised the possibility of a “friendly takeover” of the island without explaining what that means
February 28, 2026
Shortly after it became known that Paramount was the apparent victor in the competition to buy CNN's parent company, network president Mark Thompson was compelled to send his staff a note to calm down, in effect
February 28, 2026
Trump has claimed Iran is building missiles that could soon hit the US. Sources say that’s not backed up by US intelligence.
February 28, 2026
A prominent Hong Kong activist in exile in the U.S. says a court ruling back in Hong Kong to imprison her father for eight months has only made her more determined to fight for the territory and its people
February 28, 2026
Kamala Harris is backing Jasmine Crockett in Texas’ Senate Democratic primary
February 28, 2026
Two transgender men are suing Kansas over a new law that invalidated their driver’s licenses and about 1,700 others for reflecting people's gender identities and not their sex assigned at birth
February 28, 2026
Partial government shutdown starts to hit TSA workers’ paychecks
February 28, 2026
Emergence of Epstein island photo leads to new calls for Lutnick to testify
February 28, 2026
The Swedish military says that a Russian drone carried out an unauthorized flight off southern Sweden earlier this week while a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmö
February 27, 2026
Pakistan’s defense minister says latest clashes with Taliban mean ‘open war.’ What’s happening?
February 27, 2026
Former presidents are just like us
February 28, 2026
Senate GOP candidates in Texas rally with Trump, but leave without an endorsement
February 28, 2026
A U.S. civil rights agency has determined that the federal government can bar transgender employees from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity, dismissing an appeal from a transgender woman who worked for the U.S. Army
February 28, 2026
A new Gallup poll shows that American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis
February 27, 2026
Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the countries
February 27, 2026
Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi is clashing with Kurdish Iranian dissident groups, exposing splits in the Iranian opposition
February 28, 2026
US ambassador to Israel tells embassy staff if they want to leave they ‘should do so TODAY’
February 27, 2026
Democrats are growing more confident of winning a majority in the House in the November elections
February 28, 2026
In a story published Oct. 30, 2025, about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, The Associated Press erroneously reported that his house was sold in 2007 for 20% over the 15 million pound asking price
October 31, 2025
No one is bigger than the monarchy
October 31, 2025
The first primaries of the 2026 election season will offer an early read on voter mood in President Donald Trump’s second term and on how both parties are adapting
February 27, 2026
The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December
February 27, 2026
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters she did not know Jeffrey Epstein and that she repeatedly told the House Oversight Committee that during her more than six-hour deposition today.
February 27, 2026
The Jesse Jackson that I knew
February 27, 2026
Netflix shockingly bows out, leaving Paramount as the apparent Warner Bros. winner
February 27, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting India to reset strained ties and push deeper trade cooperation with New Delhi
February 27, 2026
How US envoy Kushner’s ‘incomprehension’ of diplomacy stunned France
February 27, 2026
The European Commission has asked its anti-fraud watchdog to examine Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein during his time as the EU’s trade chief
February 27, 2026
A crowded Democratic primary in Illinois is shaping up as the next test for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerful advocacy organization that has stirred anger and frustration while exacerbating tensions over the war in Gaza
February 27, 2026
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he has full confidence in Mexico as a World Cup host, even after a deadly wave of cartel violence
February 27, 2026
Police in New York state are investigating how a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar died after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a doughnut shop in Buffalo
February 27, 2026
The Trump administration is about to release billions in disaster aid. Several blue states won’t be included
February 27, 2026
US Olympic hockey player distances himself from White House video trashing Canadians
February 27, 2026
Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces, Afghanistan’s government spokesperson says
February 27, 2026
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology
February 27, 2026
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told members of Congress she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and didn't recall ever meeting him
February 26, 2026
Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border strikes in escalating retaliatory attacks
February 27, 2026
Word from the Cuban government of a deadly encounter between its troops and a boat carrying armed expatriates is casting a spotlight on Cubans living in the U.S. who still harbor aspirations of a counter-revolution 67 years after a guerrilla uprising ushered in communism
February 27, 2026
Canada’s minister for U.S. trade says the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement could be subject to annual review and that uncertainty could be the objective of the Trump administration
February 27, 2026
Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program but walked away without a deal
February 26, 2026
Hillary Clinton says she answered every question on Epstein and decries GOP for keeping deposition private
February 27, 2026
The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked a judge to toss out the indictment against his client on the grounds that the United States has violated his rights to defend himself by blocking funds to pay his legal costs
February 27, 2026
Justice Department prosecutor says in court he wasn’t told by higher-ups to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia
February 26, 2026
Cuba says the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism
February 26, 2026
An estimated 32.6 million people have watched President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on television
February 27, 2026
Despite Trump push for voter ID law, Senate Republicans say votes aren’t there to change filibuster rules
February 27, 2026
Greenpeace is fighting for its life in North Dakota, where a lawsuit threatens the environmental group's future with a judgment of hundreds of a millions of dollars in damages awarded to a pipeline company
February 27, 2026
Congolese authorities and a civil society group say they found mass graves in an area of eastern Congo that the M23 rebel group has recently withdrawn from, as fighting in the region escalates despite a U.S. mediated peace deal
February 27, 2026
President Donald Trump has met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the White House to talk about big federal housing investments
February 27, 2026
Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy
February 26, 2026
U.S. first lady Melania Trump will preside over a U.N. Security Council meeting in what the United Nations said Thursday would be a first
February 27, 2026
People rally in Sacramento for return of woman they say was wrongfully deported
February 27, 2026
U.S. hockey player Brady Tkachuk says a White House TikTok video falsely paints him as insulting Canadians
February 27, 2026
Mamdani shows up to Trump meeting with a major New York City housing pitch — and props
February 27, 2026
Break-in at Democratic Party Headquarters; No update from APD
February 27, 2026
Cuban soldiers confronted a speedboat carrying 10 people as the vessel approached the island and opened fire on the troops, who fired back
February 26, 2026
A federal judge said that the IRS broke the law by illegally sharing thousands of taxpayers’ addresses with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
February 27, 2026
Gov. Tim Walz has denounced the Trump administration’s latest threat to withhold federal funds from Minnesota as another step in a “retribution” campaign
February 27, 2026
Iran and the United States held a third round of nuclear talks in Geneva as Washington sends airships and warships to the Middle East to underscore the U.S. demand that Iran stop enriching uranium
February 26, 2026
Judge lets White House ballroom project continue; preservation group to bring new challenge
February 27, 2026
Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said
February 26, 2026
NewYork-Presbyterian nurses return to work after longest nurses strike in NYC history
February 27, 2026
The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades
February 27, 2026
Trump asks Supreme Court to remove immigration protections for thousands of Syrians
February 27, 2026
Teen detained by ICE last year leaves State of the Union after being targeted in DHS tweet: "Everyone said it was ok."
February 27, 2026
Couples say DCFS wrongfully took their newborns over false allegations
February 27, 2026
An Israeli strike has killed at least two Palestinians and wounded five others east of Gaza City, according to Fadel Naeem, director of Al-Ahli Hospital, where the casualties arrived
February 26, 2026
Trump admin halts Medicaid payments to Minnesota over fraud claims
February 26, 2026
Texas U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt’s rivals are increasing their attacks on the two-term Republican ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate
February 26, 2026
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the government to end legal protections for migrants from Syria for now
February 26, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stand with Israel “shoulder-to-shoulder, opposing terrorism and its supporters.”
February 26, 2026
The island of Jersey has voted to legalize assisted dying for some terminally ill adults, as a similar bill stalls in the U.K. Parliament
February 26, 2026
As President Trump and other Republicans cast doubt on the legitimacy of the US electoral system, other democracies offer lessons in protecting the integrity of voting systems.
February 26, 2026
U.N. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain has announced she will step down as the head of the humanitarian organization in three months to focus on her health
February 26, 2026
World Economic Forum head Børge Brende says that he is stepping down after he faced pressure over contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
February 26, 2026
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced that the Scandinavian country will hold a parliamentary election on March 24
February 26, 2026
Democratic primary turnout is surging in Texas, according to early voting data
February 26, 2026
A Hong Kong court has sentenced the father of a U.S.-based activist to eight months in prison in the first case brought against the relative of a pro-democracy activist wanted by the city's authorities under a national security law
February 26, 2026
Team USA captain calls President Trump’s White House invite a ‘distasteful joke’
February 26, 2026
ICE won’t be at polling places for midterms, Trump appointee tells state election officials
February 26, 2026
The Justice Department says it is looking into whether it improperly withheld documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files
February 26, 2026
The FBI has fired additional agents who worked on an investigation into President Donald Trump, this time terminating employees who participated in the probe into the Republican’s hoarding of classified documents
February 26, 2026
Residents in a Southern California city want local police to stop letting federal immigration agents train at a publicly owned firing range
February 25, 2026
A DHS official is promising top state election administrators that immigration agents will not be at polling places during November's midterm election
February 26, 2026
Lawyers for student protesters detained in Pennsylvania after a scuffle with police say their clients did not know that a man in street clothes who put his arm around a 15-year-old girl’s neck was the local police chief
February 26, 2026
Prosecutors say a grand jury has rejected indictments over the fatal shooting last year of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent during a traffic encounter in Texas
February 25, 2026
Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds
February 25, 2026
Iran is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks lies to saying negotiations may yield an agreement through diplomacy
February 25, 2026
Meet the man Trump picked to pursue his war on fraud at the Justice Department
February 25, 2026
Bill and Hillary Clinton are slated to testify this week in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, part of a deal with Republicans after it became clear that Congress — with the help of some Democrats — was on track to hold them in contempt if they refused to cooperate
February 25, 2026
Marco Rubio is visiting the Caribbean, where he's defending the Trump administration’s military operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro
February 25, 2026
The U_N_ Security Council has imposed sanctions on four commanders of Sudan’s warring paramilitary force suspected of atrocities against civilians that U_N_ experts said showed “hallmarks of genocide.”
February 25, 2026
Iran has pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program
February 25, 2026
A massive snowball fight in New York that ended in police officers being pelted is creating a frosty dispute between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his own police department
February 25, 2026
Arizona Republicans are fighting over whether to send a hard-right candidate to the general election for governor, even after recent statewide losses
February 25, 2026
Man whose daughter is battling cancer arrested by ICE
February 25, 2026
Hunter College professor under fire for offensive comments caught on hot mic during Zoom meeting
February 25, 2026
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that California’s attorney general can face a defamation lawsuit over comments attacking ExxonMobil’s plastics recycling claims
February 25, 2026
A helicopter pilot wounded in the raid that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has received the Medal of Honor during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address
February 25, 2026
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a new Justice Department division dedicated to rooting out fraud says he would pursue prosecutions “without fear or favor,” amid growing questions about how the new unit will operate free of political pressure from a White House that has declared a “war on fraud.”
February 25, 2026
Syria reports ‘mass escape’ from detention camp holding ISIS-linked families amid reports thousands fled
February 25, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rousing welcome from lawmakers in Israel
February 25, 2026
Candidates and political groups are pouring money into Texas’ hotly contested U.S. Senate race at a record pace
February 25, 2026
Moore's Ford Bridge: Remembering America's last mass lynching
February 25, 2026
MPD officer criminally charged, accused of misusing license plate recognition system for personal reasons
February 25, 2026
Idaho House committee under fire after man delivers racist testimony in brownface
February 25, 2026
The Trump administration is expanding its pressure on Iran by imposing new sanctions aimed at the country's missile, drone and oil networks
February 25, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Ukrainian delegation is set to meet on Thursday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys ahead of another round of trilateral talks with Russia
February 25, 2026
President Donald Trump said he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to US men’s hockey Olympic gold medalist Connor Hellebuyck. Trump also introduced the men’s hockey team to drive home an argument that the country is “winning again.” Members of the team, clad in navy American flag sweaters accessorized with their medals, entered into the press gallery and received a bipartisan standing ovation and chants of “USA!”
February 25, 2026
President Donald Trump’s return to office has seen sweeping changes to how immigration enforcement is carried out
February 25, 2026
Tennessee bill could make women eligible for murder charges or the death penalty in abortion cases
February 25, 2026
Town hall in Kapolei warns of fentanyl disguised as food, impacts on the community
February 25, 2026
Secretary Noem threatens to again suspend TSA PreCheck amid DHS shutdown
February 25, 2026
The Speaker of the U.K.’s House of Commons has told lawmakers that he tipped off police that Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the U.S. who is facing accusations of leaking information to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was a possible flight risk
February 25, 2026
President Donald Trump has a midterm year message to sell
February 25, 2026
Many Americans are unhappy with the two major parties but seldom support alternatives. New England is an exception.
February 25, 2026
Former UK ambassador to US Peter Mandelson released after arrest amid Epstein probe
February 23, 2026
Keir Starmer faces a key test as a special election threatens to deepen the UK Labour Party’s crisis and his own leadership troubles
February 25, 2026
The U.S. will wind down health assistance to Zimbabwe after the African country withdrew from talks on a proposed $367 million bilateral funding deal
February 25, 2026
Facing tough odds in an upcoming election, Hungary’s pro-Russian prime minister is trying to convince voters that the greatest threat to the country is not economic stagnation, but neighboring Ukraine
February 25, 2026
US offers diplomatic services in West Bank settlement for first time. Critics warn it’s ‘normalizing annexation’
February 25, 2026
Scale of Xi’s military purges could hinder China’s ability to fight, says think tank
February 25, 2026
‘This is misery for us:’ New home construction stalls after immigration crackdown in Minnesota
February 25, 2026
Supreme Court justices sit in silence at State of the Union as Trump slams their tariffs decision
February 25, 2026
Australian leader evacuated from residence following bomb threat linked to opponents of group banned in China
February 25, 2026
Freed Venezuelan political prisoner reunites with niece at Trump’s State of the Union address
February 25, 2026
Many Iranians are worried as the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East and the next round of talks in Geneva get closer
February 24, 2026
Trump’s State of the Union left some viewers unconvinced that he’ll lower cost of living, CNN poll finds
February 25, 2026
President Donald Trump has made the case for his foreign policy efforts to Americans who are increasingly demonstrating uneasiness about his priorities
February 24, 2026
Japan says Iran has detained a Japanese citizen in Tehran since January and it is demanding the person's quick release
February 25, 2026
President Donald Trump has used a record-length State of the Union to argue that the country is “winning” under his leadership, even as his approval ratings slide
February 24, 2026
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union has given his State of the Union address
February 24, 2026
President Trump has used his State of the Union address to sell a booming America, even as voters worry about the economy
February 24, 2026
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger offered a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump’s depiction of the nation as being in a “golden age” during his State of the Union address
February 24, 2026
Takeaways from Donald Trump’s State of the Union address
February 25, 2026
President Donald Trump has presented the Purple Heart medal during his State of the Union Address and honored two National Guard members who were shot while patrolling in Washington last year
February 25, 2026
Trump skates on Team USA’s hockey wins during State of the Union address
February 25, 2026
Federal prosecutors are describing those who participated in a July 4 gathering outside a Texas immigration detention center that left a police officer wounded as antifa members intent on a “violent campaign” to influence U.S. policy
February 25, 2026
The gold medal-winning U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team has visited President Donald Trump at the White House and later received about a 2-minute bipartisan standing ovation during his State of the Union address
February 24, 2026
The designated survivor for a president's address to Congress starts the day as a Cabinet secretary and ends it that way, too, God willing
February 24, 2026
Rep. Al Green escorted out of House chamber early into Trump’s speech after protest
February 25, 2026
Zohran Mamdani and NYC police are at odds after two officers were injured in a snowball fight
February 25, 2026
Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews
February 25, 2026
President Donald Trump has said the U.S. was sending a hospital ship to Greenland because people there are not getting care, but the claim faces pushback
February 24, 2026
The CIA is offering help to potential informants in Iran as President Donald Trump mulls possible military action
February 24, 2026
If politicians write memoirs to generate online buzz and headlines, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting plenty of both - favorable and not
February 25, 2026
Some residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown are calling for the police chief to resign after a scuffle between police and students protesting ICE policies left several juveniles in custody
February 24, 2026
More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its changes to vaccine recommendations for children
February 24, 2026
A federal appeals court is allowing the IRS to keep sharing some taxpayer data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
February 24, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract
February 24, 2026
The former Los Angeles fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that her ouster was part of an orchestrated effort to smear her conduct and decision-making so Mayor Karen Bass could avoid accountability for the most destructive wildfire in LA history
February 24, 2026
The State Department has expressed its displeasure over Ukraine's recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan
February 24, 2026
The US Olympic men’s hockey team is facing backlash after laughing during a call with President Trump following their gold medal win. Trump joked he would be “impeached” for not inviting the US women’s hockey team, who also won gold. The women’s team later declined his State of the Union invitation.
February 24, 2026
Trump administration considers forcing banks to verify customers’ citizenship
February 24, 2026
Kash Patel’s use of the FBI jet sparks outrage. Here’s why he couldn’t travel to the Olympics any other way
February 24, 2026
House rejects quick passage of bill that some say would have prevented deadly DC midair collision
February 24, 2026
A federal appeals court is weighing whether the Trump administration unlawfully shut down a $20 billion green bank program and froze money meant for climate nonprofits
February 24, 2026
US warned Ukraine’s ambassador over strikes on Black Sea oil target
February 24, 2026
Brazil’s Supreme Court has started the high-profile trial of the suspects allegedly behind the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver in 2018
February 24, 2026
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales says he will not resign amid affair allegations
February 24, 2026
Protesters have gathered on the Greek island of Crete following the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier that is part of a major buildup of American forces in the Middle East
February 24, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of the Louvre Museum’s president
February 24, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in its war
February 24, 2026
A judge has decided to keep prosecutors on the case of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's killing in Utah
February 24, 2026
Neighbors, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed “Darth Vader” have been digging out from a brutal storm that forecasters are calling the strongest in a decade
February 24, 2026
Influential British politician Peter Mandelson is under investigation for alleged misconduct in public office linked to his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
February 24, 2026
It's been four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine as the country keeps fighting and Europe shows support but struggles to stay united
February 24, 2026
Judge declines to dismiss prosecutors from the case against alleged Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson
February 24, 2026
First lady Melania and Donald Trump bringing separate guests to SOTU in break with precedent
February 24, 2026
The U.S. ambassador to France has reached out to defuse a new diplomatic spat after skipping a French summons over U.S. comments on French politics
February 24, 2026
Democrat quits clean energy firm over Epstein links
February 24, 2026
Fire chief to be recognized at State of the Union address for Helene efforts
February 24, 2026
The Pentagon says U.S. military forces have boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela
February 24, 2026
Cobb officials say they understand concern in case of young man found hanging from tree in park, reiterate 'no indicators' of foul play
February 24, 2026
Sierra Leone's government says that several members of a security team including an officer have been apprehended and transported over the border by members of the Guinean military
February 24, 2026
Canadian regulators have approved Gulfstream G700 and G800 business jets in a move that comes weeks after new tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump over the planes’ status in Canada
February 24, 2026
A divided Supreme Court has ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail
February 24, 2026
France bans US ambassador Charles Kushner from meeting French ministers
February 22, 2026
Mayra Flores is fighting for a political comeback in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley
February 24, 2026
Supreme Court fails to deliver for Texas woman who claims Postal Service withheld mail because she is Black
February 24, 2026
Speaker Johnson tells House Republican to address affair allegations but says he shouldn’t resign
February 23, 2026
FedEx is suing the U.S. government, requesting a full refund on what it paid for tariffs set by President Donald Trump last year after the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs are illegal
February 24, 2026
A gobsmacking amount of money is spent on federal elections in the US. The credit or blame for that reaches back to a landmark, 50-year-old Supreme Court decision.
February 24, 2026
From the civil rights era of the 1960s until today, white victims of government violence have received disproportionate attention.
February 24, 2026
Seventeen international aid groups have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to allow them to keep working in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian areas as Israel is set to bar them for refusing to comply with new rules
February 24, 2026
4 things to watch in Trump’s State of the Union
February 24, 2026
What others can learn from how Minnesota helped its most vulnerable residents during the ICE surge
February 24, 2026
Zelensky pleads to Trump: ‘Stay on our side’
February 23, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit China as Germany worries about rising Chinese competition and Beijing’s stance on Ukraine
February 24, 2026
What to expect from Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s State of the Union response
February 24, 2026
Hong Kong protests after Panama takes control of two key ports on the Panama Canal once run by a Hong Kong company
February 24, 2026
A federal inquiry has begun into a rise in antisemitism across Australia before two gunmen allegedly killed 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival
February 24, 2026
Police in Britain say Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, has been released on bail after he was arrested in an Epstein files misconduct probe
February 23, 2026
Trump confronts his 3 main options on Iran — from diplomacy to trying to topple a regime
February 24, 2026
A day after the Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful drug lord, the picturesque town where it happened was a study in contrasts
February 23, 2026
A Hong Kong-based company that has operated key ports at the ends of the Panama Canal for decades says the government has seized them
February 23, 2026
South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has appealed his life sentence for rebellion over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024
February 24, 2026
President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill this week to deliver the State of the Union address
February 23, 2026
President Donald Trump has settled a lawsuit with singer Isaac Hayes Jr.’s estate over the campaign’s use of the song “Hold On, I’m Coming” without permission
February 24, 2026
The U.S. women’s hockey gold medal-winning team has politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday
February 23, 2026
Trump faces a skeptical public and myriad challenges ahead of State of the Union address
February 23, 2026
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer says the agency’s training for new deportation officers is broken as ICE ramps up its hiring
February 23, 2026
President Donald Trump is threatening countries around the world to abide by any tariff deals they agreed to, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down many of his far-reaching taxes on imports
February 23, 2026
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is being honored in South Carolina, where he was born and where his civil rights work began as a teenager
February 23, 2026
A U.S. official focusing on arms control has provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground nuclear test nearly six years ago
February 23, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his support for an executive order that would aim to boost the production of a controversial weedkiller ingredient called glyphosate, even though it is widening a political fault line for the administration ahead of the midterm elections
February 23, 2026
When the American men’s hockey team retreated to their locker room to celebrate their Winter Olympics gold medal win, they were joined by a special guest from the United States: FBI Director Kash Patel
February 23, 2026
The U.S. military says it killed three people in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea
February 23, 2026
US women’s hockey team declines Trump’s State of the Union invite, citing scheduling
February 23, 2026
Both sides remain dug in over their demands to end the partial government shutdown of funding for the Department of Homeland Security. CNN's Camila DeChalus has the latest.
February 22, 2026
Community rallies for peace, justice after deadly nightclub shooting
February 23, 2026
An armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida
February 22, 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says pressure is building on President Donald Trump as courts and Congress push back on his tariff agenda
February 23, 2026
Dow tumbles more than 800 points as tariff uncertainty and AI disruption fears roil markets
February 23, 2026
The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades
January 23, 2026
Lakefront Brewery says it missed out on at least $400,000 in revenue due to Trump tariffs
February 23, 2026
Will the killing of ‘El Mencho’ set off turf wars and narco-terrorism across Mexico?
February 23, 2026
A federal judge has permanently barred the release of a report by special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate
February 23, 2026
A federal court ruling means the new Utah voting districts that give Democrats an improved shot at winning a U.S. House seat can be used in this year’s election
February 23, 2026
CDC deputy director abruptly departs agency
February 23, 2026
Europe's asking for answers about US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 15% global tax, or tariff, on imports
February 23, 2026
Artist's new exhibit "Freedom Fighters" showcasing important Black figures for Black History Month
February 23, 2026
The 21-year-old North Carolina man who entered a gate at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort with a shotgun before he was shot and killed worked as a golf course groundskeeper and sold illustrations of golf courses
February 23, 2026
Planes, police and airbases: New allegations of how Andrew may have used taxpayer money to meet Epstein
February 23, 2026
Mar-a-Lago trespassing incidents highlight mental health crises and legal outcomes
February 23, 2026
Supporters of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye have held a prayer service in a Catholic cathedral to press for his release
February 23, 2026
The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives, notching a major victory
February 23, 2026
Hungary has blocked the European Union’s latest sanctions plan against Russia, and said it will hold up a big new loan for Ukraine
February 23, 2026
Geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan might be spilling over into English cricket
February 23, 2026
Rick Woldenberg is the owner of Learning Resources and one of the plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case that overturned President Trump's sweeping tariffs. He joins Victor Blackwell on CNN This Morning to discuss his reaction to the ruling and what President Trump had to say about him and the other plaintiffs.
February 22, 2026
Judge Aileen Cannon bars the release of special counsel report on Trump’s handling of classified documents
February 23, 2026
Senate Democrats are unveiling a bill to have the government refund about $175 billion in Trump-era tariff money after the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs were illegal
February 23, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro may be the nation’s most prominent Jewish politician as antisemitism surges across America
February 23, 2026
Supreme Court to decide if Colorado city can sue oil companies for climate change
February 23, 2026
As Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine marks four years, the pressure on Russia’s economy is starting to show
February 23, 2026
It’s difficult to measure what is lost when an opinion is never voiced and impossible to catalogue the arguments that never form because a speaker calculates the risk and decides silence is safer.
February 23, 2026
Palestinian Authority officials say Israeli settlers have attacked a West Bank mosque
February 23, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis this week to reassert the Trump administration’s interests in the Western Hemisphere
February 23, 2026
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is likely to be a test run of the message that Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control of the House and the Senate
February 23, 2026
The International Criminal Court has started pretrial hearings on former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is facing three counts of crimes against humanity for deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he oversaw while in office
February 23, 2026
Who sits where at Trump’s State of the Union address: A visual guide
February 23, 2026
Trump’s approval rating with independents hits a new low ahead of the State of the Union
February 23, 2026
Prince William and Kate put on a united (and color-coordinated) front at the BAFTAs
February 23, 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel celebrates with US men’s hockey team after Olympic win
February 23, 2026
The Mexican army says it has killed the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in a military operation
February 22, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security says the Global Entry program shuts down for as long as the partial government shutdown continues
February 22, 2026
Zohran Mamdani bans most travel across NYC due to blizzard — and gives in on a snow day for students
February 22, 2026
Gavin Newsom discusses a potential 2028 matchup with Kamala Harris and why his son doesn’t want him to run
February 22, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is sending a U.S. Navy hospital ship to Greenland because people there are sick and lack care
February 22, 2026
Twin Cities metro musicians release protest song to raise funds for the ACLU-MN
February 22, 2026
DHS reverses course on TSA PreCheck suspension after confusion
February 22, 2026
Trump says he’s sending a hospital boat to Greenland as territory says ‘no thanks’
February 22, 2026
Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan and says it killed at least 70 Pakistani militants blamed for attacks at home
February 21, 2026
France is summoning U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner to protest American comments about the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque
February 22, 2026
The European Commission says the United States needs to honor its tariff deal with the EU after the Supreme court blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s trade agenda
February 22, 2026
There is fresh outrage over U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee's remarks in an interview that Israel could “take it all” when asked about biblical claims to Middle East land
February 22, 2026
Pro-Trump lawmaker in Colombia faces questions after son’s detention by ICE
February 22, 2026
The ‘equal time’ rule has been around for a century and aims to promote broadcasters’ editorial independence and free expression – an idea that is now under threat from the FCC.
February 22, 2026
Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver's licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many of their birth certificates
February 22, 2026
Hungary is threatening to block new EU sanctions on Russia and slow EU help for Ukraine until Russian oil deliveries resume
February 22, 2026
A border district in Texas is flashing warning signs for Republicans in the midterms
February 22, 2026
Pakistan launches airstrikes against Afghan-based ‘militants’ it blames for cross-border attacks
February 22, 2026
Britain’s monarchy faces fresh strain as police investigate the former Prince Andrew over alleged misconduct as a former trade envoy
February 22, 2026
When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine surpassed 1,418 days last month, it officially exceeded a historic milestone — the same span of time it took Moscow to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II
February 22, 2026
The Supreme Court decision striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs has added a wrinkle to already complicated U.S.-China relations
February 22, 2026
President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city address a sewage system leak that dumped at least 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River
February 21, 2026
Middle East states condemn US ambassador’s comments appearing to support ‘expansionist’ Israel
February 21, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's imposing a temporary global tariff of 10% after his far-reaching tariff regimen was struck down by the Supreme Court
February 20, 2026
South Korea punishes former president who thought he could unravel democracy
February 21, 2026
JPMorgan Chase now confirms it closed Donald Trump’s bank accounts after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
February 21, 2026
Some Republicans seemed relieved at the news that the Supreme Court had struck down President Donald Trump’s global tariff regime
February 21, 2026
Trump announces global tariffs will increase to 15% from 10% ‘effective immediately’
February 21, 2026
Venezuela’s government says it is freeing large numbers of people held for political reasons after passing a new amnesty law
February 21, 2026
Arab and Muslim countries are sharply condemning comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who said in an interview that Israel had a right to much of the Middle East
February 21, 2026
Brazil and India have signed a new deal to cooperate on rare earths and other critical minerals
February 21, 2026
Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to Jeffrey Epstein, saying a law used to force the recent public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional
February 21, 2026
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the U.K. and its European allies should immediately deploy noncombat troops to Ukraine to show Russian President Vladimir Putin that Western nations are truly committed to the nation’s freedom and independence
February 21, 2026
Death of far-right activist in France sends tensions soaring and draws US criticism
February 21, 2026
About 3,000 people have joined a far-right march in the French city of Lyon after a 23-year-old nationalist activist died from a beating last week
February 21, 2026
Remaining slavery exhibits don't need to be reinstalled for now, court rules
February 21, 2026
At least 20 communities with large warehouses across the U.S. have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s $45-billion expansion of detention centers
February 21, 2026
Four years on, Russia is still paying for a fatal miscalculation in Ukraine
February 21, 2026
War veterans with severe injuries from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have taken the stage in Kyiv in an adaptation of Ivan Kotliarevskyi’s “Eneida.”
February 21, 2026
Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight Hezbollah members
February 21, 2026
In the 1970s, the agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent
February 21, 2026
Controversy hasn’t stopped Ken Paxton yet. Will a Senate run be different?
February 21, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Britain’s Prince Andrew, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, police said Thursday. The arrest follows a prior review by authorities into allegations that a woman was trafficked to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein for a sexual encounter involving Mountbatten-Windsor, as well as claims he may have shared sensitive information with Epstein while serving as the UK’s trade envoy. CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz reports.
February 19, 2026
Hungary says it is blocking a major EU loan for Ukraine until Russian oil starts flowing again through the Druzhba pipeline
February 21, 2026
Analysis: These two new economic numbers blew a hole in Trump’s rosy narrative
February 21, 2026
John Roberts ends Trump’s big Supreme Court winning streak
February 21, 2026
While corporate America stayed silent, a small wine importer risked his business to challenge Trump’s tariffs
February 21, 2026
Utah’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Republican lawmakers and left in place a congressional map that gives Democrats a high chance of picking up one of the state’s four Republican-held U.S. House seats in the fall
February 21, 2026
Exclusive: US intelligence agencies tie Chinese explosive test to push for a completely new nuclear arsenal
February 21, 2026
Justice Department says interim US attorney is fired hours after Virginia judges appoint him to replace Trump loyalist
February 21, 2026
The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean
February 21, 2026
Venezuela has passed a new amnesty law, but some families of political detainees and prisoners' rights groups are reacting with mixed feelings
February 20, 2026
Cuban officials say a U.S. fuel blockade is pushing Cuba’s health system toward collapse and putting lives at risk
February 20, 2026
The Trump administration says it supports a strict Biden-era rule that forces cities to replace most lead water pipes within 10 years
February 20, 2026
A defiant Trump vows new tariffs while fuming at Supreme Court
February 20, 2026
President Donald Trump’s vision of the Supreme Court, in which his three appointees are personally loyal to him, collided with the court’s view of itself when six justices voted to strike down Trump’s signature economic policy, global tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law
February 20, 2026
The Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs
February 20, 2026
Melania Trump wants to look perfect
February 20, 2026
Exclusive: Secret Service will offer tailored suits to new protective detail agents
February 20, 2026
There’s little that Donald Trump has cherished more in his second term than tariffs, a symbol of his imperious approach to the presidency
February 20, 2026
Transportation secretary says it was not a mistake to close airspace around El Paso
February 20, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants
February 20, 2026
Major cyberattack forces closure of clinics across Mississippi
February 20, 2026
The Supreme Court has struck down some of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs
February 20, 2026
Protesters say they were attacked by bodyguards for Azerbaijan president after Trump’s Board of Peace meeting
February 20, 2026
A judge is weighing the Washington Post's demand for federal authorities to return electronic devices seized from a Post reporter’s Virginia home last month
February 20, 2026
The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to proceed with planning for a potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria, which was shuttered in 2012 during the country’s civil war
February 20, 2026
South Florida farmers face catastrophic losses from historic freeze
February 20, 2026
The $134-billion question: Who will get a tariff refund?
February 20, 2026
Melania Trump says it's “incredible” to see the gown she wore to the 2025 inaugural balls on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History
February 20, 2026
A U.S. appeals court late Friday says the Trump administration can halt work on a National Park Service slavery exhibit in Philadelphia while it appeals a judge's order to reinstall it
February 20, 2026
President Donald Trump has warned that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat says Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the U.S. Trump's remarks Friday came a few hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on MSNOW’s “Morning Joe” show that his country was planning to finalize a draft deal in “the next two to three days” to then send to Washington
February 20, 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office has denied a request to have the late Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda due to precedents that such honors are usually only designated for presidents
February 20, 2026
The Supreme Court has dealt President Donald Trump a bruising loss on a cornerstone of his economic policy, striking down sweeping tariffs he imposed on nearly every country
February 20, 2026
At the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington, President Donald Trump spoke of billions of dollars pledged to rebuild the Gaza Strip and a “new and harmonious” Middle East rising from the ashes of war
February 20, 2026
President Donald Trump is dealing with a major legal defeat Friday after the Supreme Court struck down many of the tariffs he imposed last year on nearly every country on earth
February 20, 2026
The new head of the U.N. refugee agency says diplomacy is the only realistic path to peace in Ukraine, as humanitarian aid runs short
February 20, 2026
Virginia Democrats have passed a new congressional map that aims to flip four U.S. House seats, but the courts and voters still must have a say before the maps are official
February 20, 2026
A look at the military hardware the US has positioned for potential war with Iran
February 20, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor becomes first senior British royal to be arrested in centuries. Here’s what we know
February 19, 2026
House Speaker Johnson rejects request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol
February 20, 2026
Police have searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after the former prince was held in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office
February 20, 2026
Rep. Tony Gonzales denies allegations that he had an affair with an aide who later died by suicide
February 20, 2026
Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including some who were allowed to enter from the occupied West Bank
February 20, 2026
American freeskier Hunter Hess got to the end of his successful run in Olympic halfpipe qualifying, then bent his left thumb and forefinger into the shape of an “L.”
February 20, 2026
Both Prohibition and current mass deportation efforts were hastily built, staffed by people permitted to use force, and had difficult objectives to achieve.
February 20, 2026
Five big European military powers have launched a joint effort to build cheap drone defenses and autonomous drones, using Ukraine’s battlefield expertise
February 20, 2026
Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States
February 20, 2026
State Republicans redrew their congressional map over the summer to make five Democratic-held seats winnable, in line with the explicit expectation set by President Donald Trump
February 20, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his first visit to China next week since taking the helm of Europe’s biggest economy
February 20, 2026
President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden
February 20, 2026
Britain blocking use of air bases Trump says would be needed for strikes on Iran, UK media reports
February 20, 2026
A US attack on Iran could send oil prices surging at precarious time for Trump
February 20, 2026
The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most
February 20, 2026
The White House has announced a trade agreement with Indonesia
February 19, 2026
Florida lawmakers vote to rename Palm Beach airport after Trump
February 20, 2026
The Palestinian Health Ministry and a witness say that Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American in an attack on a village
February 19, 2026
Argentina’s largest labor unions have held a nationwide strike to protest President Javier Milei’s flagship overhaul of the country's labor law
February 19, 2026
Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez has signed into law an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of politicians, activists, lawyers and many others
February 19, 2026
Hegseth rails against ‘Godless left’ in political speech to Christian convention
February 20, 2026
Venezuela passed a law to free hundreds of political prisoners after US pressure. Here’s why some welcome it cautiously
February 20, 2026
The National Governors Association is pulling out of an annual meeting at the White House after President Donald Trump declined to invite two Democratic governors
February 19, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lauded his nation’s improving economy and regional standing as he opened the country’s most important political event
February 20, 2026
Trump says he will direct government agencies to release files related to extraterrestrial life and UFOs
February 20, 2026
New Mexico’s attorney general has reopened an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch as allegations of sex abuse and trafficking swirl
February 19, 2026
Congressman Tony Gonzales of Texas is claiming he's being “blackmailed” following a report he allegedly had an affair with a former staffer who later died after she set herself on fire
February 20, 2026
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas is urging supporters to look at experience in a heated U.S. Senate primary with state Rep. James Talarico as he rides on wider attention thanks to late-night host Stephen Colbert
February 20, 2026
The US could strike Iran. Here’s how Tehran is getting prepared
February 20, 2026
Iran held annual military drills with Russia as a second American aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East
February 19, 2026
The Trump administration has issued a sweeping new order that could lead to the arrest of tens of thousands of refugees who are lawfully in the United States but do not yet have permanent residency
February 19, 2026
The Chicago Bears’ potential move to Indiana took another step forward when a key committee approved a plan to create an agency that would help get a stadium built
February 19, 2026
Trump confronts his options on Iran — from targeted attacks to potentially toppling regime
February 19, 2026
A Virginia judge is temporarily blocking Democrats’ plan to hold an April referendum on new congressional maps that could seriously impact the midterm elections
February 19, 2026
El Salvador and Mexico have reported major cocaine seizures at sea this week, as U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats leave 11 people dead
February 19, 2026
VA backs off rule that would have cut benefits amid outrage
February 19, 2026
Trump’s first Board of Peace meeting sees lofty pledges, but questions remain
February 19, 2026
President Donald Trump is in Georgia Thursday for a trip designed to help boost Republicans’ political standing heading into the midterms
February 19, 2026
JPMorgan Chase pushes back on Trump’s $5 billion lawsuit, arguing it ‘fraudulently’ includes Jamie Dimon
February 19, 2026
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to deliver Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union address
February 19, 2026
An ambitious program to provide free universal child care to working families in New Mexico is being enshrined into law
February 19, 2026
The Trump administration says that 31 universities have agreed to cut ties with a nonprofit that helps racial minorities earn doctorate degrees
February 19, 2026
FIFA says it'll pay to build a new $50 million national soccer stadium in war-ravaged Gaza, where two years of fighting between Hamas and Israel have left housing, electricity and basic infrastructure severely damaged
February 19, 2026
A large banner featuring Donald Trump’s face has been hung on the exterior of Justice Department headquarters in a physical display of the Republican president’s efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency
February 19, 2026
The U.S. federal agency that enforces workplace civil rights is suing a regional Coca-Cola bottler for sex discrimination, alleging the company discriminated against male employees by only inviting women to a company-sponsored networking event
February 19, 2026
A federal panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees has approved his plan to build a massive ballroom on the site of the former White House East Wing
February 19, 2026
Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters
February 19, 2026
Federal workers are restoring an exhibit on the people once enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia despite an ongoing legal fight between the city and the Trump administration
February 19, 2026
Timeline: How Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor fell from grace over his ties to Epstein
February 19, 2026
President Donald Trump has announced at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting that nine members have agreed to pledge $7 billion toward a Gaza relief package
February 19, 2026
CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting canceled for next week
February 19, 2026
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is proposing a rule that would limit public housing mostly to citizens, which advocates fear could lead to tens of thousand of people being evicted
February 19, 2026
The United Nations says the United States has paid about $160 million of the nearly $4 billion it owes, and President Donald Trump is promising more money to the financially strapped world organization
February 19, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC’s “The View” over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air
February 19, 2026
Minnesota judge holds federal attorney in civil contempt, a first in Trump’s second term
February 19, 2026
U.N.-backed investigators say Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have carried out a campaign in the city of el-Fasher in the Darfur region that shows “hallmarks of genocide” against non-Arab communities
February 19, 2026
A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally
February 19, 2026
Family of woman who died after being picked up by garbage truck seeking answers
February 19, 2026
South Carolina lawmakers have approved a bill to keep secret how much money teams and athletes are paid under new college sports rules
February 19, 2026
Trump’s White House ballroom moves one step closer to approval after fast-track vote
February 19, 2026
Florida Senate introduces a bill named after former NFL QB Teddy Bridgewater to allow coaches to give benefits to players
February 19, 2026
Oil prices jump and gold hits $5,000 as tensions ramp up between Iran and the US
February 19, 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pitched India as a major hub for artificial intelligence, built at home and used worldwide
February 19, 2026
A new Kenyan intelligence report says 1,000 Kenyans have been recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine
February 19, 2026
Trump administration expands ICE’s ability to detain legal refugees in latest memo
February 19, 2026
The expiration of the New START treaty has the US and Russia poised to increase the number of their deployed strategic nuclear weapons, pushing the world into dangerous territory.
February 19, 2026
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law to suppress the opposition
February 19, 2026
Trump’s immigration crackdown is brewing a health care crisis in the US, doctors warn
February 19, 2026
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol handed life sentence for leading insurrection
February 19, 2026
He drew a line with Trump. Now Oklahoma’s governor is facing the president’s ire again
February 19, 2026
José María Balcázar has become Peru's new interim president, replacing another interim leader who was removed over corruption allegations just four months into his term
February 18, 2026
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pushing back on President Donald Trump while trying to rally Democrats in his state around a mid-decade redistricting fight
February 19, 2026
Bernie Sanders has traveled to Los Angeles to kick off a campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats
February 18, 2026
Peru’s leader José Jerí ousted over ‘Chifa-gate’ scandal, as presidential ‘curse’ strikes again
February 17, 2026
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to unveil the deployment of 50 new launch vehicles for nuclear-capable short-range missiles threatening rival South Korea as he flaunted his expanding military capabilities ahead of a major ruling party congress
February 19, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to travel to Israel next week to update Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks
February 19, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll finds views of the Democratic Party among rank-and-file Democrats have not bounced back since President Donald Trump’s 2024 victory
February 18, 2026
The top U.S. military commander for Latin America has met with Venezuela’s acting president in Caracas as both sides discuss security and policy goals
February 19, 2026
Another opposition Conservative lawmaker in Canada has defected to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing Liberals
February 18, 2026
Ramadan has begun in Gaza under a fragile ceasefire deal, but many say the joyous spirit of the month has disappeared
February 18, 2026
US military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say
February 18, 2026
Members of the United Nations Security Council are calling for the Gaza ceasefire deal to become permanent and blasting Israeli efforts to expand control in the West Bank as a threat to prospects of a two-state solution
February 18, 2026
Jesse Jackson’s children remember his civil rights legacy and describe him as a devoted father after his death at home
February 18, 2026
The U.S. military says a red, white and blue color scheme championed by President Donald Trump will become the new look for Air Force One
February 18, 2026
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February 18, 2026
Trump launches his ‘Board of Peace’ with billions pledged for Gaza, but many allies are wary
February 18, 2026
Argentina’s President Javier Milei deepens ties with U.S. President Donald Trump while trying to avoid a break with China, Argentina’s top trading partner
February 18, 2026
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
February 18, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday
February 18, 2026
President Donald Trump has hosted a White House reception for Black History Month, less than two weeks after he sparked a bipartisan outcry by posting a racist video on social media that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle
February 18, 2026
NIH director temporarily steps in to run CDC
February 18, 2026
A coalition of health and environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change
February 18, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has resumed the practice of clearing out homeless encampments, saying he has retooled the process
February 18, 2026
Former classmate shares impact young Jesse Jackson had
February 18, 2026
The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official
February 18, 2026
CNN's Jake Tapper reports.
February 17, 2026
The Cuban foreign minister is visiting Moscow as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages worsened by a U
February 18, 2026
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was an athlete from a young age, and throughout his life he immersed himself in the world of sports
February 18, 2026
A delegation of U.S. senators is returning from a trip to Ukraine
February 18, 2026
Decades after KKK threats, family pushes to honor trailblazer Leroy Johnson
February 18, 2026
UK police assess claims Epstein trafficked women on flights through London Stansted Airport
February 18, 2026
Oklahoma fire risk continues after Gov. Kevin Stitt declares state of emergency for 3 counties
February 18, 2026
The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s two presidential runs and his life of activism inspired leaders across generations
February 18, 2026
Maui community gathers in Wailuku for candlelight vigil focused on immigration
February 18, 2026
Some Republican legislators are pushing to limit state environmental regulations
February 18, 2026
Foxboro threatens to cancel FIFA World Cup matches at Gillette Stadium if it doesn't get security money
February 18, 2026
Researchers aim to bring truth to light for racially motivated civil rights cold cases
February 18, 2026
Gov. Moore signs bills into law ending law enforcement partnerships with ICE
February 18, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she hopes to deepen her relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump
February 18, 2026
Abortion clinics are closing, even in states that have become key access points
February 18, 2026
How an FCC ‘equal time’ letter to ABC pressured CBS into intervening with Colbert
February 18, 2026
As anger about the presence of ICE in Minneapolis divided the nation, Americans turned to the American Civil War for metaphors.
February 18, 2026
As immigration enforcement crackdowns expand across the US, communities can mobilize to lessen the public health impacts.
February 18, 2026
Democratic candidates have notched a series of wins in recent special elections — but a new AP-NORC poll finds views of the Democratic Party among rank-and-file Democrats have not bounced back since President Donald Trump’s victory in 2024
February 18, 2026
Gabon has suspended access to social media and digital platforms throughout the central African nation until further notice as critics accuse the country’s leader of crackdown on dissent
February 18, 2026
More than a dozen former international cricket captainshave urged Pakistan’s government to ensure better prison treatment and medical care for former cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan
February 18, 2026
Late-night host Stephen Colbert isn't backing down from his public dispute with CBS bosses over what he can air on his show
February 18, 2026
Vatican will not participate in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
February 18, 2026
Electability and enthusiasm: How the Texas Senate primaries are testing the direction of both parties
February 18, 2026
Inflation in the U.K. has fallen to a 10-month low largely on the back of lower food and gas prices
February 18, 2026
Britain’s House of Lords is facing scrutiny as an indirect result of the Jeffrey Epstein files
February 18, 2026
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte says she will seek the presidency in the 2028 elections
February 18, 2026
Minnesota and federal authorities are investigating claims that immigration officers shattered a Mexican man's skull while taking him into custody last month
February 18, 2026
An immigration judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s deportation case against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student and Columbia protest leader
February 17, 2026
The Rev. Jesse Jackson had popularized the term “African American" as a way to reclaim cultural identity
February 18, 2026
Peru’s Congress has voted to remove interim President José Jerí from office as he faces corruption allegations
February 17, 2026
In an interview with the BBC, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused the Trump administration of a “continuing cover-up” in the way it has handled the release of millions of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein. This comes as both Clintons are set to appear for closed-door depositions in the House’s Epstein probe later this month.
February 17, 2026
New Mexico lawmakers pass measure aimed at investigating Epstein’s Zorro Ranch
February 17, 2026
Last week the White House announced the nomination of a Las Vegas attorney for U.S. Attorney of the District of Nevada
February 17, 2026
Eulogies are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L
February 17, 2026
As Iran talks drag on, questions emerge over how long Trump will indulge diplomacy
February 17, 2026
Iran has announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz for live fire military drills
February 17, 2026
Obama aides have described how they underestimated Donald Trump before his 2016 presidential run, even as his influence grew online and in politics
February 17, 2026
U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., have arrested an 18-year-old man after he ran toward the west side of the Capitol Building armed with a shotgun
February 17, 2026
Democrats’ top priority as the 2026 session of the Minnesota Legislature gets underway is reining in the power of federal law enforcement to conduct immigration crackdowns
February 17, 2026
Man in tactical vest with loaded shotgun arrested after charging US Capitol, police say
February 17, 2026
A federal judge has ruled that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the U.S. government has no viable plan for deporting him
February 17, 2026
State legislators in New Mexico have launched a truth commission to investigate past activity at a secluded desert ranch where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests
February 17, 2026
Colbert says CBS scrapped his James Talarico interview after Trump FCC’s threats
February 17, 2026
Students in Georgia describe the terror of a school shooting as prosecutors try to convict the suspect’s father for giving him the gun
February 17, 2026
Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L
February 17, 2026
Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to leave agency
February 17, 2026
The Rev. Jesse L
February 17, 2026
Bruce Springsteen brings his political message back to U.S. arenas with a new run of shows
February 17, 2026
Hundreds of Indiana students rally at Statehouse, some called for lawmakers to address bullying
February 17, 2026
The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in an investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government’s response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election
February 17, 2026
The long-ago husband of former first lady Jill Biden has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed his current wife in Delaware
February 17, 2026
New tool for tackling blighted homes
February 17, 2026
He spent over 40 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned. An immigration judge just denied him bond
February 17, 2026
With budgets under strain, states are split on taxing the rich
February 17, 2026
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of a ‘cover-up’ over its handling of Epstein documents
February 17, 2026
Bangladesh’s new prime minister has been sworn in after his party’s landslide win in parliamentary elections last week, the country’s first since the massive 2024 uprising
February 17, 2026
The United States is planning to deploy more high-tech missile systems in the Philippines to help deter aggression in the South China Sea, where the treaty allies again condemned China’s “illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive activities.”
February 17, 2026
In a podcast interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, former President Barack Obama made a remark about aliens existing. He later clarified on Instagram that he has not seen evidence of extraterrestrial life.
February 16, 2026
Australia refuses to repatriate ISIS-linked citizens in Syria as escape attempt fails
February 17, 2026
Palmerston, one of the UK’s top ‘diplocats,’ dies in Bermuda
February 17, 2026
The house always wins: How the establishment finally came out on top in Thailand
February 17, 2026
A Ukrainian delegation is heading to Geneva for another round of U.S.-brokered talks with Russian officials, days before next week’s fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor
February 16, 2026
President Donald Trump is lashing out at Maryland Gov. Wes Moore over what he says is as a lagging response to a January pipe rupture that sent sewage flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington
February 17, 2026
Iran's top diplomat has held talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog in Geneva before a second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran
February 16, 2026
US increases military pressure on Iran as countries discuss a deal
February 16, 2026
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie grapple with fallout from parents’ Epstein scandals
February 16, 2026
Lawyers say a new group of third-country nationals has been deported by the United States to Cameroon
February 16, 2026
Hopes that the FBI would share evidence in Alex Pretti’s killing with state investigators have shattered
February 16, 2026
Marco Rubio is backing Viktor Orbán ahead of Hungary’s April election during a visit to Budapest
February 16, 2026
Five European countries say Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with a rare toxin linked to poison dart frogs
February 14, 2026
Damascus is hosting its first international book fair since Bashar Assad fell, and publishers say censorship has almost disappeared
February 16, 2026
Former U.S. President Barack Obama has clarified comments he made about alien life on a podcast over the weekend
February 16, 2026
94-year-old Korean War veteran finally receives Purple Heart after nearly 70 years
February 16, 2026
Government offices, the stock market and schools are closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day, but most big retailers are open
February 16, 2026
Obama clarifies alien comments after telling podcast ‘they’re real’
February 16, 2026
By buying Russia’s oil, Hungary is fueling the Kremlin’s war machine – and enriching foundations linked to Orbán
February 16, 2026
More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution
February 16, 2026
Russian opposition figure Navalny killed by toxin found in poison dart frogs, Europeans say
February 14, 2026
Two top European commanders warn ‘hard choices’ needed from public on arms spending to deter Russia
February 16, 2026
North Korea says it completed a housing district in Pyongyang for families of soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine
February 15, 2026
Lawmakers and the White House are offering no signs of compromise in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers
February 15, 2026
More than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration’s drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge
February 15, 2026
A Chicago teen who spoke out for her father’s release after he was detained last fall by immigration officials has died after battling a rare form of cancer
February 15, 2026
Many political candidates pitch themselves as outsiders
February 15, 2026
Israeli move to designate large parts of West Bank as state land condemned as ‘de facto annexation’
February 15, 2026
Israel is beginning a land registration process in the occupied West Bank that critics say can shift large areas into state control
February 15, 2026
The U.S. military says it's boarded another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean
February 15, 2026
Iranian state media reports that Iran’s top diplomat is traveling to Geneva where the second round of nuclear negotiations with the U.S. will take place
February 15, 2026
Nasser Hospital in Gaza has condemned the decision by Doctors Without Borders to suspend most work at the facility due to concerns over armed men in the compound
February 15, 2026
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is launching his election campaign and says he can return Hungary to a stronger European path
February 15, 2026
Justice Department lists hundreds of prominent people named in Epstein files in letter to Congress
February 15, 2026
Lutnick’s Epstein ties raise concerns on Wall Street — but not in the White House
February 15, 2026
A top European Union official has rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration
February 15, 2026
A Ukrainian drone attack hit a Russian Black Sea port as diplomats prepare for fresh U.S.-brokered peace talks
February 15, 2026
A man shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was charged with assaulting law enforcement. A startling admission ended the case
February 15, 2026
About 250,000 people have demonstrated against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany
February 14, 2026
Two fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark
February 14, 2026
The Swiss Foreign Ministry says Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program this week
February 14, 2026
Rubio reassures Europe’s leaders of US backing — but only if they change course
February 14, 2026
The U.S. military is reporting a series of strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria
February 14, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has offered a reassuring message to America’s allies
February 14, 2026
Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis
February 14, 2026
States ready to seize Supreme Court redistricting decision amid countdown to midterm elections
February 14, 2026
The shocking, rule-breaking new move in pro wrestling: getting specific about politics
February 14, 2026
Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly played up hosting the head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in invitations to and chats with elites like Richard Branson, Larry Summers and Steve Bannon, the Epstein files show
February 14, 2026
Tatreez explained: Why Palestinian women are preserving this embroidery
February 14, 2026
Bangladesh’s incoming leader says he will work to build a more democratic country, overcoming challenges related to weak institutions
February 14, 2026
Voters say they're worried about the cost of living, and affordability is a leading issue in 2026 campaigns
February 14, 2026
A month after Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests, widespread arrests are roiling the country
February 14, 2026
The Trump administration announced this week that its immigration crackdown in Minnesota is ending
February 14, 2026
Four people have been indicted on federal charges stemming from clashes with federal officers in Minneapolis
February 14, 2026
Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men
February 13, 2026
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisana is downplaying the impact of President Donald Trump backing a GOP challenger as the two-term senator seeks reelection
February 13, 2026
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to lapse, and a shutdown looks certain
February 13, 2026
US shutters key DEA office in the Caribbean amid agent corruption scandal
February 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran
February 13, 2026
Monument honoring known KKK members sparks removal debate
February 13, 2026
Rio de Janeiro has kicked off Carnival celebrations as the mayor hands the city key to King Momo for a playful five-day reign
February 13, 2026
A judge has declared a mistrial in the trial of five current and former Stanford University students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024
February 13, 2026
As Trump tests alliances, Democrats with 2028 ambitions offer reassurance at Munich conference
February 13, 2026
A judge says she plans to rule that President Donald Trump’s administration still cannot force states to hand over detailed information on people who have applied for or received SNAP food aid
February 13, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken his anti-Trump routine to Europe
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take actiom
February 13, 2026
Former CNN host Don Lemon has pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in Minnesota
February 13, 2026
President Trump used a Fort Bragg appearance on Friday to praise U.S. Special Forces for last month's raid that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro
February 13, 2026
A top Bolivian official says the United States has resumed intelligence coordination on counternarcotics efforts with Bolivia under its new president
February 13, 2026
The husband of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says his wife's health condition is worsening, in part because of the beating she endured during her arrest two months ago
February 13, 2026
Rubio and European leaders agree on one thing: The old world order ‘no longer exists’
February 13, 2026
Don Lemon pleads not guilty to federal charges stemming from church protest
February 13, 2026
Dozens of U.S. lawmakers were trying to make their way this weekend to the Munich Security Conference to assure allies of America's reliability
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration is scaling back its immigration enforcement surge in and around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, but state officials and residents say its effects on Minnesota’s economy and immigrant communities will linger
February 13, 2026
An FBI raid on a Georgia elections facility has sparked concern about Trump administration interference in the 2026 midterms. An obscure 1970s Supreme Court case provides guardrails against that.
February 13, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the U_S_ and Europe to “repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together.”
February 13, 2026
Virginia voters will get to cast ballots on a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats in this year's midterm elections
February 13, 2026
Woman seen trying to set fire to Kansas City warehouse tied to previous ICE detention proposal
February 13, 2026
Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center
February 13, 2026
A Virginia jury convicted Brendan Banfield of aggravated murder for the killings of his wife and another man on Monday. Banfield is expected to be sentenced to life in prison.
February 13, 2026
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his yearslong friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
February 13, 2026
Trump administration files new lawsuit against Harvard in long-running funding battle
February 13, 2026
Two top aides to RFK Jr. leaving HHS as part of leadership shakeup
February 13, 2026
Why haven’t humans been back to the moon in over 50 years?
February 13, 2026
Preparations for the 2026 World Cup in Mexico City are cutting into the livelihoods of sex workers and street vendors near Azteca Stadium
February 13, 2026
Envoys from Russia and Ukraine are to meet for a new round of U.S.-brokered talks in Geneva next week as both sides keep fighting and trading long-range strikes
February 13, 2026
Trump administration deported some migrants at a cost of $1 million each, Democratic report says
February 13, 2026
Special election results have anticipated recent midterm outcomes. With Democrats now overperforming, that could spell trouble for the GOP in 2026.
February 13, 2026
US sending second aircraft carrier group to Middle East, sources say
February 13, 2026
Fears are rising of the outbreak of another war that could spread into a regional conflict in the Middle East as U.S. President Donald Trump raises the pressure on on Iran to give up its nuclear program
February 13, 2026
Trump promised RFK Jr. would ‘restore faith in American health care.’ A year in, trust has plummeted
February 13, 2026
Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to outlawed the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was unlawful
February 13, 2026
His family fled Afghanistan facing threats for supporting US troops. Now he sits in ICE custody at risk of being sent back
February 13, 2026
Indonesia is training troops for a new peacekeeping force in Gaza, backing a key part of President Donald Trump’s postwar plan
February 13, 2026
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has claimed victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning itself to form the next government and potentially reshape Bangladesh’s political landscape after years of intense rivalry and disputed polls
February 13, 2026
Could this teenage girl be North Korea’s next leader?
February 13, 2026
Former Norway leader charged with corruption after probe into alleged Epstein ties, lawyers say
February 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's amassed a collection of campaign funds exceeding $1.5 billion, an unprecedented sum for a lame-duck president
February 13, 2026
Politicians from President Donald Trump to local lawmakers agree that tech companies should cover the power costs of artificial intelligence data centers
February 13, 2026
The Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City was hit by an Israeli strike during the war with Hamas
February 13, 2026
President Donald Trump has pardoned five former NFL players for crimes that include perjury, counterfeiting and drug trafficking
February 13, 2026
CIA pitches Chinese military officers on helping the US in new video, amid officer purge in China
February 13, 2026
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot pull back $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now
February 13, 2026
Kathy Ruemmler, top Goldman Sachs lawyer, resigning amid Epstein fallout
February 13, 2026
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says it was “sensible” for a South Korean official to express regret for alleged civilian drone flights over North Korea but warned of counterattacks if they recur
February 13, 2026
The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting
February 13, 2026
US energy secretary and Venezuela’s acting president tour oil facility in warming ties just weeks after Maduro ouster
February 13, 2026
New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd
February 12, 2026
Bipartisan opposition over inflammatory comments likely to sink Trump State Dept. nominee
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration is ending Operation Metro Surge, a sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota that sparked weeks of protests and left two U.S. citizens dead
February 12, 2026
California’s top prosecutor is opening a civil rights investigation into how delayed evacuations impacted a historically Black community ravaged by one of the January 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires
February 12, 2026
President Donald Trump-endorsed housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson suspended her campaign Thursday for Arizona governor
February 12, 2026
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis from North Carolina suggests he could support a compromise that would allow the Senate Banking Committee to start hearings on Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve
February 12, 2026
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U
February 12, 2026
Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has won a crowded special Democratic House primary to fill the open seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill
February 12, 2026
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations
February 12, 2026
President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that has extensive contracts with the agency he would lead
February 12, 2026
White House seeks to tighten control over HHS priorities with personnel shakeup
February 12, 2026
Sen. Rand Paul has challenged federal immigration officers over the shooting death of Alex Pretti and said the public has lost trust
February 12, 2026
Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill that amends a law to recognize a fetus as a human being
February 12, 2026
Department of Homeland Security on track to shut down with lawmakers leaving Washington and an unresolved ICE fight
February 12, 2026
The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass
February 12, 2026
Venezuela’s ruling party lawmakers have debated an amnesty bill that could free hundreds of people held for political reasons
February 12, 2026
Activists say the death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests has reached at least 7,005 with many more people still feared dead
February 12, 2026
Bangladesh has held its first election since the 2024 mass protests toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government
February 12, 2026
A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appears certain
February 12, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is ending credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles
February 12, 2026
House speaker condemns Trump Justice Department monitoring of lawmakers’ Epstein document review
February 12, 2026
A federal judge has used part of a court hearing to read email and social media death threats she received following her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections for Haitians in the U.S. Judge Ana Reyes in Washington recently blocked the termination of temporary protected status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging the Republican administration’s effort to end it proceeds
February 12, 2026
A federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former U.S. Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders
February 12, 2026
Netanyahu leans on Trump ties as Israel heads toward elections
February 12, 2026
The Trump administration says it is ending its massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota after weeks of angry mass protests, thousands of arrests and two fatal shootings
February 12, 2026
European Union leaders reached a broad agreement Thursday in a Belgian castle to restructure the 27-nation bloc’s economy as they face antagonism from Trump, strong-China and Russia
February 12, 2026
South Korea’s spy agency says it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country’s future leader
February 12, 2026
Prosecutors are investigating the European Commission’s sale of 23 office buildings to Belgium two years ago
February 12, 2026
Judge says Pete Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
February 12, 2026
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych pushed at the limits of the International Olympic Committee’s rules on freedom of expression, and the global sports body pushed back
February 12, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe that President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities
February 12, 2026
US military pulls last troops from key military facility in Syria
February 12, 2026
During a hearing, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to apologize to victims of Jeffrey Epstein, who were in the room, after the Justice Department failed to black out identifying information about many of Epstein’s victims.
February 11, 2026
Swiss to vote in referendum on right-wing party’s proposal to limit population to 10 million
February 12, 2026
A U.S. judge says President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can go to trial in 2027
February 12, 2026
Gallup ends its presidential tracking poll, the latest shift in the public opinion landscape
February 12, 2026
Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire co-owner of Manchester United, has apologized after saying Britain has been “colonized” by immigrants
February 12, 2026
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison
February 12, 2026
Billionaire Manchester United co-owner sparks outrage by claiming UK ‘colonized by immigrants’
February 12, 2026
The House has passed a bill to require proof of citizenship for voting. Although it likely won’t become law, the bill raises constitutional questions.
February 12, 2026
Syrian government forces have taken over the al-Tanf base in eastern Syria, a site the U.S. military has run for years
February 12, 2026
Zohran Mamdani has big plans for housing, transit…and public bathrooms
February 12, 2026
‘They put me on there to die’: Conservatives unload on GOP’s failures to carry out DOGE cost-cutting
February 12, 2026
Russia has attempted to fully block WhatsApp as it tightens control of online communication and pushes people toward a state-backed alternative
February 12, 2026
Governors association says all members now invited to White House meeting as Trump defends exclusion of some Democrats
February 12, 2026
A broad coalition of unions and farmers in India has held a one-day national strike against an interim trade deal with the United States
February 12, 2026
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has ended a four-day visit to Australia that brought comfort to Sydney’s Jewish community following a recent antisemitic mass shooting
February 12, 2026
South Korea’s former interior minister had been sentenced to seven years in prison for abetting then-President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law in 2024
February 12, 2026
Chair of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission removes member after heated hearing on antisemitism
February 12, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a large U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference this week
February 12, 2026
Six House Republicans defy Trump to block his Canada tariffs
February 11, 2026
Attorneys for a woman shot multiple times by a Border Patrol agent last year in Chicago say newly-released videos, texts and emails show how the Trump administration mishandles investigations and spreads misinformation
February 11, 2026
Connor Haught is juggling work and child care as San Francisco faces a teachers strike with no end in sight
February 11, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a wide-ranging, passionate defense of President Donald Trump, repeatedly shouting at Democrats during a combative hearing in which she postured herself as the Republican’s chief protector
February 11, 2026
Republicans urge Trump to hold firm against Democrats’ DHS demands as clock ticks toward shutdown
February 11, 2026
The maker of a gun accessory tied to a racist shooting that killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo will pay $1.75 million to survivors and victims’ families and will stop selling the device in New York
February 11, 2026
Homeland Security officials are highlighting the potential impact of a shutdown
February 11, 2026
The chairman of the federal Religious Liberty Commission ousted a member after a hearing that featured tense exchanges on the definition of antisemitism
February 12, 2026
The Congressional Black Caucus is building a new coalition with major civil rights groups to push back on President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda
February 11, 2026
Activists have planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against the 5-week-old immigration crackdown in its home state of Minnesota
February 11, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi took heated questions from lawmakers in a combative congressional hearing over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that have exposed sensitive private information about victims despite redaction efforts
February 11, 2026
Iowa’s top election official and a group of voters the state had flagged as potential noncitizens just ahead of the 2024 presidential election settled a federal lawsuit that will prevent the state from relying exclusively on driver’s license records for citizenship data in the three months before an election
February 11, 2026
Democrats are denouncing the Justice Department’s attempt to indict a group of lawmakers who last year urged U_S_ military members to resist “illegal orders.”
February 11, 2026
President Donald Trump has escalated a feud with the National Governors Association chair over who gets invited to White House events
February 11, 2026
Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins has announced her reelection bid, entering a closely watched race that Democrats have targeted in their effort to retake the Senate majority in Congress in this year’s midterm elections
February 10, 2026
5 takeaways from Pam Bondi’s fiery testimony
February 11, 2026
Valeria Chomsky says she and her husband Noam Chomsky made serious errors in judgment in their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
February 11, 2026
In Alex Murdaugh’s appeal, justices grill attorneys on ‘rogue’ court clerk and financial crimes
February 11, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration has reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport
February 11, 2026
How allies of AI are ramping up their political donations for the midterms
February 11, 2026
Iranian authorities subjected Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to ‘life-threatening mistreatment,’ Nobel Committee says
February 11, 2026
President Donald Trump met privately with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and says he pushed Israel to back continued U.S. talks with Iran on a nuclear deal
February 11, 2026
The Kennedy Center is warning staff that a planned two-year renovation shutdown will lead to job cuts and “skeletal teams.”
February 11, 2026
Surprise US military plans to use counter-drone laser triggered El Paso airspace closure, sources say
February 11, 2026
The Canadian government has taken multiple steps to reduce gun violence in recent years, including banning thousands of assault-style weapons and freezing the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns
February 11, 2026
Iran marks the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as leaders face pressure from the U.S. and anger at home
February 11, 2026
NATO has launched a new military effort called Arctic Sentry to boost security in the High North
February 11, 2026
Ukrainian Olympian tells CNN he will continue honoring athletes killed in war: ‘Some things are more important than sports’
February 10, 2026
Ona Judge was one of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia.
February 11, 2026
Russian drone strike kills three Ukrainian toddlers and their father
February 11, 2026
Russia's top diplomat says that Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington does the same
February 11, 2026
Portuguese Interior Minister Maria Lúcia Amaral has resigned amid criticism of her government's response to recent winter storms
February 11, 2026
Three House Republicans cross party lines to block effort to shield Trump from challenges to his tariffs
February 11, 2026
A Russian drone has struck a home in Ukraine's Kharkiv region in an attack that killed a father and his three small children
February 11, 2026
Bangladesh is holding a crucial election that comes after a turbulent period marked by mob violence, rising religious intolerance, attacks on the press, the growing influence of Islamists and weakening of the rule of law
February 11, 2026
How many Democrats are too many
February 11, 2026
A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter
February 11, 2026
Congressional Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of trying to hijack plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and using the nonprofit National Park Foundation to solicit money from private donors for some of the president’s pet projects
February 11, 2026
Iranian security official Ali Larijani is in Oman, the country currently mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program
February 10, 2026
With some Minneapolis Muslims in hiding, a nonprofit is gathering halal food for Ramadan
February 11, 2026
The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia
February 10, 2026
Fact check: What Trump got wrong and left out while threatening to block the new US-Canada bridge
February 10, 2026
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology
February 10, 2026
The heads of three Trump administration agencies have appeared before Congress to discuss immigration policies
February 10, 2026
Republican lawmakers are decrying what they said are invasive tactics in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election
February 10, 2026
The men in charge of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda delivered a staunch defense of immigration enforcement operations in a three-hour testimony to Congress
February 10, 2026
Immigrant rights groups are seeking to toss out a Republican lawsuit that would prohibit the U.S. Census Bureau from counting people who are in the U.S. illegally during the 2030 census
February 10, 2026
The National Governors Association annual conference is unraveling after President Donald Trump did not invite some Democrats to events
February 10, 2026
Gov. Tim Walz says the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota could end soon
February 10, 2026
Justice Department un-redacts more names in Epstein files after pressure from lawmakers
February 10, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to withhold public health and transportation funds from several Democratic-led states
February 10, 2026
The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is defending his officers, saying they won't be intimidated while carrying out President Donald Trump's deportation agenda
February 10, 2026
The White House says the Trump administration will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change
February 10, 2026
Stocks drifted to a mixed finish after flirting with record highs
February 10, 2026
Takeaways from a tense House hearing with Trump immigration officials
February 10, 2026
A Minneapolis man is accused of cyberstalking and making online threats against a person who federal prosecutors say supported immigration officers
February 05, 2026
Mississippi attorney general announces donation of Ring cameras to aid domestic violence survivors
February 10, 2026
Former congressman Tom Malinowski has conceded to Analilia Mejia in New Jersey’s Democratic primary for the U.S. House special election
February 10, 2026
The White House says President Donald Trump has the right to amend a permit for a new bridge between Canada and Michigan
February 10, 2026
Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made
February 10, 2026
Pilot jailed in Republic of Guinea for 6 weeks. Here's why he and the co-pilot are stuck there.
February 10, 2026
Colorado law expands Black history studies in all K-12 schools
February 10, 2026
Army veteran deported to Jamaica after 50 years in U.S., despite appeal pending
February 10, 2026
Video has been released of Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell pleading the Fifth multiple times during a virtual deposition in front of the House Oversight Committee.
February 10, 2026
Venezuelan opposition figure Guanipa placed under house arrest after armed men detained him again following prison release
February 09, 2026
Vance’s X account deletes post recognizing Armenian genocide
February 10, 2026
The US military conducted another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing two people with one survivor, according to US Southern Command. CNN's Polo Sandoval reports.
February 10, 2026
Trump threatens to block opening of new US-Canada bridge
February 10, 2026
Billboards go up as 1-year mark nears in case of woman who carried her baby while brain dead, sparked debate over Georgia abortion law
February 10, 2026
Keir Starmer has secured a temporary respite after fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files threatened his leadership
February 10, 2026
Two Palestinian men riding bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike Tuesday, hospital officials said, as deadly violence continued in Gaza despite an October ceasefire
February 10, 2026
Juan Pablo Guanipa, an ally of Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado, has been placed under house arrest
February 10, 2026
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance resonated deeply with Latino audiences
February 10, 2026
Netanyahu to discuss potential Iran strikes with Trump as Washington and Tehran resume talks
February 10, 2026
Combat-injured veterans forced to choose between retirement and benefits pay
February 10, 2026
Chappell Roan leaves Casey Wasserman talent agency after Epstein files revelations
February 10, 2026
The US slips to its lowest-ever rank in a global corruption index
February 10, 2026
A senior European intelligence chief says Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine
February 10, 2026
Russia targets another critical part of Ukraine’s infrastructure: Its railways
February 10, 2026
America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world’s oldest democracy can be sustained
February 10, 2026
A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans' optimism about their future is at a low
February 10, 2026
South Korea plans to increase medical school admissions by over 3,340 students from 2027 to 2031 to address physician shortages
February 10, 2026
Trump the ‘demolition’ man of world order, European security experts warn
February 10, 2026
Judge gives Trump administration more time to unfreeze billions in funding for NY tunnel project
February 10, 2026
As US squeezes Cuba’s oil supply, airlines rethink flights and Havana rations health services
February 10, 2026
Lawmakers suggest at least a half-dozen men are being protected by over-redactions in Epstein files
February 10, 2026
Gen Z won the revolution. The old guard are dominating the election
February 10, 2026
President Donald Trump posted his thoughts on Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show on Truth Social
February 09, 2026
Israeli military strikes on Monday killed three people west of Gaza City, according to the hospital where the casualties arrived
February 09, 2026
A federal judge has blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number
February 09, 2026
President Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River
February 10, 2026
Turning Point Action endorses Ken Paxton in heated GOP Senate primary in Texas
February 10, 2026
Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire
February 09, 2026
The United Nations says it’s waiting to find out how much of the nearly $4 billion the United States owes the world organization the Trump administration intends to pay and when the money will arrive
February 10, 2026
Prince William and Kate ‘deeply concerned’ by Epstein revelations
February 09, 2026
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have pressed Charlotte-area leaders about crime-fighting efforts after recent light-rail stabbings
February 09, 2026
A day after the Seattle Seahawks became Super Bowl champions, speculation about the halftime music showdown is making news
February 09, 2026
Classified hearing erupted in frustration as officials refused to say whether Trump wants to renew powerful surveillance law
February 09, 2026
U.S. stocks drifted higher following big rallies for markets in Asia earlier in the day
February 09, 2026
Justice Department seeks to dismiss Steve Bannon’s Capitol riot contempt case
February 09, 2026
Lawmakers have tried to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating
February 09, 2026
King Charles ‘ready to support’ police as they assess claim his brother, Andrew, shared confidential material with Epstein
February 09, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to fight for his job as revelations about the relationship between the former U.K. ambassador to Washington and Jeffrey Epstein spiral into a full-blown crisis for his 19-month-old government
February 09, 2026
Pakistan’s president warns that the Taliban's government in Afghanistan has created conditions “similar to or worse than” those before the 9/11 attacks in 2001
February 09, 2026
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show transformed the field in Santa Clara, California, into a vibrant tribute to Puerto Rico
February 09, 2026
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signs bill into law criminalizing disruptions at worship services
February 09, 2026
Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will “support’’ UK police assessing reports that the former Prince Andrew gave confidential information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
February 09, 2026
‘Not prepared to walk away’: Starmer defends premiership as UK government reels from Epstein fallout
February 09, 2026
Federal authorities have denied trying to expedite an end to asylum claims for the family of a 5-year-old boy who was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis area
February 09, 2026
A Norwegian ambassador who was involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the 1990s and most recently served in Jordan has resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, the country’s Foreign Ministry says
February 09, 2026
Venezuela's top prosecutor says his office has requested the arrest of Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of opposition leader María Corina Machado
February 09, 2026
State law aimed at protecting sexually trafficked children can cause more harm than good by identifying them as criminals and not victims.
February 09, 2026
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance redefined what it means to be an American patriot
February 09, 2026
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed national security law
February 08, 2026
Clashes in Sydney over Israeli president’s visit as police disperse mass protests
February 08, 2026
The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is raising an outcry from international governments and rights groups
February 09, 2026
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has started a state visit to Australia, aiming to console grieving Jews and improve bilateral relations
February 09, 2026
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial
February 09, 2026
Trump calls Olympic skier ‘real loser’ after athlete expresses ‘mixed emotions’ representing the US
February 08, 2026
Israel tightens grip on West Bank ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to US
February 08, 2026
Israelis forces have seized a local Sunni Islamist politician and an ally of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and took him to Israel for questioning
February 09, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent rhetoric about taking control of Greenland has stirred up national pride in Denmark, which oversees the semiautonomous island
February 08, 2026
Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to arrest figures within the country's reformist movement
February 09, 2026
Japan’s Takaichi secures historic supermajority in landslide election victory
February 08, 2026
The Bhumjaithai Party of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is on track to win the most seats in Thailand’s general election, according to unofficial results
February 09, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election
February 09, 2026
Venezuela’s government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado
February 08, 2026
Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison
February 08, 2026
Green Day pulls its political punches in Super Bowl performance
February 09, 2026
Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro has won Portugal’s presidential runoff election against hard-right populist André Ventura
February 08, 2026
Israel's security cabinet has approved measures to strengthen control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the powers of the Palestinian Authority
February 08, 2026
U.S. Olympians are beginning to face backlash for speaking out about domestic politics at the Milan Cortina Games
February 08, 2026
Tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
February 08, 2026
‘We must get through the next few days’: Ukrainians face bitter cold without power
February 08, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff has resigned over the controversy surrounding Peter Mandelson's appointment as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Morgan McSweeney said he advised Starmer to appoint Mandelson, despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
February 08, 2026
The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails
February 08, 2026
Russian investigators claim Ukraine behind assassination attempt on top general
February 08, 2026
GOP leaders fret as Trump sits out the party’s nastiest primary battles — with Senate control on the line
February 08, 2026
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has reopened after a two-day closure
February 08, 2026
Hundreds of traders and customs clearance company owners have protested in central Baghdad to demand that Iraq's government reverse new customs tariffs
February 08, 2026
Legal observers and officials say they have received a growing number of reports of federal agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and in some cases anti-ICE activists in Minnesota
February 08, 2026
ICE chief counsel in Minnesota retires amid growing number of immigration cases
February 08, 2026
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff
February 07, 2026
North Korean state media says the country's leadership will convene a major political conference later this month
February 08, 2026
Ohio man charged with Vance death threat amid rising US political violence
February 07, 2026
A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump's administration can continue detaining immigrants without bond
February 07, 2026
Several dozen protesters were arrested outside a federal building in Minneapolis on the one-month anniversary of Renee Good's death
February 07, 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is heading into a challenging reelection bid as she continues to suffer fallout from last year’s devastating wildfire
February 07, 2026
Haiti’s presidential council has stepped down after almost two years of tumultuous rule alongside a U.S.-backed prime minister who is expected to remain in power as the country prepares for the first general elections in a decade
February 07, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday about the U.S. talks with Iran
February 07, 2026
Italian police have used tear gas and a water cannon on protesters near a Winter Olympics venue
February 07, 2026
U.S. Vice President JD Vance sat with influencer and boxer Jake Paul as they watched the U.S. women’s hockey team ease to a 5-0 win over Finland at the Winter Olympics
February 07, 2026
Kushner, Witkoff visit USS Abraham Lincoln carrier amid tension with Iran
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump is facing rare criticism from his Republican Party over a racist video
February 07, 2026
Trump administration planning ‘Board of Peace’ meeting in DC on February 19
February 07, 2026
An Ohio man has been charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance while he was visiting his home state last month
February 07, 2026
A drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children
February 07, 2026
The U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a peace deal, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
February 07, 2026
Tourists in Milan during the Winter Olympics faced disappointment as access to Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper was closed for three and a half days
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza
February 07, 2026
The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus says the Trump administration has a chance to change after President Donald Trump posted a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as primates in the jungle
February 07, 2026
Confusion at reopening of Rafah crossing leaves Palestinians stranded
February 07, 2026
Judge grants continuance in the asylum case of Liam Conejo Ramos and his family
February 07, 2026
Trump confirms more talks with Iran as Tehran stands firm on nuclear enrichment. Here’s what to know
February 06, 2026
Zelensky says US wants Ukraine-Russia peace deal by June, despite failure to reach breakthrough so far
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump has taken an unusual step of turning to military leaders for high-level diplomacy
February 07, 2026
Calls for accountability over feds’ deadly use of force in Minneapolis have not relented. Here’s why that’s complicated
February 07, 2026
Suicide bomber kills dozens in Pakistan mosque
February 06, 2026
The Jeffrey Epstein files have rocked Europe's elite, revealing ties to a prince, an ambassador, and top politicians
February 07, 2026
AIPAC allies picked a candidate to target in New Jersey. They may have boosted a stronger critic of Israel
February 07, 2026
A federal judge has given the government until next Thursday to reach an agreement with human rights lawyers in Minnesota
February 06, 2026
Appeals court greenlights Trump admin policy of detaining undocumented immigrants without opportunity to seek release
February 07, 2026
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funding for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey
February 07, 2026
Democratic governors disinvited from traditionally bipartisan White House gatherings
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump says he won't apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas
February 06, 2026
Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze more than $16 billion for NY tunnel project
February 07, 2026
Iran and the United States have held indirect talks in Oman
February 06, 2026
Trump won’t apologize for sharing since-deleted racist video depicting Obamas as apes on Truth Social
February 06, 2026
A federal judge says the Trump administration must bring back three deported families who should have been allowed to remain in the United States under a court settlement involving the separation of children from their parents at the border
February 07, 2026
The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
February 06, 2026
President Donald Trump’s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted
February 06, 2026
Cubans on Friday are facing a worsening crisis as U.S. efforts to block oil supplies take a toll
February 06, 2026
American athletes receive an enthusiastic welcome at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony
February 06, 2026
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation reopening a huge swath of the Atlantic to commercial fishing
February 06, 2026
US accuses China of secret nuclear test as Trump admin calls for broader nuclear weapons agreement
February 06, 2026
A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights
February 06, 2026
France and Canada open consulates in Greenland amid Trump threats
February 06, 2026
ICE Ace of Spades "death cards" form rallying cry for Colorado immigration nonprofit: "Comes from a place of evil"
February 06, 2026
States’ mistrust of Trump’s fraud crusade could hinder fight against foreign influence in elections, federal officials fear
February 06, 2026
Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial set for June, judge rules
February 06, 2026
Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics
February 06, 2026
President Trump shared a racist video on Truth Social that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, then removed it hours later after bipartisan outrage.
February 06, 2026
U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon say they have faced increased violence from Israeli forces over the past year
February 06, 2026
Man receives 15 years in prison for stealing, reselling trailers meant for Hurricane Ian victims
February 06, 2026
Wade Wilson’s death penalty appeal lasts just minutes before Florida Supreme Court
February 06, 2026
The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators have discussed the expiration of their last remaining nuclear arms pact
February 06, 2026
The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is requesting records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar
February 06, 2026
British police are searching two properties linked to ex-ambassador Peter Mandelson as part of probe into potential misconduct stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein
February 06, 2026
UK police searching two properties linked to Peter Mandelson over Epstein investigation
February 06, 2026
Man faces attempted murder charge after allegedly targeting OMB director Russ Vought at his home
February 06, 2026
Democrats refuse to sit for DOJ interviews over ‘illegal orders’ video
February 06, 2026
Analilia Mejia and Tom Malinowski locked in a tight Democratic primary for US House from New Jersey
February 05, 2026
Norway’s crown princess has apologized for the situation she has put the royal family in as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
February 06, 2026
In dozens of states, an increasing number of legislative seats are going completely uncontested by one of the two major parties.
February 06, 2026
Talk of boycotts have added to fears among the US tourism industry that foreign tourists will continue to stay away.
February 06, 2026
Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are adept at creating digital media moments and collecting social media followers
February 06, 2026
Russian authorities say a deputy chief of its military intelligence agency has been shot and wounded
February 06, 2026
Local leaders across the U.S. describe an increasingly hostile relationship with Washington, driven by President Donald Trump's immigration policies
February 06, 2026
Italy has put in place a massive security operation for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics ahead of Friday's opening ceremony
February 06, 2026
The U.S. and Russia have agreed to reestablish high-level, military-to-military dialogue for the first time in more than four years
February 05, 2026
Canada and France were opening diplomatic consulates in the capital of Greenland
February 06, 2026
Japan’s conservative leader bets big on Takaichi mania with snap election. Will her gamble pay off?
February 06, 2026
President Donald Trump claims his tariffs have revived the U_S_ economy, calling it an “American economic miracle.”
February 06, 2026
The New Jersey U.S. House Democratic primary between a onetime political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders and an ex-congressman is too early to call
February 05, 2026
The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean
February 06, 2026
The U_S_ has announced an additional $6 million in aid for Cuba as the island’s crisis deepens and tensions escalate between the two countries, with Cuba’s president accusing the U_S_ of an “energy blockade.”
February 05, 2026
US strikes another boat in the eastern Pacific, killing 2
February 06, 2026
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law
February 06, 2026
TrumpRx launches, but it’s unclear if it will lower drug prices for most patients
February 05, 2026
The Trump administration has launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate
February 05, 2026
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
February 05, 2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”
February 05, 2026
CIA terminates its World Factbook, overthrowing reference regime
February 05, 2026
Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota and across the country
February 05, 2026
In Venezuela, political critics are emerging from hiding following the U.S. ouster of President Nicolás Maduro
February 05, 2026
Fears of nuclear arms race rise as US-Russia treaty expires
February 05, 2026
Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader should be ‘very worried’
February 05, 2026
The Kremlin says it regrets the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States, while President Donald Trump declared he was against keeping its limits and wants a better deal
February 05, 2026
Fact check: Trump repeats lies about inflation, immigration and elections in NBC interview
February 05, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says it would be up to the president to decide whether to sue Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump's nominee for Federal Reserve chair, if he doesn't lower interest rates
February 05, 2026
The Nigerian government has launched a military operation against Islamic militants after more than 160 people were killed in Muslim-majority villages
February 05, 2026
Woman steps up to foster family dog after kids' parents are detained by ICE
February 05, 2026
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Milan leading U.S. President Donald Trump’s delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics
February 05, 2026
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has started training to become a reserve member of the Dutch army
February 05, 2026
Florida gubernatorial candidate uses Tinder to connect with young female voters
February 05, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection, offering the moderate governor some progressive heft in her campaign for a second full term
February 05, 2026
Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein
February 05, 2026
Marco Rubio drops one of his job titles, while still juggling several other hats
February 05, 2026
The detention of a Turkish couple who own a New Jersey kebab shop helped galvanize their community against immigration crackdowns last year
February 05, 2026
Celebrity coaches and video applications: Here’s what we’re learning about Trump’s ‘Patriot Games’
February 05, 2026
The European Central Bank is leaving interest rates unchanged as the economy in the 21 countries that use the euro chugs past the disruption from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs with modest but resilient growth
February 05, 2026
CNN's Randi Kaye speaks with Brianna Keilar about the sentencing of Ryan Routh. Kaye was in the courtroom and watched Routh's reaction to the sentence.
February 04, 2026
Federal immigration raids in Minnesota prompted a social backlash. But the business community is largely hedging its bets due to a changed political calculus.
February 05, 2026
A global hunger monitoring group says that famine is threatening more areas in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region, where acute malnutrition has been registered in two more towns there
February 05, 2026
Email appears to confirm photo of former Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre is real
February 05, 2026
Harris relaunches her old ‘Kamala HQ’ account as an online organizing project
February 05, 2026
Elizabeth Warren launches probe into booming car repossessions
February 05, 2026
DHS to pull 700 officers from Minnesota, leaving about 2,000 officers on the ground. Here’s what we know
February 05, 2026
The U.N. human rights chief says his office is in "survival mode" as he appeals for $400 million to meet this year's needs
February 05, 2026
What does Tulsi Gabbard’s job as director of national intelligence have to do with elections?
February 05, 2026
If you want to win over Supreme Court justices, quote Antonin Scalia
February 05, 2026
Ryan Routh sentenced to life in prison for attempted assassination of Trump in 2024 at Florida golf course
February 04, 2026
As Israeli strikes killed two dozen Palestinians on Wednesday, many in Gaza wondered what had become of the ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas in October
February 05, 2026
Taiwan’s ties with the United States are “rock solid,” the island’s president said Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone, including about the self-ruled island’s future
February 05, 2026
Jesse Jackson Jr. has launched a spirited primary bid for his old U.S. House seat
February 05, 2026
A judge says U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless they are likely to escape
February 05, 2026
The US says Venezuela is changing. But one month since Maduro’s capture, its people aren’t so sure
February 05, 2026
Nude photos
February 04, 2026
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed that Iran and the United States will hold nuclear talks in Oman’s capital, Muscat, on Friday
February 04, 2026
Guan Heng, a Chinese asylum seeker who exposed human rights abuses in his homeland, has been released after more than five months in federal detention
February 05, 2026
The federal agency for protecting workers’ civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies
February 05, 2026
President Donald Trump says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call as the U.S. administration pushes Beijing and others to further isolate Tehran
February 04, 2026
The Supreme Court has allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration
February 04, 2026
A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 has been sentenced to life in prison
February 04, 2026
Puerto Ricans are jazzed for Bad Bunny’s Spanish-language Super Bowl performance. They’re not the only ones.
February 04, 2026
The Washington Post has laid off one-third of its staff, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage
February 04, 2026
Judge to Trump lawyers trying to move hush money appeal to federal court: ‘You sought two bites at the apple’
February 04, 2026
Former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress, has died
February 04, 2026
Federal agency probes Nike over alleged discrimination against White employees
February 04, 2026
A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post
February 04, 2026
Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement
February 04, 2026
President Donald Trump's border czar says he is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to turn over arrested immigrants
February 04, 2026
Whistleblower complaint centers on sharing of classified intelligence and reporting of a potential crime, watchdog says
February 04, 2026
Who is Peter Mandelson, and why have his Epstein ties shaken the British establishment?
February 03, 2026
Republicans and Democrats in some states are redrawing U.S. House districts to gain an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections
February 03, 2026
Authorities say a Delaware man who was once married to former first lady Jill Biden remains jailed on first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife
February 04, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the burgeoning economic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing and their relations with the United States in a video call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping
February 04, 2026
The British government has agreed to release documents related to Peter Mandelson's appointment as ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
February 04, 2026
Bad Bunny's highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime show is set entirely in Spanish
February 04, 2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new reelection running mate — as her current lieutenant governor has launched an increasingly caustic primary challenge to unseat her
February 04, 2026
Army veteran faces deportation after 50 years in U.S.: "Thank you for your service...should mean something"
February 04, 2026
Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv have met in Abu Dhabi for U.S.-brokered talks to end the nearly four-year war
February 04, 2026
The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire this week, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century
February 04, 2026
Man narrowly escapes car attack at Scripps Ranch Pride fence in alleged hate crime
February 04, 2026
DHS withdrawing 700 personnel in Minnesota "immediately," border czar says
February 04, 2026
Sen. Mark Kelly appeared in court today challenging the Pentagon's efforts to punish him over his involvement in a video urging service members to disobey illegal orders. He says he was there fighting "for the rights of millions of retired service members."
February 03, 2026
Justice Department plans to seek death penalty for man accused of shooting National Guard members
February 04, 2026
Former Prince Andrew moves out of Windsor’s Royal Lodge, CNN understands
February 04, 2026
Little Rock Nine icon Carlotta Walls LaNier confronts new barriers to sharing her story
February 04, 2026
In Minnesota, can constitutional protections withstand the actions of a federal government seemingly intent on aggressively violating the rule of law?
February 04, 2026
The Angel Meloni is no more
February 04, 2026
Tampa's first Black female firefighter reflects on barrier breaking career
February 04, 2026
Congress has handed ICE a blank check, dramatically increasing its funding without exercising oversight.
February 04, 2026
Priming people to watch out for political deepfakes helps them question the AI-generated videos.
February 04, 2026
On a podcast epidsode with Dan Bongino, the former deputy director of the FBI, President Donald Trump called on Republicans to “nationalize the voting.”
February 03, 2026
Voters in northern New Jersey will select nominees in a special congressional primary to replace Democrat Mikie Sherrill in the U.S. House now that she's governor
February 04, 2026
Prospects for ICE deal sour on Capitol Hill as shutdown deadline nears for critical agency
February 04, 2026
Son of Libya’s late dictator Gadhafi shot dead by gunmen, political team says
February 04, 2026
Attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority have surged since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an uprising in 2024
February 04, 2026
Justice Department review found Trump ally Ed Martin improperly leaked grand jury material in probe of president’s foes
February 04, 2026
President Donald Trump wants to build a massive arch near the Lincoln Memorial
February 04, 2026
Iran conditionally agrees to nuclear talks with US, first since Trump’s military strikes last summer
February 03, 2026
The brothers of Renee Good, a U.S. citizen killed by an immigration officer in Minneapolis, are urging Congress to take action
February 04, 2026
Netflix’s antitrust hearing morphed into a culture-war fight over ‘wokeness’
February 04, 2026
A complaint made about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard months ago relates to an allegation that she withheld access to classified information for political reasons
February 04, 2026
President Donald Trump met on Tuesday with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House for two hours
February 03, 2026
Graphic videos showing the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus have gone viral, drawing millions of views
February 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown hours after the House passed the bill in a bipartisan vote
February 03, 2026
Continuing a game day tradition, Trump agrees to Super Bowl Sunday interview with NBC
February 03, 2026
Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested some activists who were trailing their vehicles Tuesday in Minneapolis
February 03, 2026
Historians and observers have accused the Trump administration trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a “historically inaccurate” version of the Mexican-American War
February 03, 2026
Trump says states are agents of federal government in elections
February 03, 2026
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has turned a soccer news conference into a passionate address on the “hurt” he is feeling at seeing humanitarian tragedies around the world
February 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding
February 03, 2026
A federal judge who presided over the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein says a Wednesday conference to address harm done to the financier's victims by a massive release of records isn't needed after a deal was struck to protect their identities
February 03, 2026
The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December
February 03, 2026
Federal immigration officials are scouting warehouses and beginning to purchase some of them to transform into detention and processing facilities
February 03, 2026
US carrier shoots down Iranian drone as tensions escalate and diplomatic talks hit a snag
February 03, 2026
Iran's president has instructed the foreign minister to pursue negotiations with the United States
February 03, 2026
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have finalized an agreement with House Republicans to testify this month in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein
February 03, 2026
A federal judge says he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to justify the Pentagon’s censuring of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped plea for troops to resist unlawful orders from the Trump administration
February 03, 2026
British police have opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
February 03, 2026
The White House says talks between special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian officials are still planned after a Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea
February 03, 2026
The Epstein files are rocking Britain from the palace to Parliament
February 02, 2026
Trump signs bill ending government shutdown, starting clock on ICE talks
February 03, 2026
Palestinians have gathered at Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt, hoping to pass through after it reopened
February 03, 2026
Libyan officials say that Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has been killed in the northern African country
February 03, 2026
The $4.3 million that Akron-based FirstEnergy paid veteran utility lawyer Sam Randazzo in 2019 is at the center of another criminal trial tied to Ohio's sweeping $60 million bribery scandal
February 03, 2026
Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has already cost Peter Mandelson the post of Britain’s ambassador to Washington
February 02, 2026
Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to appear for in-person depositions in Washington, DC, in the congressional Jeffrey Epstein probe, caving in hopes of avoiding a looming House contempt of Congress vote.
February 02, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security’s approach to naming immigrant enforcement operations elicits polarizing opinions: Are the names funny or offensive
February 03, 2026
Jill Biden’s ex-husband charged with murder in death of his current wife
February 03, 2026
Russia resumes night strikes on major Ukrainian cities, ending brief reprieve agreed between Putin and Trump
February 03, 2026
Charles “Sonny” Burton faces execution in Alabama for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot, even though Burton didn't fire the gun or witness the killing
February 03, 2026
Clintons will appear for depositions in Epstein probe, staving off contempt vote
February 03, 2026
New York’s attorney general has announced plans to deploy legal observers to monitor federal immigration enforcement actions in the state
February 03, 2026
The son of Norway’s crown princess has pleaded not guilty to rape charges as he goes on trial for multiple alleged offenses, opening weeks of proceedings in a case that has cast a shadow on the royal family’s image
February 03, 2026
Many Minnesota-based athletes at the Winter Olympics this week have more on their minds than sports
February 03, 2026
French prosecutors have requested a five-year ban on holding elected office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen at a crucial appeal trial in Paris
February 03, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia breached its commitment to hold off on energy infrastructure attacks for a week when it launched a major assault on Ukraine overnight
February 03, 2026
The NFL says the federal security presence at the Super Bowl will be consistent with past games and Immigration and Customs Enforcement won't be there
February 03, 2026
The Marshall Project reports on a recent arrest in Georgia that highlights the criminal suspicion which surrounds pregnancy loss in several states.
April 25, 2025
A Democratic lawmaker is raising new concerns about a Food and Drug Administration program designed to drastically shorten the review of certain drugs
February 03, 2026
Man plans to sue Department of Homeland Security after encounter with ICE agents
February 03, 2026
More prosecutors are leaving the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota during a time of continued turmoil over the Trump administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement in the state and recent shootings of civilians by federal agents
February 03, 2026
President Donald Trump dodged a question from a reporter about whether he plans to sue comedian and 2026 Grammys host Trevor Noah. The president threatened to sue Noah in a Truth Social post after the comedian joked about the president and Jeffrey Epstein’s island.
February 02, 2026
Italy launches investigation as newly-restored angel painting in Rome church now resembles Giorgia Meloni
February 03, 2026
Clintons agree to in-person depositions in 11th-hour offer to avoid contempt vote in Jeffrey Epstein investigation
February 02, 2026
Grieving Iranians cowed into silence beside the graves of protesters
February 03, 2026
State resistance to federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota illustrates how federalism keeps authority divided and disputed.
February 03, 2026
The Supreme Court appears poised to abolish a key part of the Voting Rights Act. It may draw on a constitutional amendment that empowered African Americans.
February 03, 2026
Several of these Americans experienced aggressive encounters with Trump’s DHS. Now, they’re telling their stories
February 03, 2026
‘We will protect them from the digital Wild West.’ Another country will ban social media for under-16s
February 03, 2026
Gaza’s only border crossing with Egypt partially reopened on Monday morning after Israel closed it nearly two years ago, allowing a small number of Palestinians to enter and leave the war-torn enclave. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
February 02, 2026
The Czech Republic's coalition government of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš faces a no-confidence vote over a dispute with President Petr Pavel
February 03, 2026
Trump calls on Republicans to ‘nationalize’ future elections
February 03, 2026
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s termination of protections for Haitians
February 03, 2026
A Democrat flipped a state Senate seat in Texas. Republicans say it’s a ‘wake-up call’ for the midterms
February 03, 2026
Don Lemon defends his reporting of anti-ICE protest in Minnesota during interview with Jimmy Kimmel
February 03, 2026
MAHA activists who want to hold corporations accountable for harming Americans’ health have found an unlikely ally in a Republican-led Environmental Protection Agency that has traditionally supported big businesses and less regulation
February 03, 2026
The nearly monthlong disappearance from public view of Bolivia’s towering socialist icon, ex-leader Evo Morales, just days after the Jan. 3 U.S. seizure of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his close ally, is alarming his supporters, roiling his enemies and galvanizing the internet
February 03, 2026
State and local officials are pushing back against federal plans to expand immigrant detention facilities
February 03, 2026
An internal document reveals Vietnam's military is preparing for a possible American war of aggression, viewing the U.S. as a "belligerent" power
February 03, 2026
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States
February 02, 2026
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico’s campaign roiled as he denies referring to ex-rival as ‘mediocre Black man’
February 03, 2026
Trump hints at dramatic Kennedy Center renovations that will leave steel ‘fully exposed’
February 03, 2026
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has told lawmakers that she attended an FBI search of the election center in Fulton County, Georgia, last week because President Donald Trump asked her to be there
February 03, 2026
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are agreeing to testify in a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
February 02, 2026
President Donald Trump says he won't tear down the Kennedy Center
February 02, 2026
President Donald Trump says he plans to lower tariffs on goods from India to 18%, from 25%, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil
February 02, 2026
From clash to dialogue: Petro arrives in Washington for key encounter with Trump after year of tensions
February 03, 2026
President Donald Trump is imploring the House to end the partial government shutdown
February 02, 2026
A dozen Palestinian returnees were allowed into Gaza and a few medical evacuees exited to Egypt Monday after the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing was marred by delays
February 02, 2026
The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all the department's officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras
February 02, 2026
An attorney says Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has delayed giving members of Congress a complaint about her conduct
February 02, 2026
The NFL released a statement Monday on New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch, whose name showed up more than 400 times in files released by the U.S. Justice Department regarding Jeffrey Epstein
February 02, 2026
Key House conservatives bow to Trump ahead of government funding vote, signaling swift end to shutdown
February 02, 2026
Ed Martin has been removed as head of the Justice Department group tasked with scrutinizing the federal prosecutions of President Donald Trump
February 02, 2026
The father of a 5-year-old boy detained by immigration officers in Texas denies abandoning his son
February 02, 2026
Turkey is trying to bring U.S. and Iranian officials to the negotiating table to ease tensions and avoid U.S. military action against Iran
February 02, 2026
A federal judge has ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction
February 02, 2026
'People's voices are important': OKC residents celebrate victory over proposed ICE facility
February 02, 2026
Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, and SZA gave speeches to call out ICE, as many artists wore “ICE Out” pins to the Grammy Awards.
February 02, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and substance abuse in eight cities
February 02, 2026
Gold Star family pushes for new state license plate
February 02, 2026
A small contingent of security forces with Syria’s interior ministry has entered the city of al-Hassakeh
February 02, 2026
Former Prince Andrew saw his reputation destroyed six years ago and became the butt of internet jokes when he gave a disastrous interview to the BBC about his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
February 02, 2026
Humanitarian organizations in South Sudan say restricted access to the conflict-hit eastern state of Jonglei has left thousands of people in need of lifesaving medical care and food assistance at risk
February 02, 2026
Georgia's Geoff Duncan was once a conservative Republican
February 02, 2026
A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week
February 02, 2026
Trump slams Grammys and threatens to sue host Trevor Noah after Epstein joke
February 02, 2026
President Donald Trump is promoting his administration’s work on affordability, but Americans don't seem to be buying it
February 02, 2026
Companies are ditching business with ICE
February 02, 2026
Planned Parenthood has dropped its legal challenge against the Trump administration's decision to cut off Medicaid funding to its abortion providers
February 02, 2026
Iran is open to participate in a "fair and equitable" deal talks with the United States amid rising tensions between the two nations. CNN senior international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen sat down with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss the topic. Thousands of people were killed in the brutal crackdown on recent protests and tens of thousands are in prison. CNN operates in Iran only with government permission.
February 01, 2026
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced two more arrests in the protest at a church in Minnesota against the immigration enforcement crackdown
February 02, 2026
Fulton County expected to make new court filing challenging legality of FBI’s seizure of 2020 election records
February 02, 2026
Ecuadorian preschooler Liam Conejo Ramos and his father are back in Minneapolis after being released from a Texas detention facility where they had been held for more than a week, according to Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro. This story is breaking.
January 31, 2026
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN.
January 31, 2026
Israeli authorities are investigating a group of local officials and businesspeople that investigators suspect siphoned millions of dollars of wartime aid being funneled to help people in the early days of the Israel-Hamas war
February 02, 2026
Gaza-Egypt border reopens nearly two years after Israel closed it, official says
February 02, 2026
Young Democrats across the United States are challenging veteran party figures, aiming to mount tougher opposition to President Donald Trump
February 02, 2026
Justice Department expected to ramp up efforts to deliver on Trump’s ‘weaponization’ priorities
February 02, 2026
What comes next for 5‑year‑old Liam Ramos and his father after their release from federal custody
February 02, 2026
Trump says Kennedy Center will close in July for two-year renovation
February 02, 2026
Hosting the Grammy Awards for the sixth and final time, Trevor Noah went easy on politics at first but drew the presiden's ire with a joke later in the show
February 02, 2026
Bad Bunny uses Grammy Award win to protest ICE
February 02, 2026
UAE-linked firm bought major stake in Trump family crypto company, Wall Street Journal reports
February 02, 2026
Authorities say a police officer has been killed and another seriously wounded in a shootout at a suburban Atlanta hotel
February 01, 2026
Iran’s top diplomat hopeful for negotiations even amid US military buildup
February 01, 2026
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have returned to Minnesota after being released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
February 01, 2026
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at demonstrators — including young children — outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest
February 01, 2026
A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador
February 01, 2026
A top Justice Department official is playing down the possibility of additional criminal charges arising from the Jeffrey Epstein files
February 01, 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson says it'll be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote in the House
February 01, 2026
A 23-year-old man was sentenced to four years in federal prison after admitting he hurled a Molotov cocktail at Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies during protests against immigration raids across the region last spring
February 01, 2026
14 people have died during dangerous cold snap in NYC, Mayor Mamdani says
February 01, 2026
Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024
February 01, 2026
One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards
February 01, 2026
Deputy attorney general signals no new Epstein charges, defends Gabbard role in Georgia election search
February 01, 2026
5-year-old Liam Ramos and father are back in Minneapolis after being released from federal custody in Texas
January 31, 2026
A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro has killed at least 12 people, according to Ukrainian emergency services
February 01, 2026
Pakistani police and military forces have killed over 100 "Indian-backed terrorists" in Balochistan, according to government officials
February 01, 2026
Save the Children warns that supplies are running out at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria
January 31, 2026
The United States is already dominating the narrative two years before the Los Angeles Olympics and five days before the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games
February 01, 2026
Gaza’s Rafah crossing partially reopens after nearly 2 years of closure
February 01, 2026
A ‘bizarro world’: How Trump’s words have scrambled America’s gun politics
February 01, 2026
As Susan Collins awaits, a generational divide splits Maine Democrats in pivotal Senate race
February 01, 2026
Trump jokes about suing his Federal Reserve nominee Warsh over interest rates at elite Washington dinner
February 01, 2026
Iran’s supreme leader has warned that any U.S. attack would trigger a “regional war” in the Mideast
February 01, 2026
Leftist and liberal gun groups are seeing a rush of new members
February 01, 2026
Donald Trump credits the mayor of a small Detroit suburb with helping him win over Michigan's Arab American community during the 2024 presidential campaign
February 01, 2026
A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
January 31, 2026
Independent journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon speaks outside of a Los Angeles courthouse after he was criminally charged in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
January 30, 2026
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority
January 31, 2026
Democrat Christian Menefee wins special US House runoff in Texas, shrinking GOP majority even further
January 31, 2026
President Donald Trump says the United States is beginning to talk with Cuban leaders
February 01, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests in Democratic-led cities unless local authorities request federal help
January 31, 2026
Latest Epstein file photos appear to show former Prince Andrew on floor with female
January 31, 2026
Newly released files on Jeffrey Epstein have prompted the resignation of a top official in Slovakia and revived calls in Britain for a former prince to cooperate with authorities
January 31, 2026
U.S. charge d’affaires Laura Dogu has arrived in Caracas to reopen the American diplomatic mission in Venezuela after seven years of severed ties
January 31, 2026
More anti-ICE protests underway nationwide after judge declines to immediately halt Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota
January 31, 2026
A federal judge says she won’t halt the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota and the Twin Cities as a lawsuit over it proceeds
January 31, 2026
Chicago mayor signs executive order calling on police to investigate federal immigration agents accused of misconduct
January 31, 2026
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Milan to protest the deployment of ICE agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics
January 31, 2026
Pakistan’s military says multiple suicide and gun attacks across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan have killed 33 people, including civilians, while security forces responding to the violence killed 92 assailants
January 31, 2026
Emergency power cuts have hit several Ukrainian cities and neighboring Moldova
January 31, 2026
North Carolina and South Carolina have become two hot spots for growth in the United States
January 31, 2026
From empty theaters to packed houses, response to Melania Trump documentary reflects America’s political division
January 31, 2026
President Donald Trump acted quickly to negotiate with Democratic senators on a deal to avert a government shutdown
January 31, 2026
Israeli strikes kill over 30 in Gaza, health ministry says, in deadliest day in months
January 31, 2026
The shooting deaths of white protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal officers in Minneapolis have followed a playbook that is painfully familiar to Black Americans
January 31, 2026
Tulsi Gabbard inserts herself into 2020 election fraud probe
January 31, 2026
Protesters across the U.S. shut down schools and stores during a nationwide strike to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis
January 30, 2026
Three months after paramilitary fighters overran the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, a doctor is providing a rare first-person account of the attack
January 31, 2026
Trump-backed funding bill clears the Senate, putting pressure on House to quickly end shutdown
January 30, 2026
The release of many more records from Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein is revealing more about what investigators knew of his sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful such as Donald Trump and Bill Clinton
January 30, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is nominating the government economist Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics
January 31, 2026
In her new self-titled documentary, first lady Melania Trump offers a peek behind the scenes during the 20 days before she returned to the White House
January 31, 2026
Man arrested in 'screw bandit' case after months-long probe in South Carolina
January 29, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists detained for political reasons
January 31, 2026
The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis
January 29, 2026
Before capturing Maduro, Trump admin sought lessons from Iraq war to get Venezuela’s oil flowing
January 29, 2026
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is jumping into the race to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California
January 29, 2026
Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities.
January 29, 2026
Pakistan’s information minister says imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan underwent a medical procedure for an eye ailment last week at a government hospital in the capital and is in good health
January 29, 2026
Foreign leaders and governments presented to former President Joe Biden, his wife, U.S. Cabinet members and other senior officials tens of thousands of dollars in gifts in the last year of the Biden administration
January 29, 2026
Fact check: Trump twice promotes phony claim that Walmart is closing 250 California stores
January 29, 2026
Man allegedly assaults, kidnaps woman and threatens to ‘burn her home down’
January 29, 2026
Carney says he expects Trump to ‘respect Canadian sovereignty’ after Alberta separatists meet with US officials
January 29, 2026
Detainees have been pepper-sprayed on at least two occasions at a Florida immigration detention center, dubbed “Deportation Depot,” since opening this past September
January 29, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization
January 29, 2026
Iran warns of ‘hazardous consequences’ after EU designates Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization
January 29, 2026
This is not a typical employment law case because Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board, has far more legal rights to her job than most American workers.
January 29, 2026
The biggest organizing body in rodeo, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, has all but decided to move its headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Cheyenne, Wyoming
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump is threatening Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands
January 29, 2026
Trump says he’s decertifying Canada-made aircraft and threatens 50% tariffs
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico
January 30, 2026
Russia says it agreed to pause strikes on Kyiv until Sunday at Trump’s request
January 30, 2026
The chief federal judge in Minnesota has added his voice to the weekslong confrontation between the public and the Trump administration's immigration enforcement
January 29, 2026
Venezuela approves new law opening its oil industry as Trump threatens more tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba
January 30, 2026
Aggressive immigration enforcement in Minnesota, which resulted in the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens by federal agents, and this week’s FBI search of an election office in Georgia have Democratic election officials concerned about what could be in store for this fall’s midterm elections
January 30, 2026
The Justice Department has released over 3 million pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
January 30, 2026
President Donald Trump said he plans to announce his choice for Federal Reserve chairman on Friday morning
January 30, 2026
President Donald Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion
January 30, 2026
Panama’s president has vowed that critical ports at both ends of the Panama Canal will continue to operate without interruption
January 30, 2026
Inside the premiere of Melania Trump’s not-documentary documentary
January 30, 2026
The Senate has voted to fund most of the government through the end of September while carving out a temporary extension for Homeland Security funding, giving Congress two weeks to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country
January 30, 2026
A separatist group is asking for Trump’s help to split from Canada. Here’s what we know
January 30, 2026
They were asylum seekers and refugees in Minnesota. Still, ICE detained and flew them to Texas to face deportation
January 30, 2026
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have announced a new agreement with Syria's central government in Damascus to stabilize a ceasefire
January 30, 2026
Uganda’s army chief accused U.S. Embassy officials of helping opposition leader Bobi Wine as he went into hiding
January 30, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump's request to pause attacks on Ukraine's power grid for a week
January 30, 2026
Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group in a Syrian camp are hoping for amnesty after a government offensive weakened the Kurdish-led forces guarding them
January 30, 2026
The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an air force base in Niger's capital
January 30, 2026
Kristi Noem treated FEMA as an adversary. Then came a massive winter storm
January 30, 2026
Ethiopia’s national carrier cancelled flights to and from its troubled northern region of Tigray as fears grew of a renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces
January 30, 2026
Israel says it will reopen Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt over the weekend
January 30, 2026
Trump nominates inflation hawk Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Fed chair
January 30, 2026
South Africa has declared Israel’s deputy ambassador persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours
January 30, 2026
The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, according to federal officials
January 30, 2026
Journalist Don Lemon promises to fight federal charges following his arrest after Minnesota church protest
January 30, 2026
Israeli military reportedly acknowledges 70,000 killed in Gaza after previously casting doubt on health ministry’s count
January 30, 2026
Journalist Don Lemon has been released from custody after being charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted services at a Minnesota church
January 30, 2026
Houston voters who have gone almost a year without representation in the U.S. House will finally fill the seat in a special runoff election
January 30, 2026
NYPD accused of "stop-and-frisk on wheels" in new lawsuit
January 30, 2026
Thailand’s top diplomat says that a 5-year-old plan by Southeast Asian leaders to end Myanmar’s civil war has failed but could still help restore peace
January 30, 2026
A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop is set to be Florida’s third execution of 2026
January 30, 2026
A federal judge says federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
January 30, 2026
Iran is open to US talks but won’t be dictated to and won’t negotiate on missiles, foreign minister says
January 30, 2026
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions against Iran’s interior minister, accusing Eskandar Momeni of repressing nationwide protests that have challenged Tehran’s theocratic government
January 30, 2026
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol officers
January 30, 2026
Cubans are hustling to become more self-sufficient as the U.S. government tightens its economic noose over the communist-run island in a move experts say is meant to force a popular uprising and usher in a new government
January 30, 2026
Federal prosecutors have charged Georgia state Rep. Dexter Sharper with making false statements to collect $13,825 in unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic
January 30, 2026
Massive power outages in Cuba mean that many people are unaware that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sells or supplies oil to the Caribbean island
January 30, 2026
U.S. allies and partners in the Middle East again are urging restraint from both the United States and Iran as the Trump administration warns of a possible strike and builds up its military presence in the region
January 30, 2026
President Donald Trump has announced an IndyCar race will be held through the streets of Washington as part of America's 250th birthday celebrations
January 30, 2026
The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling $6.67 billion and to Saudi Arabia worth $9 billion
January 30, 2026
Here’s what military equipment the US has positioned in the Middle East as Trump considers an Iran strike
January 30, 2026
The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues in full and on time
January 30, 2026
Oklahoma City ICE detention center proposal halted after community opposition
January 30, 2026
A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that they were making “dangerous" and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of history to display at National Park Service sites
January 30, 2026
Trump’s threatened tariffs over oil to Cuba put Mexico in a bind
January 31, 2026
Venezuela plans amnesty law for political prisoners and closure of notorious prison
January 31, 2026
A Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice that two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
January 27, 2026
Italians furious over deployment of ICE agents to bolster US security at Winter Olympics
January 27, 2026
U.S. consumer confidence declined sharply in January, hitting the lowest level since 2014 as Americans grow increasingly concerned about their financial prospects
January 27, 2026
Trump held 2-hour meeting with Noem as his administration grapples with Minneapolis strategy
January 27, 2026
Families of two men believed to have been killed in military strike on boat sue US government over ‘unlawful’ attacks
January 27, 2026
Minnesota judge orders acting ICE director to appear in court
January 27, 2026
Neil Young is offering free access to his entire music catalog to residents of Greenland
January 27, 2026
A science-oriented advocacy group moved its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight, saying the Earth is closer than ever to destruction
January 27, 2026
Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say
January 27, 2026
Israel is marking the end of a painful chapter after the return of the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza
January 27, 2026
Prize-winning composer Philip Glass has canceled the world premiere of his symphony about Abraham Lincoln at the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026
Melania Trump calls for unity after Minneapolis shootings in rare interview
January 27, 2026
The Trump-approved US TikTok is off to a rough start
January 27, 2026
Philip Glass withdraws his ‘Lincoln’ symphony from the Kennedy Center, citing conflicting values
January 27, 2026
Man accused of trafficking runaway teen after offering her food
January 27, 2026
Spokane vigil honors victim as immigration fears rise in local community
January 27, 2026
Greenland’s inhabitants call it Kalaallit Nunaat, or land of the Kalaallit. It is an Indigenous nation whose relatively few people now mostly govern themselves.
January 27, 2026
A Chicago carpenter cleared of accusations that he put a $10,000 bounty on the life of a Border Patrol commander’s life has been taken into immigration custody
January 27, 2026
A federal judge has blocked the possible deportation of a 5-year-old and his father for now
January 27, 2026
The Trump administration has notified Congress that it is taking the first steps to possibly reopen the shuttered U.S. Embassy in Venezuela as it explores restoring relations with the South American country following the U.S. military raid that ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro
January 27, 2026
After the regime ‘disappeared’ their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice – and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
January 27, 2026
A Virginia judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw the state’s Congressional maps was illegal
January 27, 2026
Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks
January 27, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her government has suspended oil shipments to Cuba, but says the pause in shipments has been a “sovereign decision” and not the result of pressure by the United States
January 27, 2026
Trump warns against Nouri al-Maliki’s return as prime minister of Iraq
January 27, 2026
The Trump administration has unveiled 15 new drugs selected for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the federal government to haggle directly with drug manufacturers
January 28, 2026
Top White House aide Stephen Miller acknowledges possible breach of protocol before Alex Pretti’s shooting
January 28, 2026
President Donald Trump is warning Iraqi officials that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power
January 28, 2026
Top White House aide Stephen Miller said that officials were evaluating why Customs and Border Protection agents in Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. CNN's Kristen Holmes reports.
January 28, 2026
Trump-backed businessman Nasry Asfura was sworn in Tuesday as president of Honduras
January 27, 2026
A man has sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground during a town hall she was hosting
January 28, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will unveil plans to further bolster its nuclear program at the upcoming ruling party congress
January 28, 2026
A Republican opponent is challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama
January 28, 2026
A man sprayed Rep. Ilhan Omar with an unknown substance on Tuesday, seconds after the congresswoman called for the abolishment of ICE.
January 28, 2026
After town hall attack, Ilhan Omar condemns ‘terrorizing’ immigration push and criticism from GOP
January 28, 2026
Trump administration asks court to pause Louisiana lawsuit targeting abortion pill access while it conducts review
January 28, 2026
US conducts military drills in Middle East as tension with Iran builds amid Trump’s demands
January 28, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has given a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump's military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
January 28, 2026
Russia’s 1.2 million casualties in Ukraine dwarf all its conflicts since World War II, report says
January 28, 2026
How a love of luxury brought down South Korea’s former first lady
January 28, 2026
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) answered questions after a man rushed the podium and sprayed a substance at her during a town hall in Minneapolis.
January 28, 2026
Justice Department expects to release its Epstein files soon, top officials say
January 28, 2026
Where is the Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s tariffs?
January 28, 2026
Iran has reached out to Middle Eastern countries over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike
January 28, 2026
Doctors, veterans fear near-total abortion ban at VA will put women’s health at risk
January 28, 2026
Organizers are planning what they anticipate will be the largest "No Kings" protests yet, targeting what they call authoritarianism under President Donald Trump
January 28, 2026
Russia strikes civilian train in Ukraine, killing five, in an attack Zelensky calls ‘terrorism’
January 28, 2026
Two former detainees at a Florida immigration center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” testified they faced punishment for seeking legal advice
January 28, 2026
Analysis: Trump’s team almost never backs down from its false claims. This past week has been different
January 28, 2026
The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it three times last year
January 27, 2026
Hungarian prosecutors charge Budapest mayor over role in banned LGBTQ+ march
January 28, 2026
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has expressed defiance after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw support for Iraq if he returns to power
January 28, 2026
Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has arrived in Moscow for his second time in less than four months for talks, and Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to help the country rebuild its war-battered economy
January 28, 2026
Man found guilty of assault after Barron Trump told UK police he saw attack on woman
January 28, 2026
The US may be stepping back from some engagements on the world stage. That’s not necessarily bad news for the rest of the world, an analyst argues.
January 28, 2026
Parking space savers in snow not allowed on Baltimore streets, mayor says
January 28, 2026
The proposed rescheduling of marijuana could have far-reaching implications in science, medicine and criminal justice. What is the best policy option?
January 28, 2026
Council member apologizes after using racial slur during public meeting
January 28, 2026
President Donald Trump's endorsement of U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s open race for governor has led Tiffany's top Republican rival to drop out of the race
January 28, 2026
Melania Trump rings the NYSE opening bell, placing her documentary promotion at the center of the business world
January 28, 2026
A group of local prosecutors concerned about immigration enforcement tactics and the lack of federal accountability has launched a project to strategize and seek accountability for what they consider federal overreach and unconstitutional behavior
January 28, 2026
Word of the Week: Being a ‘commuter’ in Minneapolis means tailing ICE
January 28, 2026
‘We are reliving the Nakba’: A Palestinian community says it’s being erased as Israeli settler violence intensifies
January 28, 2026
The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump
January 28, 2026
Detained 5-year-old immigrant is depressed and lethargic, Texas congressman says in demanding boy’s release
January 28, 2026
Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments in death row appeal
January 28, 2026
Trump’s immigration approach is gumming up the courts, frustrating his Justice Department and judges
January 28, 2026
President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents
January 28, 2026
The search warrant FBI served at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday seeks records tied to the 2020 election, a county spokesperson said
January 28, 2026
What it’s like each day in Minneapolis
January 28, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that technical talks with officials from Denmark and Greenland over hatching an Arctic security deal are now underway
January 28, 2026
FBI searches Fulton County elections office as it investigates alleged voter fraud
January 28, 2026
Resident detained by ICE while his wife was in hospital with their newborn
January 28, 2026
Bruce Springsteen has released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” criticizing President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement
January 28, 2026
The FBI is serving a warrant Wednesday at an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, as it probes alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election. CNN's Paula Reid reports.
January 28, 2026
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni was given an aerial tour of a southern Sicilian town where days of heavy rains triggered a massive landslide
January 28, 2026
Trash piling up on Arivaca property near the border
January 28, 2026
A federal judge has refused to block a winter oil and gas exploration project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that opponents said was improperly analyzed by the federal government
January 28, 2026
Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett have met with a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father at a Texas immigration detention center, a case that has stirred anger over the Trump administration’s immigration policies
January 28, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a warning for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: Your comments against U.S. trade policy could backfire, especially at a time when the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is facing a formal review
January 28, 2026
US Embassy in Copenhagen removes flags honoring fallen Danish soldiers, angering veterans
January 28, 2026
Anti-tax advocates are pushing to eliminate property taxes for homeowners
January 28, 2026
Brendan Banfield testifies at his double-murder trial ‘there was no plan’ with au pair
January 28, 2026
Democrats demand major overhaul to ICE, as government shutdown risk skyrockets
January 28, 2026
Elizabeth Kautz, mayor of Burnsville, Minnesota, says she carries her passport in her own city due to concerns about immigration enforcement
January 28, 2026
The Trump administration is taking a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states
January 28, 2026
This former Venezuelan opposition mayor fears the US will deport him to the country he fled
January 29, 2026
Mayor Frey tells Anderson Cooper and Sara Sidner that Trump administration officials have not apologized for their initial characterizations of Alex Pretti.
January 29, 2026
Takeaways from CNN’s Minnesota town hall
January 29, 2026
Republicans are increasingly worried about immigration enforcement becoming a political problem in the upcoming midterm elections
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump is facing a growing cultural revolt against his immigration crackdown
January 29, 2026
Obamacare enrollment drops after enhanced premium subsidies expire
January 29, 2026
Justice Department bracing for more resignations in Minnesota
January 29, 2026
The leaders of Britain and China have called for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” to deepen ties at a time of global uncertainty
January 29, 2026
Videos show Alex Pretti forcefully taken to the ground by federal immigration agents after kicking out the tail light of their vehicle during a Minneapolis protest 11 days before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers
January 29, 2026
Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has slammed the country’s upcoming election after her party was barred from the polls, remarks that could deepen tensions ahead of the pivotal vote next month
January 29, 2026
King Charles III is clearly thinking about his legacy
January 28, 2026
The Philippine foreign secretary says the Association of Southeast Asian Nations does not recognize the recently held elections in Myanmar, the first since the army seized power in 2021
January 29, 2026
Melania Trump is capping her first year after becoming first lady again with the global release of a documentary about the 20 days before she and President Donald Trump returned to the White House
January 29, 2026
A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black women who dialed 911 asking for help
January 29, 2026
Vietnam and the European Union have upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam’s highest diplomatic level
January 29, 2026
Trump’s National Guard deployments have cost taxpayers nearly $500 million
January 29, 2026
How Stephen Miller micromanages Trump’s immigration policies
January 29, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the European Union can be an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” and can forge deals with like-minded partners in a world of increasing great power rivalry
January 29, 2026
Trump directs team to beef up his public schedule to combat questions about his stamina
January 29, 2026
Amy Klobuchar says she's running for governor of Minnesota
January 29, 2026
A Texas man detained by ICE was his disabled son’s sole caregiver. His son will be laid to rest without him
January 29, 2026
Sen. Amy Klobuchar launches bid for Minnesota governor: ‘We cannot sugarcoat how hard this is’
January 29, 2026
U.S. senators are increasingly looking to leave Washington for leadership roles in their home states
January 29, 2026
After a failed US intervention exposed Afghan civilians to Taliban threats, Washington is retreating from its humanitarian obligations.
January 29, 2026
Democrats and White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security
January 29, 2026
After assault on Ilhan Omar, Trump responds with another blame-the-victim conspiracy theory
January 29, 2026
The top U.S. envoy to China has called for fair and reciprocal trade between the world's two largest economies
January 29, 2026
Protesters want slavery exhibit restored after removal: "The stories should be told"
January 29, 2026
New video shows driver repeatedly ramming into Chabad headquarters
January 29, 2026
The Trump administration is looking at basing the new Board of Peace in the Washington building that formerly housed the U.S. Institute of Peace
January 29, 2026
House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation’s voting laws
January 29, 2026
A federal judge has rejected Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's request to raise unlimited campaign funds
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's informed Venezuela’s acting president that he'll open up all commercial airspace over Venezuela
January 29, 2026
VIDEO: Man attacks neighborhood with pitchfork, residents say
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital and other towns for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures and Putin agreed, but Russia hasn't confirmed that
January 29, 2026
Trump’s deal with Senate leaders to avert government shutdown hits snags as lawmakers refuse to allow quick vote
January 29, 2026
Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday and return to their respective sectors, according to three sources familiar the discussions, sidelining a key player in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The move comes after President Donald Trump announced he was dispatching White House border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis in the wake of Saturday’s fatal shooting of a US citizen.
January 26, 2026
Spain will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization
January 27, 2026
President Donald Trump is making a big pitch in Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of midterm elections despite fallout over his administration's immigration crackdown
January 27, 2026
Why Minnesota’s CEOs finally broke their silence
January 26, 2026
A key figure in President Donald Trump's first impeachment is running for the U.S. Senate in Florida as a Democrat
January 27, 2026
A military hunt is underway in Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine, whom the country's army chief is calling a wanted fugitive
January 27, 2026
President Donald Trump strong-armed America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States
January 26, 2026
Officials in Ukraine say that a heavy Russian drone attack on Odesa has killed at least three people and wounded 23, including children and a pregnant woman
January 27, 2026
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to China, aiming to improve relations with Beijing amid tensions with the United States
January 27, 2026
Activists say at least 6,221 people have been killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests and many more are still feared dead
January 27, 2026
French lawmakers have approved a bill banning social media for children under 15
January 27, 2026
TikTok users say they can’t upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues
January 27, 2026
North Korea has launched short-range ballistic missiles into the sea
January 27, 2026
Bondi’s injection of voter roll demands into Minneapolis ICE tensions draws claims of ‘ransom’
January 27, 2026
Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon
January 27, 2026
A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what state officials have called federal misinformation after immigration officials fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown
January 27, 2026
After two weeks of intense political and legal scrutiny, the Federal Reserve will seek to make this week’s meeting about interest rates as straightforward and uneventful as possible, though President Donald Trump probably still won’t like the result
January 26, 2026
Russian authorities use various strategies to recruit new troops to replenish its supply of soldiers for its nearly 4-year-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine
January 27, 2026
Lawmakers in both parties are calling for investigations following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a U.S. Border Patrol officer
January 27, 2026
Trump says he’s raising tariffs on South Korea because it’s ‘not living up’ to trade agreement
January 26, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats should be viewed as prepositioning before negotiations to renew the countries' free trade pact
January 26, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is increasing tariffs on South Korean goods because the country’s national assembly has yet to approve the trade framework announced last year
January 26, 2026
President Donald Trump is taking a more conciliatory approach with Democratic leaders in Minnesota
January 27, 2026
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and abroad
January 26, 2026
Confusion and questions: Where investigations stand in the killing of Alex Pretti
January 27, 2026
Venezuela’s leading prisoner rights organization says that dozens of prisoners were released over the weekend
January 26, 2026
The shooting deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis have upended the politics of the Trump administration’s deportation agenda
January 26, 2026
Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming Trump tax return leak
January 26, 2026
A group of lawyers and family members of cartel members accused Mexico’s government on Monday of breaking the law by sending nearly a hundred Mexican citizens to the United States without an extradition order
January 26, 2026
New York’s congressional redistricting battle is headed back to court
January 26, 2026
A US district judge is weighing whether the surge of ICE agents in the state violates the US Constitution or falls within the executive’s power to enforce federal law.
January 26, 2026
The U.S. military says the death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats is up to 126 people, with the inclusion of those presumed dead after being lost at sea
January 26, 2026
Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered, clearing the way for the next phase of the ceasefire that stopped the Israel-Hamas war
January 26, 2026
Lawmakers exploring options for DHS bill in critical week for government funding talks
January 26, 2026
US carrier strike group is now in the Middle East region, sources say
January 26, 2026
Who is Tom Homan, the White House border czar Trump is deploying to Minnesota?
January 26, 2026
Trump admin deports Iranians for first time since brutal crackdown on protests
January 26, 2026
The Nigerian military says several of its officers will face trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow the West African nation’s government
January 26, 2026
Fox News said Tom Homan should be sent to Minnesota — 20 minutes later, Trump did exactly that
January 26, 2026
Where government funding talks stand after the Minneapolis shooting
January 25, 2026
Celebrities like Pedro Pascal and Billie Eilish begin to condemn deadly shootings in Minneapolis amid ICE surge
January 26, 2026
Alex Pretti, a Minnesota nurse, is the sixth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign in the U.S. Federal authorities immediately said Pretti was a threat to federal officers
January 26, 2026
The U.S. Treasury Department has cut contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after a former contractor leaked tax information about wealthy individuals, including Donald Trump
January 26, 2026
Israelis expressed relief as the remains of Ran Gvili, the last hostage taken into Gaza, were recovered Monday
January 26, 2026
Republican candidate for Minnesota governor Chris Madel has ended his campaign in a surprise video announcement
January 26, 2026
BTS's upcoming concerts in Mexico have reached a presidential level, with demands from fans prompting a response from Mexico's president
January 26, 2026
Survivor urges Georgia domestic violence registry
January 26, 2026
The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress
January 25, 2026
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East
January 26, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insists Europe cannot defend itself without U.S. military support
January 26, 2026
Mail theft in Colorado continues years after USPS vowed to make changes
January 27, 2026
Israel recovers body of last hostage in Gaza
January 26, 2026
A Michigan Republican businessman has joined a crowded field of candidates vying for to be the state's next governor
January 26, 2026
Priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santería have offered gifts to deities and asked for peace as tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island braces for more economic difficulties
January 26, 2026
The Dubai-based Al Habtoor Group plans to take legal action against Lebanese authorities over investment losses of $1.7 billion
January 26, 2026
Chris Madel, a Republican running for Minnesota governor, ends his bid and criticizes ICE
January 26, 2026
The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its reliance on imports of a material used prevalently in smartphones, robotics, electric vehicles and many other high tech products
January 26, 2026
A senior French official has emphasized the importance of honoring French soldiers who died in Afghanistan
January 26, 2026
Negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine are showing signs of progress, but major challenges remain, according to a senior Kremlin official
January 26, 2026
Voters in places like Aliquippa and Braddock aren’t becoming more radical; they’re responding to decades of disinvestment and institutional failure.
January 26, 2026
Amnesty International says Myanmar's military is using evasive tactics to import aviation fuel for air attacks in its civil war
January 26, 2026
Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial
January 26, 2026
Gun rights groups and legal experts question Trump administration’s stance on the Second Amendment after shooting
January 26, 2026
A Japanese court has held North Korea responsible for human rights violations against four plaintiffs lured to the country by false promises of a "paradise on Earth."
January 26, 2026
Here’s the latest on the first trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and US as negotiators set plans for future meeting
January 26, 2026
Videos and witness statements shed new light on moments leading up to Alex Pretti shooting
January 26, 2026
Gold just hit a record $5,000. What’s driving the surge?
January 26, 2026
Mark Tully, a longtime BBC correspondent known as the “voice of India,” has died at 90
January 26, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a security agreement with the United States is “100% ready.”
January 25, 2026
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors have returned to the court after their game was postponed following the fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers
January 26, 2026
Trump administration redoubles immigration enforcement strategy as cracks emerge in the president’s coalition
January 25, 2026
A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost at a party during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah
January 25, 2026
The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a firestorm and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration crackdown, but the president on Sunday night doubled down and blamed Democratic officials
January 25, 2026
A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026
What Trump officials claimed about Alex Pretti — and what the evidence actually shows
January 25, 2026
What we know so far about the latest killing by a federal agent in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026
Israel says its military is conducting a large-scale operation to locate the last hostage in Gaza
January 25, 2026
Authorities in Iran have unveiled a new mural in a central Tehran square with a direct warning to the United States to not attempt a military strike on the country
January 25, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. used a secret weapon he called “The Discombobulator” to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro
January 25, 2026
Police drone program draws community concern
January 25, 2026
DC Delegate Holmes Norton files to end her reelection campaign
January 25, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China
January 25, 2026
Mother of tear-gassed family faces backlash as video raises questions about a comment from before the incident
January 25, 2026
Boys collecting firewood in Gaza killed by Israeli fire
January 25, 2026
How Gregory Bovino became the face of Trump’s immigration crackdown
January 25, 2026
American religious history is rife with protest movements
January 25, 2026
Crowds bid farewell to Japan’s last pandas before return to China amid souring ties
January 25, 2026
Trump says he’s skipping the Super Bowl: ‘It’s just too far away’
January 25, 2026
Trump claims secret ‘discombobulator’ weapon was used to help capture Maduro
January 25, 2026
European leaders are finding a way to speak with one voice against President Donald Trump and they're increasingly willing to say “no” to his demands
January 25, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to fast-track a ban on social media for teenagers under 15
January 25, 2026
Trump’s stock market: Worst first year of a term since George W. Bush
January 25, 2026
Lawyers for Renee Good’s family have experience taking on the government, but this time they face more hurdles
January 25, 2026
Voting was held Sunday in the final round of Myanmar’s general election, concluding a monthlong process
January 24, 2026
Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost assaulted at Sundance Film Festival event, police say
January 25, 2026
Another killing by a federal officer deepens Trump’s self-inflicted political nightmare
January 25, 2026
Senate Democrats threaten partial government shutdown over DHS funding after Minnesota shooting
January 25, 2026
The morning started frigid and quiet on Minneapolis’ “Eat Street,” a stretch of road south of downtown famous for its small coffee shops and restaurants ranging from New American to Vietnamese
January 25, 2026
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city
January 24, 2026
A federal immigration officer has shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigidly cold streets in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier
January 24, 2026
A federal officer fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press
January 24, 2026
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse dedicated to helping others, friends and family said
January 25, 2026
Takeaways from the first Texas Senate Democratic primary debate
January 24, 2026
Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarici differed more on style than substance in their first debate for U.S. Senate in heavily Republican Texas
January 24, 2026
Trump praises British troops after drawing outrage at comments downplaying NATO’s role in Afghanistan
January 24, 2026
Confusion remains after Trump administration abruptly halts public health funding to cities and states, then reverses course
January 24, 2026
The NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors has been postponed following another fatal shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis
January 24, 2026
Hours after the expiration of a four-day truce between the Syrian government and Kurdish-led fighters Saturday, Syria’s defense ministry announced the ceasefire had been extended by another 15 days
January 24, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has heaped praise on British soldiers who fought in Afghanistan
January 24, 2026
President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor goes ahead with its trade deal with China
January 24, 2026
Ukraine hails first trilateral talks with Russia and US as ‘constructive’ as Washington says mood ‘very upbeat’
January 24, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says talks with Russian and American representatives have concluded with constructive discussions on ending the war
January 24, 2026
Top U.S. envoys have met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him to advance the ceasefire in Gaza
January 24, 2026
Trump threatens new 100% tariffs on Canada over possible trade deal with China
January 24, 2026
Pope Leo warns of ‘overly affectionate’ AI chatbots
January 24, 2026
Minnesota toddler taken into ICE custody with father and flown to Texas is returned to mother next day, lawyer says
January 24, 2026
Armed men entered the home of Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine and held his wife, Barbara Kyagulanyi, at gunpoint as they demanded to know his whereabouts
January 24, 2026
Grief has become infrastructure in Minneapolis, a city mobilized by trauma
January 24, 2026
President Donald Trump has revoked an invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his Board of Peace
January 23, 2026
Outraged nail artists are giving ICE the finger
January 24, 2026
The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces are "more ready than ever" as U.S. warships move toward the Middle East
January 24, 2026
A judge’s decision to toss out the boundaries of the only Republican-held congressional district in New York City could help Democrats notch a win in the national redistricting wars — but for now, the outcome remains uncertain
January 24, 2026
Police say a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among guests at a wedding ceremony in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least seven people and wounding 25
January 23, 2026
China's Defense Ministry says the military's top general is under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law
January 24, 2026
After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that included American support for the prosecution of an opposition leader and sanctions relief for a senior official accused of diverting over a billion dollars in public funds
January 24, 2026
The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though authorities have cut off the country from the internet
January 24, 2026
Danish troops who fought alongside US forces feel betrayed, as Trump threatens Greenland and denigrates NATO
January 24, 2026
A preschooler was taken away by ICE, but officials say they had no choice. Here’s what we know
January 23, 2026
Forecasters say over half the U.S. population could be affected by snow, ice or bitter cold as a winter storm sweeps across the county
January 23, 2026
Pastor Sergio Amezcua, a family friend of a 5-year-old detained by ICE, says agents used the child to draw his pregnant mother out of the house so they could arrest her. He denounces the tactic, drawing comparisons between ICE’s actions in Minnesota and cartels in Mexico. “Cartels don’t target kids or pregnant women,” Amezcua says.
January 22, 2026
The Pentagon has released a National Defense Strategy that chastises U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserts the Trump administration’s focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere over a longtime goal of countering China
January 24, 2026
Guan Heng sought asylum in the United States after exposing human rights abuses in his native China
January 24, 2026
Federal immigration agents in Minnesota are accused of using a 5-year-old boy as "bait" to arrest his father
January 24, 2026
Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport
January 23, 2026
FBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned
January 24, 2026
Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials are taking different approaches to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sweeping ongoing action in the state
January 23, 2026
A private security guard told a 911 dispatcher that a Cuban immigrant at a Texas detention center tried to hang himself, was restrained by guards in handcuffs, and stopped breathing during a subsequent struggle
January 23, 2026
Several people were arrested for protesting at a St. Paul church. Here’s what we know
January 23, 2026
The U.S. military says it’s carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month
January 23, 2026
Outraged critics are accusing President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park
January 23, 2026
Multiple myeloma survivor hosts blood drive after platelet shortage
January 23, 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the Trump administration for approving an oil company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast
January 23, 2026
A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church has released her own video of her arrest, after the White House posted a manipulated image online
January 23, 2026
In social media, President Trump is questioning global warming because of a chilly severe winter storm hitting the U_S_ On Friday, he called the weather nearly unprecedented and labeled scientists “environmental insurrectionists.”
January 23, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's comment that “Canada lives because of the United States” by saying Canada thrives because of Canadian values
January 22, 2026
Prosecutors are accusing members of a motorcycle club and a street gang of working together to kill an Indiana judge in hopes of derailing a domestic abuse trial
January 23, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signaled that U.S. President Donald Trump to apologize for his false assertion that troops from NATO countries — other than Americans — stayed away from the front line during the war in Afghanistan
January 23, 2026
US expected to deport dozens of Iranians as Trump threatens regime over crackdown
January 23, 2026
Trump privately frustrated that he risks losing control of immigration message amid Minnesota chaos
January 23, 2026
A federal judge in Georgia is dismissing a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking voter information from the state
January 23, 2026
A member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council has announced that a majority of the panel has voted to fire the country’s embattled Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the country’s political chaos deepens
January 23, 2026
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump
January 23, 2026
Trump administration is expanding ‘Mexico City’ abortion policy to also ban funding for NGOs that it says promote DEI
January 23, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region is a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi
January 23, 2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two now-defunct criminal cases against President Donald Trump, defended the integrity of his investigation during a combative hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. Former police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6 were in the room to watch the hearing, as well as the former leader of the right-wing militia group known as the Oath Keepers.
January 23, 2026
Republicans move forward with plans for a midterm convention featuring Trump
January 23, 2026
Vice President JD Vance is encouraging anti-abortion activists to celebrate progress in limiting abortion
January 23, 2026
President Donald Trump unveiled his 'Board of Peace' with a signing ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The President has tasked the group with rebuilding Gaza and tackling global conflicts. The signing ceremony was attended by fewer than 20 countries.
January 22, 2026
Justice Department charges ex-government contractor with leaking to Washington Post reporter
January 23, 2026
Trump angers allies with claim NATO troops ‘stayed a little back’ from front lines in Afghanistan
January 23, 2026
The U.S.-led push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine gained momentum late last year and is moving ahead in 2026, with leaders, diplomats and envoys working on trying to reach a deal
January 23, 2026
Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys are meeting in the United Arab Emirates, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washington’s push to end Moscow’s nearly 4-year-old invasion
January 23, 2026
What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?
January 23, 2026
Since the republic’s beginning, it has been uncontested law that to invade someone’s home, the government needs a warrant reviewed and signed by a judicial officer. ICE is turning that law on its head.
January 23, 2026
Iran’s top prosecutor has called U_S_ President Donald Trump’s about halting the hangings of 800 detained protesters “completely false.”
January 23, 2026
Philadelphia sues Trump administration over removal of long-standing slavery exhibit from historic park
January 23, 2026
How a Minneapolis federal building’s namesake is inspiring resistance to the ICE actions happening inside
January 23, 2026
Leading global economic policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality in a world where trade will continue to flow and international cooperation is still badly needed
January 23, 2026
'Horrifying': Milwaukee officials say no heat and water causes dozens to evacuate apartment
January 23, 2026
The shutdown of Wisconsin’s version of C-SPAN amid a shortfall of fundraising has left the state as perhaps the only one in the country where its legislative floor debates are not being broadcast
January 23, 2026
The Supreme Court for the past year has repeatedly allowed President Donald Trump to fire heads of independent agencies, but it appears to be drawing a line with the Federal Reserve
January 23, 2026
Barron Trump may have saved woman’s life by calling British police during an alleged assault, court hears
January 22, 2026
US, Ukraine and Russia in first trilateral talks of the war
January 23, 2026
Jared Kushner envisions a rebuilt Gaza with high-rises, a coastline that attracts tourists and a bustling port
January 23, 2026
Democratic senators sound the alarm on Pentagon backing firms linked to Donald Trump Jr.
January 23, 2026
A scholar of modern Iran looks at Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah of Iran, and examines what he believes and why his profile has been elevated during the recent anti-government protests.
January 23, 2026
‘Mr. President, it’s now time’: Social conservatives beg Trump for abortion pill crackdown
January 23, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of parliament to pave the way for an early election on Feb. 8
January 23, 2026
Vietnam’s Communist Party has re-elected To Lam as general secretary, putting the former security chief on track to become the country’s most powerful leader in decades
January 23, 2026
Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive
January 23, 2026
The European Union is ready to implement a free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries on a provisional basis
January 23, 2026
FEMA halts terminations of disaster workers as agency prepares for massive winter storm
January 23, 2026
A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has defended their demand for ending "one-party rule” in court
January 23, 2026
It has become common knowledge in immigrant communities across the U.S. to not open the door for federal immigration agents unless they show a warrant signed by a judge
January 23, 2026
Firefighters and security forces in Chile are battling deadly wildfires that have killed at least 21 people and destroyed vast areas of forests
January 23, 2026
European Union leaders have welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to drop his tariff threats over Greenland, but they are wary about his Board of Peace project
January 22, 2026
Desperate Palestinians at a garbage dump in a Gaza neighborhood are digging with their bare hands for plastic items to burn to keep warm in the cold and damp winter in the enclave, battered by two years of the Israel-Hamas war
January 22, 2026
President Donald Trump launched his Board of Peace on Thursday to lead efforts to maintain a ceasefire in Gaza
January 22, 2026
A federal judge ruled that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, can seek relief from the court if their immigration status is changed as retribution for taking part in the case
January 23, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested
January 22, 2026
‘F**k yourself’: Former MPD officer who was beaten during Jan. 6 riot tells GOP lawmaker
January 23, 2026
New ICE policy allows officers to enter homes without a judge’s warrant. Here’s what experts say
January 23, 2026
Federal agents have taken a 5-year-old boy and his father from Minnesota to a detention facility in Texas
January 22, 2026
Maine Gov. Janet Mills challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time numbers and information about detainees amid a sweeping enforcement operation, saying the state has been left in the dark as fear spreads in immigrant communities
January 22, 2026
Takeaways from former special counsel Jack Smith’s public hearing
January 22, 2026
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified publicly for the first time on Capitol Hill about his investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election
January 22, 2026
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, is attacking his opponent over the 2020 election
January 22, 2026
President Donald Trump seemed more optimistic about a future Greenland deal after meeting with a familiar friend, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. CNN looks at his relationship with Trump.
January 22, 2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two now-defunct criminal cases against President Donald Trump, defended the integrity of his investigation during a combative hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. Making his first public appearance before lawmakers, Smith pushed back against Trump’s claims that he was a crooked prosecutor during a hearing that devolved into a partisan Rorschach test about Trump’s actions after losing the 2020 election.
January 22, 2026
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon had a tense exchange at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday with moderator and Editor-in-Chief of The Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes when she asked a question about President Trump.
January 22, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is criticizing European allies for their slow and fragmented response to Russia's invasion
January 22, 2026
A jury has found a man not guilty of offering a $10,000 bounty over Snapchat for the murder of a top Border Patrol commander who led an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area last year
January 22, 2026
Trump administration completes US’ split from the World Health Organization
January 22, 2026
Vice President JD Vance says he came to Minneapolis to help “lower the temperature” in the city
January 22, 2026
The Trump administration is misrepresenting the arrest of civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church
January 22, 2026
Venezuela’s legislature is debating a major overhaul of its oil sector, the first since Hugo Chávez's era
January 22, 2026
What is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and who is joining? Here’s what to know.
January 22, 2026
Two teens arrested after swastikas painted on playground in Jewish area of Brooklyn
January 22, 2026
President Donald Trump's budget office is telling government agencies to compile data on federal money sent to a group of 14 mostly Democratic-controlled states and the District of Columbia
January 22, 2026
Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon has announced her candidacy for the Florida U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Ashley Moody in the 2026 election
January 22, 2026
Trump administration targets 14 blue states with sweeping federal funding review
January 22, 2026
Sen. Amy Klobuchar prepares to run for Minnesota governor
January 22, 2026
The Trump administration is arguing the government could detain and deport British people under an 18th century wartime act if a president found there was a “British invasion” corrupting young Americans
January 22, 2026
The Trump administration is ending the use of abortion-derived fetal tissue in research funded by the National Institutes of Health
January 22, 2026
President Donald Trump is suing JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion
January 22, 2026
Trump says heavy bruise on his left hand came after he ‘clipped it on the table’
January 22, 2026
Judge rejects Justice Department’s initial attempt to bring charges against Don Lemon
January 22, 2026
The Trump administration is expanding its ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services to include assistance going to international and domestic organizations and agencies that promote gender identity as well as diversity, equity and inclusion programs
January 22, 2026
Trump sues JPMorgan and Jamie Dimon for dropping him as a customer after Jan. 6 attack
January 22, 2026
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on five Costa Ricans and five Costa Rican entities for allegedly transporting cocaine from Colombia
January 22, 2026
Iraq has asked that Islamic State group prisoners be moved from northeast Syria to its detention centers
January 22, 2026
Rhode Islanders have long been able to choose Mr. Potato Head for their specialty license plates
January 22, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump used the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to unveil a proposed "Board of Peace" for Gaza
January 22, 2026
Nearly all residents out of problematic nursing home after OH Attorney General asked for shutdown
January 22, 2026
Playground vandalized with swastikas twice in same week
January 22, 2026
Officials say that France’s navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet
January 22, 2026
Crowds marched in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, Saturday sending a message that their country is not for sale as US President Donald Trump pushes for a deal. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
January 06, 2026
New information about 'brutal' prison attack. What inmate said after allegedly killing cellmate.
January 22, 2026
Campaigning has begun for Bangladesh’s elections next month
January 22, 2026
Teen's idea leads to bill offering tax credits for braille shipping labels
January 22, 2026
Colombia has announced a 30% tax on certain Ecuadorian products and says it will suspend energy sales to Ecuador
January 22, 2026
Missouri gambling regulators have rejected an NCAA request to ban bets on college athletes' performance
January 22, 2026
Son of wrongly executed Dallas man finds peace after 70 years with father's exoneration
January 22, 2026
The son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition figure Edmundo González has been released after more than a year in detention
January 22, 2026
In an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, California Governor Gavin Newsom responded to what Donald Trump said about him in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
January 21, 2026
Mother files lawsuit after police officer frisks her 12-year-old daughter
January 22, 2026
The US used a cyberattack to turn off power in Caracas during the raid to seize Maduro. The US grid is also vulnerable to this kind of attack.
January 22, 2026
The Trump administration’s move to withdraw the US from these organizations risks undercutting lasting peace and global human rights accountability.
January 22, 2026
Democrats demand Trump officials disclose potential ‘profiteering’ from Venezuela oil dealings
January 22, 2026
The House has passed this year's final batch of spending bills
January 22, 2026
NATO’s Mark Rutte emerges as Trump whisperer-in-chief after dramatic about-face at Davos
January 22, 2026
A report issued by the Council on Criminal Justice is showing a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, based on data collected from 35 American cities
January 22, 2026
Federal authorities have called those who monitor ICE ‘domestic terrorists.’ Here’s what we know
January 22, 2026
Two Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have pleaded not guilty in a landmark national security trial
January 21, 2026
Supreme Court conservatives have downplayed Trump’s conduct. The Fed case may change that
January 22, 2026
Joe Biden promised Europe that "America is back" early in his presidency, aiming to mend ties after Donald Trump's tenure
January 22, 2026
Economic stress is widespread across the United States, but for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians, anxiety about costs and affordability is particularly high
January 22, 2026
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant
January 21, 2026
Iran has reported its first government-issued death toll from the recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed
January 21, 2026
A judge has thrown out the boundaries of New York City's only Republican congressional seat, ordering a redrawing due to unconstitutional vote dilution of Black and Hispanic residents
January 21, 2026
Jack Smith is ‘not afraid’ of Donald Trump, his legal team says ahead of Thursday testimony
January 21, 2026
Maine is seeing an increase in immigration enforcement activity this week
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump’s ambitions for the “Board of Peace” to play a role in global conflicts beyond Gaza appear to be the latest U.S. attempt to sidestep the U.N. Security Council
January 22, 2026
Business in Minnesota has taken a hit as President Donald Trump's administration carries out an immigration sweep that has spurred protests
January 21, 2026
Russian officials and media are reacting to President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland with a mix of glee and caution
January 21, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her government sent 37 cartel members to the United States at the request of the U.S. Justice Department
January 21, 2026
Five takeaways from Trump’s antagonistic speech in Davos
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump says he has scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland
January 21, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about 4,000 buildings in Kyiv remain without heating, and nearly 60% of the city is without power following days of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid
January 21, 2026
Electrical issue that grounded Trump’s flight raises questions about aging Air Force One aircraft
January 21, 2026
Takeaways: Supreme Court signals it will defy Trump to keep Lisa Cook on Federal Reserve
January 21, 2026
Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli forces have killed at least 11 Palestinians on one of the deadliest days since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect in October
January 21, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to drop his threat of imposing tariffs on several European countries
January 21, 2026
Trump says Board of Peace meant to oversee Gaza reconstruction ‘might’ replace UN
January 20, 2026
After Newsom trolls Trump in Davos, one of his appearances is blocked
January 21, 2026
Why the fate of ISIS prisoners in Syria is back on the radar
January 20, 2026
The U.S. military has started transferring Islamic State detainees from northeastern Syria to secure facilities in Iraq
January 21, 2026
Europeans are rattled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland, and are preparing countermeasures against the United States
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump’s plans for bringing homeownership within reach of more Americans involve pushing for lower interest rates on home loans and credit cards, and banning large institutional investors from buying single-family homes
January 21, 2026
Divisions have emerged over U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace as its ambitions have grown beyond Gaza
January 21, 2026
Fact check: Trump’s barrage of false claims in Davos about Greenland and NATO
January 21, 2026
Why does Trump want Greenland and why is it so important?
January 06, 2026
The EU pushed back on Trump’s latest tariff threats. Hours later, he backed down
January 21, 2026
Under pressure from FIFA and UEFA, Palestinian soccer pitch saved from planned Israeli demolition
January 21, 2026
Second lady Usha Vance and Vice President JD Vance are expecting a baby this summer, the couple announced. CNN's Kristen Holmes reports.
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland and impose tariffs continue to raise concerns in Europe
January 21, 2026
Olympic leader Kirsty Coventry is yet to have formal contact with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration but says she looks forward to meeting Vice President JD Vance in Milan next month
January 21, 2026
Mother fights for justice after son's death in controversial Stand Your Ground case
January 21, 2026
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges
January 21, 2026
Logan's Law gains bipartisan support in Kentucky legislature after decade-long fight for justice
January 21, 2026
Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya has launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate
January 21, 2026
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have fallen from power in Syria as the U.S. shifts its backing to the country's new leaders in Damascus
January 21, 2026
92-year-old woman dead in crash with police cruiser; family demands justice
January 21, 2026
Executive says ICE is "evicted" from local offices, hasn't been paying rent
January 21, 2026
Michelle Obama explains her comments that the US wasn’t ready for a female president
January 21, 2026
Treasury Secretary Bessent says Denmark and its investment in the US are ‘irrelevant’
January 21, 2026
Danish veterans feel betrayed as the U.S. escalates threats to seize Greenland, a territory of Denmark
January 21, 2026
While federal immigrant agents need to produce a judicial warrant to enter a classroom, they can freely operate in public spaces at and around schools.
January 21, 2026
Guatemalan police and soldiers are using new powers under a state of emergency to target the Barrio 18 gang in a high-crime area in the capital
January 21, 2026
Although she’s the world’s reigning pop star, attitudes toward Swift are split markedly along both partisan and gender lines.
January 21, 2026
“When they make a wasteland, they call it ‘peace,‘” wrote the Roman historian Tacitus, in a turn of phrase that a classics scholar says has been relevant for centuries – including right now.
January 21, 2026
European Union lawmakers have voted to hold up a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the legality of the deal
January 21, 2026
A South Korean court has ruled that the failed imposition of martial law by former President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion
January 21, 2026
Michele Tafoya, a longtime sportscaster, launches a Republican bid for US Senate in Minnesota
January 21, 2026
Man who assassinated former Japan leader Abe with homemade gun sentenced to life in prison
January 21, 2026
A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment
January 21, 2026
Trump once again en route to Davos after ‘minor electrical issue’ forced Air Force One to turn back
January 21, 2026
What we know about the FACE and KKK acts that could be used to prosecute Minnesota church protesters
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, has safely returned to Joint Base Andrews about an hour after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump meandered through a list of his administration’s accomplishments while speaking at a White House press briefing Tuesday
January 20, 2026
Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position
January 20, 2026
Israeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children
January 20, 2026
The Department of Justice has subpoenaed at least five officials across Minnesota as part of a probe into whether the officials obstructed ICE efforts in the state. One of those officials, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, joins Erin Burnett OutFront to respond and discuss the ongoing ICE operation in her city.
January 20, 2026
Mexico's security minister says the country has sent 37 more cartel members to the United States
January 20, 2026
A look at false and misleading claims made as President Donald Trump marks his first year back in office by highlighting accomplishments at Davos and at a White House briefing
January 20, 2026
Wes Moore targets Maryland’s only GOP congressman with redistricting, but a powerful Democrat stands in his way
January 21, 2026
Federal prosecutors have served six grand jury subpoenas to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis-St. Paul area
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump wanted to recap his first year back in office
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump closed out 2025 with his plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in fine fettle
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump's push to control Greenland has sparked major tensions with Europe
January 20, 2026
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, are expecting their fourth child
January 20, 2026
A man charged with vandalizing Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home has pleaded not guilty
January 20, 2026
Democrat Mikie Sherrill has been inaugurated as New Jersey's 57th governor
January 20, 2026
Doctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown
January 20, 2026
Grim humanitarian conditions remain in Gaza months after the ceasefire paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas militants
January 20, 2026
Exclusive: Justice Department leadership pushed FBI to investigate campaign contributions to Minnesota officials
January 20, 2026
A jury has been selected for the trial of a man accused of putting a $10,000 bounty on the life of a Border Patrol commander who led an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area last year
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump’s bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president’s lawyers in a politically charged case
January 20, 2026
Youngest Freedom Rider given formal apology from city of Jackson
January 20, 2026
A federal judge in Miami has rescheduled a hearing for a Florida congresswoman charged with conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds
January 20, 2026
Israel starts demolishing UN agency headquarters in East Jerusalem after ban
January 20, 2026
Britain’s government has approved a massive new Chinese Embassy in central London, despite strong criticism from lawmakers
January 20, 2026
Iran has warned Donald Trump not to take any action against the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days after the U.S. president called for an end to Khamenei’s near 40-year reign
January 20, 2026
Trump administration asks judge to reject Minnesota’s bid to stop immigration crackdown
January 20, 2026
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting attracts corporate executives, academics, philanthropists and media to the Swiss Alps town of Davos
January 20, 2026
Guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have abandoned a camp in northeast Syria, allowing detainees linked to the Islamic State group to escape
January 20, 2026
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant
January 20, 2026
Teen to plead guilty to mass shooting in Hedingham neighborhood
January 20, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders are rallying with nurses in Manhattan during the ninth day of their strike
January 20, 2026
Israeli forces have targeted two United Nations facilities as part of their crackdown on the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees
January 20, 2026
New court doc asserts former Obama WH counsel advised Jeffrey Epstein during critical reputational and legal battles
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump is fighting a two-front war at the outset of this year’s midterm campaigns, working to prevent Democratic victories while also attempting to purge the Republican Party of the few remaining members who have defied him
January 20, 2026
With Trump’s backing, Rep. Julia Letlow launches a primary challenge against Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy
January 20, 2026
With a very offbeat style of play and even more unique body art, Oleksandra Oliynykova stood out in her Australian Open loss to defending champion Madision Keys
January 20, 2026
The British government is defending its decision to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the move
January 20, 2026
What are the Chagos Islands and why does Trump think Britain would be stupid to give them up?
January 20, 2026
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party says that violence against Kurdish groups in Syria risks undermining reconciliation efforts with Kurdish militants in Turkey
January 20, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland poses a “deep crisis” for NATO and raises questions about the alliance’s preservation as a single military-political bloc
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump has commanded attention during his second term
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump has shared private messages from world leaders about Greenland, revealing softer tones behind public criticism
January 20, 2026
Severely burned firefighter to get workers' comp after outrage over denied care
January 20, 2026
New Jersey students to learn cursive in school under new law
January 20, 2026
NYC Mayor Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders join striking nurses on picket line
January 20, 2026
Fact check: The false claims in Trump’s extraordinary message to Norway
January 20, 2026
An Israeli official says the nation has been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan
January 19, 2026
President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without his big tax and spending cuts bill
January 20, 2026
Britain approves ‘mega’ Chinese embassy in London despite national security fears
January 20, 2026
Supreme Court doubts constitutionality of Hawaii’s ‘default’ ban on guns on private property that’s open to the public
January 20, 2026
With eyes on House majority, Democrats face Trump impeachment dilemma
January 20, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed a vice premier over issues in a factory modernization project
January 20, 2026
Trump officials investigate protesters who interrupted Minnesota church service, targeting ICE official
January 19, 2026
Black landowners from a Georgia island community founded by freed slaves have won their latest property dispute with local officials at the ballot box
January 20, 2026
Hackers have disrupted Iranian state TV to air footage supporting the exiled crown prince
January 19, 2026
10-foot-tall replica of Trump’s alleged birthday message to Epstein appears on National Mall
January 20, 2026
How the US treats its allies has been a crucial question for every president. What evolved over the centuries into an official embrace of friendly nations is now being reversed by Donald Trump.
January 19, 2026
Even some Trump advisers are wary of a military pursuit of Greenland. Is an off-ramp possible?
January 19, 2026
A federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring members of Congress to give a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities
January 19, 2026
Communities across the U.S. held parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 19, 2026
Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion renovation of its headquarters in Washington, DC.
January 19, 2026
Walz was also asked about foreign ties during Harris vetting, sources tell CNN
January 19, 2026
Mexico is showing sensitivity to U.S. military movements since the attack earlier this month on Venezuela
January 19, 2026
In the wake of spiraling tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s violent crackdown of protests, analysts warn that internal upheaval or a potential collapse of the Iranian government could carry nuclear risks
January 19, 2026
The Swiss town of Davos hosts the annual meeting of elites from business, government and culture this week
January 19, 2026
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev says he is stepping down from the mostly ceremonial job
January 19, 2026
Activist keeping Martin Luther King Jr.'s message at Girard College alive 6 decades later
January 19, 2026
The Democrats’ 2028 calendar fight: 12 states apply for a spot at the front of the line
January 19, 2026
Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and observers are converging on the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting
January 19, 2026
European shares mostly fell and U.S. stock futures skidded Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% extra tariff on imports from eight European countries because they oppose having America take control of Greenland
January 19, 2026
Trump ties failure to win Nobel Peace Prize to efforts to acquire Greenland in message to Norway
January 19, 2026
European Union leaders are using strong language like "intimidation" and "blackmail" to describe U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of new tariffs over Greenland
January 19, 2026
Government offices, the stock market and many schools are closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but most businesses are open
January 19, 2026
Three U.S. Catholic cardinals have urged the Trump administration to use a moral compass in foreign policy
January 19, 2026
Syria’s military has seized swaths of Kurdish-held territory. Here’s what we know.
January 18, 2026
After decades of fighting the Iranian regime, Kurds see victory edging closer
January 19, 2026
Putin invited to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Kremlin says
January 19, 2026
Prince Harry vs. the Daily Mail: Royal takes on tabloid publisher over unlawful information gathering
January 19, 2026
A shooting at a town hall in northern Czech Republic on Monday has left one person dead and six others wounded
January 19, 2026
Shapiro says Harris’ vetting team asked whether he was ‘an agent of the Israeli government’
January 19, 2026
A year into Trump’s second term, Iowa voters offer clues for the midterm elections
January 19, 2026
Iraq announces full withdrawal of US forces from its federal territory
January 19, 2026
Will the Supreme Court continue to protect the Federal Reserve from Donald Trump?
January 19, 2026
Vietnam’s Communist Party has opened a meeting to decide the country's top leadership and policies for the next five years
January 19, 2026
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza to require $1 billion payment for permanent membership
January 18, 2026
Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo has declared a state of siege after suspected gang members in Guatemala’s capital killed seven police officers
January 18, 2026
Aftermath video of latest ICE shooting involving a man officials say assaulted an officer contradicts officials’ account
January 18, 2026
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation
January 18, 2026
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says sending active duty soldiers to Minnesota for an immigration crackdown is ridiculous and unconstitutional
January 18, 2026
What sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video
January 18, 2026
The Syrian government has announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country
January 18, 2026
The eight European countries targeted by U_S_ President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland have criticized the move in an unusually strong joint statement, warning that his threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.”
January 18, 2026
At least eight more countries say the United States has invited them to join President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace overseeing next steps for Gaza
January 18, 2026
Iran’s supreme leader acknowledges thousands were killed in protests
January 18, 2026
Restaurant workers detained by ICE agents who visited business for lunch
January 18, 2026
1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, source says, as state mobilizes National Guard
January 18, 2026
A U.S.-based activist agency reports at least 3,919 deaths during recent protests in Iran
January 18, 2026
The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter
January 16, 2026
A heckler yelled “leave Greenland alone!”
January 18, 2026
President Donald Trump’s new Gaza ceasefire plan includes a committee to manage Gaza's daily affairs
January 17, 2026
Mom now wearing ankle monitor, fighting to prove U.S. citizenship after ICE deportation threat
January 18, 2026
President Yoweri Museveni says his landslide victory in Uganda's election shows his party's dominance
January 18, 2026
Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump’s threats of taking possession of Greenland
January 18, 2026
CNN poll: Just 6% of Americans satisfied with how much US has released from Epstein files so far
January 18, 2026
Kremlin-installed authorities in Russia-occupied parts of southern Ukraine say Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged energy networks
January 18, 2026
Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says the holiday honoring her father's legacy is a “saving grace” amid political division
January 18, 2026
American Battleground: Demolition Man – How Trump’s first year back is changing the nation’s capital
January 18, 2026
Meet the trusted diplomat tasked with turning the US-backed ceasefire into peace for Gaza
January 18, 2026
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests
January 17, 2026
US carries out lethal strike against al Qaeda affiliate leader in Syria
January 18, 2026
The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries have formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement
January 17, 2026
Trump threatens new tariffs on European allies over Greenland until deal reached, as thousands protest
January 17, 2026
Republican Congressman Mike Flood joins The Lead.
January 16, 2026
Recent Trump investments reignite concerns around potential conflicts of interest
January 17, 2026
Kurdish forces retreat as government troops advance across northern Syria
January 17, 2026
Virginia’s governors traditionally wear morning suits for their inaugurations
January 17, 2026
Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump
January 17, 2026
Trump’s double pardon underscores sweeping use of clemency
January 17, 2026
A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria has resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader
January 17, 2026
The White House has announced that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump says he'll impose a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland
January 17, 2026
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for supporting Iranian protesters
January 17, 2026
Thousands of people have rallied in Serbia as university students announced a new stage in their struggle against President Aleksandar Vucic’s government
January 17, 2026
‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters
January 17, 2026
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won his seventh term with 71.65% of the votes
January 17, 2026
Israel’s government is objecting to a White House announcement about leaders overseeing the next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire enters its challenging second phase
January 17, 2026
A Minneapolis couple says federal officers rolled a tear gas canister under their SUV, flooding it with toxic fumes and leaving them and several of their six children, including an infant, in need of hospital treatment
January 17, 2026
Syrian government forces have entered two northern towns after Kurdish-led fighters agreed to evacuate
January 17, 2026
Former UK leader Blair joins Carney and Rubio on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza
January 17, 2026
A border crossing in Turkey’s eastern province of Van has not seen a major influx of Iranians seeking asylum
January 17, 2026
Britain’s main opposition leader has joined a protest against China’s planned new embassy in London
January 17, 2026
The NFL will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying “Choose Love” in the end zones and on helmet decals for all divisional round playoff games this weekend
January 17, 2026
911 transcripts, incident reports and videos show how an ICE agent shot a mother of 3 at ‘point blank range’
January 17, 2026
Your biggest legal questions about ICE and the Minneapolis shooting, answered
January 17, 2026
The Trump admin tried to merge DEA and ATF. After pressure, it quietly abandoned the plan
January 17, 2026
A Ukrainian delegation has arrived in the United States to discuss a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war
January 17, 2026
America’s top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump’s trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere
January 17, 2026
Longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations and freezing offshore wind projects
January 17, 2026
Anti-abortion movement seeks to escalate clashes over blue state ‘shield’ laws
January 17, 2026
Journalists and media leaders in Bangladesh are demanding protection after recent attacks on two major newspapers
January 17, 2026
Trump considering new tariffs on countries that oppose his annexation plans for Greenland
January 16, 2026
Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back in his final year in Washington
January 17, 2026
A U.S. judge has ruled federal officers in a Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren’t obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents
January 17, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration is urging U.S. aircraft operators to “exercise caution” when flying over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico, Central America and parts of South America, citing “military activities” and satellite navigation interference
January 17, 2026
Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson appears in court as defense pushes to disqualify prosecutors from the case
January 16, 2026
The Utah man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk returned to court Friday as his attorneys seek to disqualify prosecutors in the case
January 16, 2026
A judge has ruled that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC and a woman who ended up back in prison after he commuted her sentence during his first term
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump this week quietly appointed four new members to the Commission of Fine Arts, one of two federal panels reviewing his plan to build a White House ballroom
January 16, 2026
Trump’s pardon of convicted woman is the second time he’s erased her sentence in a criminal case
January 16, 2026
Brazilian President Lula da Silva and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen celebrate the expected signing of a free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur
January 16, 2026
FBI director and deputy attorney general visit Minneapolis amid ongoing tensions
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River water sharing
January 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland
January 16, 2026
New York City nurses on strike say they have restarted contract talks with another one of the major hospital systems affected on the fifth day of the walkout
January 16, 2026
Trump appoints loyalists to arts commission that will review White House ballroom plans
January 16, 2026
Republicans in Congress are supporting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as the Trump administration ramps up its pressure campaign against the central bank
January 16, 2026
Kansas City, Missouri, mayor requests investigation into city's response to concerns before Northland homicide
January 16, 2026
At its one-year mark, the Trump administration is dismantling the systems that once helped the US move toward a more open and equal democracy.
January 16, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she’s confident of her country’s eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolás Maduro
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, a White House official said
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump is thanking Iran for not following through on executions of more than 800 political prisoners
January 16, 2026
The White House has released the names of some of the leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza
January 16, 2026
Virginia Democrats set up a referendum to try to flip as many as 4 GOP-held US House seats
January 16, 2026
Local leaders chime in after reports of ICE touring south Kansas City locations for possible detention center
January 16, 2026
What we know about Trump’s ‘Great Health Care Plan’
January 16, 2026
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has met with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez
January 16, 2026
‘As far as I’m concerned, this regime has fallen’: Director Jafar Panahi on Iran’s deadly protests
January 16, 2026
A British police force chief has retired following criticism over a decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa last year
January 16, 2026
Tens of thousands of Cubans have gathered in Havana to protest the killing of 32 Cuban officers in Venezuela
January 16, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that efforts to crack down on Mexican cartels and slow migration north were showing “compelling results” in an effort to head off intervention by the Trump administration
January 16, 2026
As Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure
January 16, 2026
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has an early lead in a tense presidential election
January 16, 2026
Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support
January 16, 2026
The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations at schools and universities
January 16, 2026
Minneapolis couple says ICE released tear gas under their family vehicle with 6 children inside
January 16, 2026
Man charged with selling fentanyl pills from Georgia farmers market, authorities say
January 16, 2026
911 transcripts and an incident report reveal where Renee Good was shot and how her community faced her killing in real time
January 16, 2026
CIA director traveled to Venezuela to meet with country’s acting president
January 16, 2026
A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on some charges related to his imposition of martial law
January 16, 2026
Rightwingers of the world unite to endorse Orbán ahead of Hungary’s election
January 16, 2026
CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities
January 16, 2026
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the situation in the city “not sustainable,” as tensions flare after a federal law enforcement officer shot someone the DHS says assaulted them.
January 15, 2026
Myanmar insists its military campaign against the Rohingya ethnic minority was a legitimate counter-terrorism operation, not genocide
January 16, 2026
Taiwan’s premier has hailed a new trade deal with the United States as the “best tariff deal” enjoyed by countries with trade surpluses with Washington, while an official in Beijing condemned the accord
January 16, 2026
Canada’s leader patches things up with China as rift with Trump upends old certainties
January 16, 2026
A woman in Canada has become a global symbol of defiance against Iran's regime
January 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis
January 15, 2026
Pentagon moves to turn independent military outlet into a ‘mouthpiece,’ advocates warn
January 16, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has used her first state of the union message to advocate opening the state-run oil industry to more foreign investment
January 15, 2026
A federal judge has dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and personal data on the state’s 23 million registered voters
January 16, 2026
Small town pushes back against proposed placement of sexually violent predator
January 16, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump
January 15, 2026
A group of U.S. senators is voicing concern over U.S. Postal Service processing changes and what those could mean for voting with mail ballots
January 16, 2026
The 75-year-old pop star is part of a generation of Iranians in the diaspora who are watching, with bated breath, as their compatriots seek to topple the Islamic Republic.
January 15, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has discussed her country’s future with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House
January 15, 2026
Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It’s on shaky ground
January 15, 2026
On the verge of strikes in Iran, the US held off. What happens next is up to Trump
January 15, 2026
U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other at the U.N. Security Council, where America’s envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries
January 15, 2026
The Trump administration has identified a host of athletic competitions it classifies as “major sporting events” — aside from soccer's 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games — that athletes and coaches will be allowed to travel to the U.S. to take part in despite a broad visa ban
January 15, 2026
A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian activist
January 15, 2026
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is walking back claims of pressure and arrests he made earlier this week
January 15, 2026
President Donald Trump has announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up
January 15, 2026
The bodies of 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela have been repatriated to their homeland
January 15, 2026
Democrats across the country are proposing state law changes to rein in federal immigration officers and protect the public following the shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis and the wounding of two people in Portland, Oregon
January 15, 2026
Several Middle Eastern allies of the United States have urged the Trump administration to hold off on strikes against Iran for the government’s deadly crackdown on protesters
January 15, 2026
Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday
January 15, 2026
Senators from opposing parties are working together in hopes of finally banning members of Congress from trading stocks
January 15, 2026
Can the president use the Insurrection Act and send the military into U.S. cities? A web of legal provisions try to balance presidential power with the power of state leaders.
January 15, 2026
Elon Musk's AI assistant, Grok, is facing scrutiny from governments worldwide
January 15, 2026
Providers, state health agencies and others are feeling whiplash and confusion after the Trump administration eliminated and then abruptly reinstated grants that support substance abuse and mental health programs nationwide
January 15, 2026
Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics — including pointing rifles at demonstrators and deploying chemical irritants — actions the government says are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks and growing protests
January 15, 2026
Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed nine people, including three women, following the U.S. announcement of a second phase in the fragile ceasefire
January 15, 2026
Troops from European countries, including France and Germany, are arriving in Greenland to boost security
January 15, 2026
U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela
January 15, 2026
A top ICE official has resigned her job in a bid to oust the longest-serving woman in Congress this fall
January 15, 2026
The Defense Department says it is revamping the military newspaper Stars and Stripes to focus on “reporting for our warfighters” and eliminate woke distractions
January 15, 2026
Why the Trump administration is holding millions of dollars from Venezuelan oil sales in a Qatari bank
January 15, 2026
The Marine Corps general tapped to lead U.S. military operations in Latin America says he's ready to oversee an expanded presence but isn't sure what the Trump administration has planned
January 15, 2026
The United Nations chief is lashing out at countries that violate international law and calling the concentration of power and wealth by the world’s richest 1% “morally indefensible.”
January 15, 2026
Last month, Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson penned a first-person piece about her long year as “the federal government whisperer,” receiving tips from hundreds of federal workers impacted by President Donald Trump’s transformation of the government. On Wednesday morning, FBI agents arrived at Natanson’s home and executed a search warrant. CNN's Katelyn Polantz reports.
January 15, 2026
Possible leaker to Washington Post told officers he ‘mishandled classified information,’ DOJ says
January 15, 2026
A prosecutor has told a jury that a prison guard should be convicted of manslaughter for failing to intervene in the brutal beating of an inmate by other guards
January 15, 2026
President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful, but you wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers
January 15, 2026
Trump unveils health care framework aimed at lowering costs in latest affordability push
January 15, 2026
International journalists have been flocking to Greenland's capital, Nuuk during the geopolitical crisis triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to control the island
January 15, 2026
Minneapolis Native community works to protect each other as ICE surges in Twin Cities
January 15, 2026
A federal judge has cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction
January 15, 2026
A Kremlin official says that Moscow agrees with U.S. President Donald Trump that Ukraine is holding up a peace deal
January 15, 2026
Boise man who fled Iran shares perspective as protests escalate overseas
January 15, 2026
Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has outlined his vision for a democratic Iran on social media
January 15, 2026
‘Tip of the iceberg’: The FBI search of a reporter’s home has newsrooms bracing for more
January 15, 2026
Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to flip majority control of the Legislature and retain the governor's seat this year
January 15, 2026
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to project political influence even as his term nears its end
January 15, 2026
Press freedom advocates are concerned this week's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home will deter reporting on government actions and silence whistleblowers
January 15, 2026
Maryland woman doing humanitarian work in Philippines is in military custody, her friends say
January 15, 2026
European nations send additional troops to Greenland as US annexation threats escalate
January 15, 2026
‘Department of War’ rebrand could cost up to $125 million, CBO estimates
January 15, 2026
Forty-seven U.S. House members have announced they're not running for reelection, putting a record number of seats up for grabs at this point in the midterm election cycle
January 15, 2026
Most of the 1 million Venezuelan immigrants in the US arrived relatively recently.
January 15, 2026
The high court recognizes a person’s right to self-defense with firearms but has also upheld the government’s power to enforce limits on that right.
January 15, 2026
When fires broke out across Los Angeles in January 2025, Miguel Santana, CEO of the California Community Foundation, saw the devastation firsthand
January 15, 2026
Trump is threatening to attack a country that produces three times more oil than Venezuela
January 15, 2026
Federal agent shoots a man officials say assaulted an officer, sparking new protests in Minneapolis
January 15, 2026
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to boost production of rare earths and the other critical minerals
January 15, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and China are entering a new era of relations
January 15, 2026
Palestine Action-linked protesters end their weeks-long UK hunger strike
January 15, 2026
Major Middle East powers urge Trump not to attack Iran as US moves some personnel from key base
January 14, 2026
75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll finds
January 15, 2026
Russian authorities have ordered a British diplomat to leave the country, accusing the official of spying
January 15, 2026
Israel plans to honor the late Charlie Kirk for his efforts against antisemitism
January 15, 2026
Execution of Iranian protester Erfan Soltani postponed, family says, as Trump claims ‘killing has stopped’
January 14, 2026
The ongoing debate over health care in the U.S. remains as contentious as ever
January 15, 2026
A federal officer has shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday
January 14, 2026
Officials say emergency repair crews are working tirelessly to restore power in the Kyiv region of Ukraine
January 14, 2026
The US has officially started selling Venezuelan oil
January 15, 2026
The House GOP’s new Select Committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has held its first hearing, but it's clear the trauma of that day still lingers
January 15, 2026
Iranian officials signaled that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests, while the Islamic Republic promised retaliation if the U.S. or Israel intervened in the domestic unrest
January 14, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is blocking Louisiana's effort to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills out of state
January 15, 2026
A top Democrat is slamming the Trump administration for cutting thousands of substance abuse and mental health grants and then abruptly reversing course
January 14, 2026
Senate GOP shields Trump from limits to his war powers in Venezuela after Vance breaks tie
January 14, 2026
Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has argued for years that the Venezuelan government has intentionally orchestrated mass migration into the United States
January 15, 2026
Senate Republicans have voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela
January 14, 2026
A top Danish official says a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remains with President Donald Trump after talks in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio
January 14, 2026
Trump says ‘anything less’ than US control of Greenland is ‘unacceptable’
January 14, 2026
A demonstrator was hit in the face with a projectile fired by a federal officer at close range during a protest in Southern California
January 14, 2026
A legal memo that came out days before the U_S_ military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests."
January 14, 2026
Trump enacts 25% tariff on chips — with a caveat
January 14, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro
January 14, 2026
Epstein survivors ask inspector general to review Justice Department’s release of files
January 14, 2026
A district attorney, a state senator and a trash-hauling entrepreneur are among the 22 candidates bidding to succeed former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a Georgia congressional seat
January 14, 2026
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for their immediate release
January 14, 2026
Renee Good's family hired the law firm that represented George Floyd’s family to seek answers and accountability for the Minneapolis mother's killing by a federal immigration agent
January 14, 2026
FBI searches Washington Post reporter’s home
January 14, 2026
Greenland biathlete Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
January 14, 2026
A pop star, an aging autocrat and a crackdown: What to expect from Uganda’s election
January 14, 2026
The head of a nonpartisan group supporting Georgia prosecutors says a new state law used by Donald Trump and others to seek attorney fees is likely unconstitutional
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump says he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters
January 14, 2026
Syria’s military has announced it will open a “humanitarian corridor” for civilians to evacuate from an area in Aleppo province
January 14, 2026
DOJ wants interviews with Democrats as part of investigation into lawmakers’ ‘illegal orders’ video
January 14, 2026
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military to resist “illegal orders” have confirmed that they're under investigation from the Trump administration
January 14, 2026
The Supreme Court is reviving a Republican challenge to a law allowing the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump
January 14, 2026
New York City nurses are striking for a third day with both sides seemingly preparing for a protracted walkout
January 14, 2026
Smithsonian hands over documents as its leader tries to balance ‘principle and pragmatism’ in facing White House demands
January 14, 2026
US announces next phase of Gaza ceasefire plan as committee is formed to run battered enclave
January 14, 2026
The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States
January 14, 2026
Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers
January 14, 2026
The United States says it’s moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan involving disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs
January 14, 2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exit sets off a MAGA showdown in her old Georgia district
January 14, 2026
The Supreme Court has sided with Montana police in a case over when officers can enter a home without a warrant if an emergency might be unfolding inside
January 14, 2026
Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate
January 14, 2026
SpaceX's Starlink has dropped fees to help Iranian demonstrators share protest details globally, activists say
January 14, 2026
Milwaukee father charged with locking 6 kids in storage testifies at his own trial
January 14, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi says the search of a Washington Post reporter’s home was done at the Pentagon’s request as part of a leak investigation
January 14, 2026
Reproductive rights advocates have dropped a lawsuit against the Trump administration after officials agreed to restore millions in federal funding for family planning services
January 14, 2026
Trump wants to slash funding for federal climate and weather research. Congress is about to tell him ‘No’
January 14, 2026
Half of Americans think ICE is making US cities less safe, CNN poll finds
January 14, 2026
Ukraine's new defense minister says wide-scale desertions and draft-dodging are major challenges as Russia's invasion continues
January 14, 2026
West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey joins The Lead.
January 14, 2026
ACLU attorney Joshua Block joins The Lead.
January 14, 2026
Supreme Court revives GOP congressman’s absentee ballot suit that could spur more election litigation
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump’s threats against independent media and free speech look a lot like the actions of autocrats elsewhere intent on undermining the institutions meant to keep them in check.
January 14, 2026
In an interview with CBS, President Donald Trump commented Renee Good was likely “a very solid, wonderful person, but her actions were pretty tough.” CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil told Trump that Good’s father is a Trump supporter but is deeply upset by his daughter’s death and the administration’s portrayal of her. In response, Trump said “Well, I want to say to the father that I love all of our people.”
January 14, 2026
Trump feels obligated to take action on Iran as administration weighs risks of retaliation
January 14, 2026
Peace efforts in Sudan have resumed in Cairo, with Egypt and the United Nations urging warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce
January 14, 2026
A new poll shows most Americans believe President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries
January 14, 2026
There is no evidence that US intervention in Venezuela will lead to a meaningful reduction in drugs flowing into the United States.
January 14, 2026
The European Union plans to allocate most of a new loan program to Ukraine's military needs over the next two years
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump has said that all countries that do business with Iran will face a new 25% tariff. CNN's Paula Hancocks discusses what this could mean for trading partners such as China.
January 12, 2026
Pro-Palestinian activists are carrying out one of the UK’s longest ever hunger strikes. Their families say they won’t stop
January 14, 2026
4 ways Trump wants to make America more affordable. Will they work?
January 14, 2026
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he expects President Donald Trump to interfere with the midterm elections
January 14, 2026
A former Republican lawmaker in South Carolina has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for sending videos of children being sexually abused on social media
January 14, 2026
Why this legal expert says the Minnesota and Illinois immigration lawsuits ‘are close to completely meritless’
January 14, 2026
As election denier Tina Peters tries to overturn her conviction, Colorado’s Democratic governor signals openness to clemency
January 14, 2026
Judge deals blow to the Trump Justice Department’s use of the Civil Rights Act to ‘clean’ voter rolls
January 14, 2026
The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration
January 14, 2026
Venezuelan officials return to X in apparent end to Maduro-era ban on platform
January 14, 2026
The Ugandan opposition leader known as Bobi Wine has been campaigning for president in a flak jacket and helmet as soldiers filled the streets of the capital, Kampala
January 14, 2026
The Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to deepen cooperation between their countries before they let loose with their own surprise cultural exchange in a surprise jam session drumming to K-pop hits
January 14, 2026
Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense
January 13, 2026
Nearly 1,000 households displaced by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui in 2023 are anxiously awaiting news on federal assistance
January 14, 2026
Kavanaugh and Roberts are already looking ahead to the next major transgender controversy
January 14, 2026
New documents shed light on Renee Good’s ties to ICE monitoring efforts in Minneapolis
January 13, 2026
Edilson Torres has been buried in his hometown after dying in a Venezuelan prison
January 13, 2026
Activists say the death toll from the protests in Iran has surpassed 2,500 people
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump has once again drawn his go-to diplomatic weapon — tariffs — to coerce the Iranian government to end its bloody crackdown on nationwide protests
January 13, 2026
Frustration mounts inside White House over Pirro’s handling of Powell investigation
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump promoted his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans’ pocketbooks
January 13, 2026
The Trump administration says multiple Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been released
January 14, 2026
Activists say the death toll from Iran's protests has risen to at least 2,571, and Iranian state TV acknowledges there was a high death toll
January 13, 2026
Interim Venezuelan government frees at least 4 Americans
January 14, 2026
Pentagon to dispatch dozens of military lawyers to Minneapolis amid immigration crackdown
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump met Tuesday with his national security team to discuss the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on protesters as he looks to get a better understanding of the number of Iranian citizens who have been killed and arrested in more than two weeks of unrest throughout the country
January 13, 2026
The House gave approval to legislation aimed at loosening water efficiency regulations for showerheads
January 13, 2026
Au pair who had affair with Brendan Banfield describes alleged scheme to kill his wife and another man
January 13, 2026
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died
January 13, 2026
Fact check: Trump litters Detroit economic speech with numerous false claims about economy
January 13, 2026
A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis
January 13, 2026
Military plane part of secretive, classified fleet used in first Caribbean boat strike
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says that his administration is planning to halt federal payments to "sanctuary cities" and the states where they're located starting Feb. 1
January 13, 2026
As the Supreme Court of the United States hears arguments in blockbuster cases challenging transgender sports bans, CNN's Brianna Keilar speaks with Madison Kenyon, a former college athlete who is involved in one of the cases before the court, and Kristen Waggoner, President & CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom.
January 13, 2026
Access to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service is now free in Iran as regime continues brutal crackdown on protests
January 13, 2026
Iranian state media has aired at least 97 confessions from protesters since Dec. 28, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency
January 13, 2026
The leaders of Denmark and the country’s territory of Greenland on Tuesday offered a united front against President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to take over the strategic Arctic island
January 13, 2026
Justice Department officials have accused a federal judge of abusing his power in demanding that Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan explain why she continues to identify herself as a U.S. Attorney in Virginia despite another judge’s ruling that she was illegally appointed
January 13, 2026
Takeaways from Supreme Court arguments on transgender athletes
January 13, 2026
Thousands of New York City nurses were back on the picket lines as they walked out for a second day from their jobs at some of the city’s leading hospitals
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump is defending his tariffs, using a major economic speech in Michigan to argue that they boost domestic manufacturing despite many Americans fears about rising prices
January 13, 2026
Classified legal memo argues Trump wasn’t constrained by US or international law for Maduro capture operation
January 13, 2026
Georgia lawmakers are moving to void a Savannah ordinance that fines or jails people for leaving guns in unlocked cars
January 13, 2026
The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft
January 13, 2026
The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams
January 13, 2026
Trump steps up pressure campaign to avoid rare Congress reprimand on war powers
January 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has made an American takeover of Greenland a focus of his second term in the White House
January 13, 2026
A New York City Council employee detained in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is an asylum-seeker from Venezuela, according to a court petition seeking his release
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them
January 13, 2026
Why are there mass protests in Iran, and could the US get involved?
January 12, 2026
A jury has convicted a former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs of transporting fireworks across state lines with plans to shoot explosives at police during last year’s “No Kings” protest in San Diego
January 13, 2026
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are refusing to testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein
January 13, 2026
As Iran faces unrest, Israel waits quietly for Trump’s next move
January 13, 2026
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has returned to court to appeal an embezzlement conviction that risks affecting her 2027 presidential ambitions
January 13, 2026
Families demand proof of life as Venezuela releases only dozens of political prisoners. Here’s what we know so far
January 12, 2026
The Democratic National Committee plans to spend millions of dollars to consolidate voter registration efforts, traditionally handled by nonprofits and individual campaigns
January 13, 2026
The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants
January 13, 2026
Retired firefighter assaulted at anti-ICE rally; suspect claims stolen valor
January 13, 2026
Clintons refuse to testify in congressional Epstein probe despite contempt threat
January 13, 2026
The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration, arguing the widespread federal immigration operation in the state is “a federal invasion of the Twin Cities,” according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
January 12, 2026
Woman who was shocked on sidewalk with her dog speaks out: "Like he was being tased"
January 13, 2026
The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the potential to address racial resentment.
January 13, 2026
Rubio says US does not know whereabouts of 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act
January 13, 2026
John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Reagan in 1981, wants you to read his new book
January 13, 2026
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set to testify publicly next week about his investigations into President Donald Trump that resulted in two indictments
January 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to return to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week
January 13, 2026
The BBC says it will ask for dismissal of Trump’s lawsuit
January 13, 2026
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and his opponents have held their final rallies before the country's next election
January 13, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have agreed to enhance cooperation in economic security, defense and the search for Korean forced laborers' remains
January 13, 2026
Former British ambassador to US Peter Mandelson issues apology over friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
January 13, 2026
Central bankers from around the world have expressed full support for U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
January 13, 2026
Minnesota and Illinois are suing the Trump administration over immigration operations. Here are the lawsuits’ key claims
January 13, 2026
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is questioning whether a proposal from his own lieutenant governor to ban federal immigration enforcement actions around courthouses, schools and other locations can, or should, be done
January 13, 2026
Senegal and Ivory Coast fans who want to support their teams at the World Cup this summer have had their plans upended because of a travel ban imposed by the Trump administration
January 13, 2026
Hospital authorities in the Gaza Strip say that at least four Palestinians have died following the collapse of walls onto tents sheltering displaced during rainfall and strong winds that lashed the coastal territory
January 13, 2026
The BBC will ask a judge to dismiss U.S. President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the broadcaster
January 13, 2026
Trump ‘immediately’ imposes 25% tariffs on countries that do business with Iran. That could include China
January 12, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican
January 12, 2026
Department of Homeland Security changes story of Maryland ICE shooting after local police release contradicting details
January 13, 2026
Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome
January 13, 2026
Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith to publicly testify in House Judiciary hearing
January 13, 2026
Bessent unhappy with criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell
January 12, 2026
The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked a backlash that may undermine the White House’s goals
January 12, 2026
A man accused of steering a U-Haul truck toward a Los Angeles demonstration over the weekend in support of Iran’s protests has been released after being arrested on suspicion of reckless driving, officials say
January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump has arrived at a delicate moment as he weighs whether to order a U.S. military response against the Iranian government over its crackdown on protests
January 13, 2026
A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen later this week to show unity with Denmark amid tensions over Greenland
January 12, 2026
Trump administration strikes deal with AbbVie to cut costs of certain drugs
January 13, 2026
Trump administration under pressure to restore funding to groups supporting internet freedom in Iran
January 13, 2026
The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace
January 13, 2026
Yaxzodara Lozada has woken up freezing on a sidewalk outside a Venezuelan prison, hoping her husband, a police officer detained in November, will be released
January 12, 2026
The FBI says in a court document that it has found no surveillance or other video of a Border Patrol agent shooting and wounding two people in a pickup truck during an immigration enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, last week
January 12, 2026
A morgue overflowing with more body bags than answers amid Iran’s latest crackdown on dissent
January 12, 2026
The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing the federal government to stop an enforcement surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer
January 12, 2026
Russia killed more than 2,500 Ukrainian civilians in 2025, many of them far from the front lines
January 12, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has proposed negotiations following his threat to strike the country amid a crackdown on demonstrators
January 12, 2026
The FBI says that an arson suspect admitted to targeting a historic Mississippi synagogue because it's a Jewish house of worship
January 12, 2026
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has sued the Pentagon over attempts to punish him for his warnings about illegal orders
January 12, 2026
Colombia’s National Liberation Army called for a “national accord” to overcome political conflicts, as it faces the prospects of attacks from the governments of Colombia and the United States
January 12, 2026
Washington’s inspector general’s office has launched an investigation into the Metropolitan Police Department’s crime data reporting system
January 12, 2026
Democrats are looking to expand their hold on the nation's governorships in the midterm elections in November
January 12, 2026
Justice Department fires top career prosecutor in Lindsey Halligan-led office
January 12, 2026
Hospital officials in Gaza say an Israeli drone strike has killed three Palestinians who crossed the ceasefire line
January 12, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his administration is not in talks with the U.S. government
January 12, 2026
'All In For Our Culture Festival' bringing community together to celebrate next mayor
January 12, 2026
Plaintiffs' attorneys are asking a federal judge to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota over the weekend
January 12, 2026
Massachusetts is enacting a series of safety reforms at assisted living facilities including increase inspections following a fire that killed 10 residents last year
January 12, 2026
Carriage horse runs into traffic, hits multiple vehicles
January 12, 2026
Thousands of nurses at several major New York City hospitals have gone on strike
January 12, 2026
A top aide to Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after an online video was posted recently in which it was suggested that he and others were using their close ties to the leader to earn favors for would-be investors in exchange for cash
January 12, 2026
London's murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday
January 12, 2026
A US-based human rights group says more than 400 protesters have now been killed in two weeks as information about the victims of Iran’s bloody crackdown is starting to emerge. CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports.
January 11, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado to visit White House on Thursday
January 12, 2026
The Golden Globes were calm, scripted and largely apolitical amid a world on fire
January 12, 2026
New polling from Gallup shows that Americans are increasingly identifying as political independents and rejecting the labels of the two major political parties
January 12, 2026
Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola announces her challenge against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in this year's midterm elections
January 12, 2026
Nurses strike begins in New York City as thousands walk off jobs at major hospitals
January 12, 2026
Supreme Court leaves multibillion-dollar Boy Scouts bankruptcy settlement in place
January 12, 2026
US oil companies have never stopped investing and operating in Venezuela’s petroleum industry, despite many changes in the terms of their engagement.
January 12, 2026
Cuban leader says ‘no one dictates what we do’ as Trump tells regime to make a deal
January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country over its crackdown on protesters
January 12, 2026
Myanmar heard accusations that it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings began on Monday
January 12, 2026
Since the Supreme Court protected transgender people from discrimination, ‘The backlash has been brutal’
January 12, 2026
Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and the collapse of its currency
January 09, 2026
For thousands of Venezuelans living in the U.S., the days since the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have brought a mixture of joy and trepidation
January 12, 2026
Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into the Fed and Jerome Powell
January 12, 2026
Some celebrities have donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes ceremony in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis this week
January 11, 2026
President Donald Trump says Iran reached out to the U.S. and proposed negotiations after he threatened action in response to a crackdown on protesters in the Middle Eastern country
January 11, 2026
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Ugandan president’s military son, is not on the ballot in Thursday's presidential election
January 12, 2026
A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran
January 11, 2026
Federal agents are carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman
January 11, 2026
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed’s building renovations
January 12, 2026
Trump weighs potential military intervention in Iran
January 11, 2026
President Donald Trump's motorcade took an unusual route to the airport in Florida due to a "suspicious object
January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is “inclined” to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of former President Nicolás Maduro
January 12, 2026
A Minneapolis church opened its doors for a special Sunday service of ‘Lament and Hope’ amid the ongoing federal immigration crackdown in the city
January 11, 2026
Britain is discussing with NATO allies how to enhance Arctic security against Russia and China
January 11, 2026
References to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments have been removed from his photo portrait display at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington
January 11, 2026
Smithsonian takes down details about Trump’s impeachments from presidential portrait exhibition
January 11, 2026
Longtime New Jersey legislator and former acting governor Richard “Dick” Codey has died
January 11, 2026
First responders started entering a contested neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo after deadly clashes between government and Kurdish-led forces
January 11, 2026
There's another warning from President Donald Trump to Cuba in the wake of Nicolás Maduro's ouster in Venezuela
January 11, 2026
Anti‑ICE protests held across US after agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis
January 11, 2026
‘We hope they will give us heat’: Bitter winter cold bites for Kyiv’s residents as Russia steps up attacks
January 11, 2026
A group is teaching residents about rights they have during ICE interactions. Here's how.
January 11, 2026
Families from one of the few remaining Palestinian Bedouin villages in the dusty corridor between Ramallah and Jericho packed up and prepared to flee their homes Sunday, saying harassment by Jewish settlers living in unauthorized outposts nearby had grown unbearable
January 11, 2026
Myanmar has begun a second round of voting in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago
January 11, 2026
Kurdish fighters have been evacuated from a contested neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, after days of violent clashes with government forces
January 10, 2026
What happens when the US decides to seize an oil ship?
January 11, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel, continuing an annual tradition marking the end of the Christmas holiday at the Vatican
January 11, 2026
A Ukrainian drone strike has killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh
January 11, 2026
The German government has sharply rejected claims by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that it sidelined patient autonomy during COVID-19
January 11, 2026
The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria
January 10, 2026
Israel’s official state photos from last year portend to show history in the making
January 11, 2026
‘It could have killed me’: Minnesota shooting solidifies the anxieties of people who track ICE
January 11, 2026
Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo has been released from prison after a year and five months
January 10, 2026
Activists say the death toll in nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy has reached at least 116 people killed
January 10, 2026
Protesters in Tehran describe seeing ‘bodies piled up’ in hospitals after crackdown by authorities
January 10, 2026
Video captured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross gives a raw, up-close perspective of the tense moments surrounding his fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
January 09, 2026
President Trump says he's discussing a range of options to acquire Greenland, but he's not the first. CNN's Nic Robertson breaks down the history of US interest in the Danish territory.
January 09, 2026
Nicaragua’s Interior Ministry has announced the release of dozens of prisoners
January 10, 2026
US carries out strikes in Syria as part of ongoing retaliation against ISIS
January 10, 2026
A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021
January 10, 2026
Russia launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine overnight into Friday for the second time since the full-scale war began 2022, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh looks back at the first time it was used during a strike on Dnipro in late November 2024.
January 09, 2026
A man who is known for grabbing Nancy Pelosi's podium during the U.S. Capitol riot is running for a county office in Florida
January 10, 2026
President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order to protect Venezuelan oil revenue from judicial proceedings
January 10, 2026
President Donald Trump says he wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates
January 10, 2026
CNN’s examination of the fatal shooting of Renee Good includes newly-released footage and a 3D model
January 10, 2026
Iran has disconnected its internet and phone lines to cut off its 85 million people from the rest of the world
January 10, 2026
Greenland’s party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump’s calls for the U.S. to take control of the island
January 10, 2026
Doctors fear this week’s unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children
January 10, 2026
British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of America
January 10, 2026
US will take Greenland the ‘hard way’ if it can’t do it the ‘easy way,’ Trump says
January 10, 2026
As U.S. seizures of oil tankers linked to Venezuela surge, so do concerns in Cuba about whether the island’s government and economy will survive
January 10, 2026
A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block child care and other federal social service money from flowing to five states for now
January 10, 2026
Trump calls for a 10% cap on credit card rates in his latest appeal to affordability concerns
January 10, 2026
New York’s attorney general has sued the Trump administration for halting two major offshore wind projects expected to power more than 1 million homes
January 10, 2026
A Minnesota prosecutor is calling on the public to share with investigators any recordings and evidence connected to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as new video emerged showing the final moments of her encounter with an immigration officer
January 09, 2026
Russia has launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine, using hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles
January 09, 2026
June dragging incident could have influenced ICE officer during fatal Minneapolis shooting, experts say. Only he knows
January 10, 2026
The United States and Venezuela are exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations
January 09, 2026
Protests in Iran have continued despite threats from the government to crack down
January 09, 2026
U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea
January 09, 2026
The head of the FBI’s New York field office has been named co-deputy director of the bureau, replacing Dan Bongino following his departure last week
January 09, 2026
President Donald Trump is showing off a lapel pin he says is called "Happy Trump," featuring a cartoonish version of himself
January 09, 2026
Oregon to investigate Border Patrol shooting of man and woman who authorities say have ties to notorious gang
January 09, 2026
FBI picks career agent to replace Dan Bongino as deputy director
January 09, 2026
In an unusual move, President Donald Trump posted a graph Thursday night on social media that reflected jobs data from December that weren’t supposed to be released until the Labor Department issued the monthly employment report Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern
January 09, 2026
President Donald Trump is calling on oil executives to rush to invest in Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100 billion in private funding to revive the country's ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum
January 09, 2026
A federal judge is expected to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered legal protections for more than 10,000 relatives of citizens and green card holders
January 09, 2026
Fear of Trump’s wrath ripples through House GOP
January 09, 2026
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has asked the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis directly to her office
January 09, 2026
Opening statements began Friday in the trial of five current and former Stanford students who overtook a university building during 2024 pro-Palestine protests
January 09, 2026
ICE agent’s cellphone captures fatal confrontation in Minneapolis
January 09, 2026
DC pipe bomb suspect pleads not guilty to federal charges
January 09, 2026
Nearly 50 years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew his father, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has spurred demonstrators onto the streets in a massive escalation of the protests sweeping Iran
January 09, 2026
Why are Iranians protesting and what does it mean for the regime?
January 09, 2026
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that federal border agents are pulling out of a Louisiana immigration crackdown and heading to Minneapolis
January 09, 2026
Luigi Mangione’s federal death penalty trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could begin before the end of the year
January 09, 2026
Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, is set to dismantle its institutions effective Friday
January 09, 2026
Syria's Defense Ministry has announced a ceasefire after three days of clashes in Aleppo between government forces and Kurdish fighters
January 09, 2026
US seizes another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean
January 09, 2026
For the nation’s first president, friendliness was strategy, not concession: the republic would treat other nations with civility in order to remain independent of their appetites and quarrels.
January 09, 2026
President Donald Trump says American intervention in Venezuela will bring billions of dollars of investment in the country's infrastructure, a revival of its once-thriving oil industry and a new age of prosperity for the Latin American country
January 09, 2026
Russia has used its latest missile against Ukraine for a second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, a forceful signal to Kyiv and its Western allies as peace talks are in a crucial stage
January 09, 2026
Cold cap helped mom keep hair during chemo. Now she is trying to help others get access to treatment.
January 09, 2026
Pope Leo says ‘war is back in vogue’ in major address to global envoys
January 09, 2026
29 states allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted days after an election. A case before the Supreme Court could take that decision away from the states.
January 09, 2026
When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase.
January 09, 2026
Trump says he has canceled a ‘second wave’ of attacks on Venezuela due to country’s cooperation with US
January 09, 2026
A new U.N. rights report says that the presidential election in Uganda next week will be “marked by widespread repression and intimidation" against the opposition and others
January 09, 2026
Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships have launched a week of naval drills with host South African off the coast of Cape Town as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States’ intervention in Venezuela
January 09, 2026
White House East Wing expansion proposal includes changes dubbed ‘Upper West Wing,’ too
January 08, 2026
Health officials say at least 13 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza as U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce his Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire
January 09, 2026
Nickolay Mladenov, the man chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza, is a Bulgarian politician and former U.N. envoy to the Middle East who frequently has worked to ease tensions between Israel and Hamas
January 09, 2026
Judge halts Trump freeze of social assistance and child care funds in five Democrat-led states, for now
January 09, 2026
The United States will be providing significant aid to Thailand and Cambodia to ensure regional stability in the wake of the two nations fighting last year
January 09, 2026
What’s behind the highly unusual move to block Minnesota officials from investigating ICE shooting
January 09, 2026
Oil CEOs are meeting with Trump today. These are their demands
January 09, 2026
A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements
January 09, 2026
Venezuela has released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face drug-trafficking charges
January 08, 2026
Iran plunged into internet blackout as nationwide anti-government turmoil spreads
January 08, 2026
Anger and outrage are spilling out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer
January 08, 2026
Venezuela releases first prisoners in ‘peace’ gesture: Here’s what to know
January 08, 2026
Federal officials say an immigration officer acted in self-defense when he shot through the window of a car, killing the driver, Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three in Minneapolis
January 09, 2026
Iran’s government has cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls
January 08, 2026
The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act
January 08, 2026
A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions have remained high
January 08, 2026
Top diplomats from Greenland and Denmark met with White House officials as Trump pushes for ownership
January 09, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has delivered his final State of the State address to lawmakers in Sacramento
January 08, 2026
President Donald Trump’s plan to control Venezuela's oil industry and counter China's influence could clash with his goal of stabilizing trade with Beijing
January 09, 2026
Energy executives scramble to head off Trump demands on Venezuela
January 08, 2026
Fights over which agencies will be involved in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis are roiling as calls for a thorough investigation and accountability mount
January 09, 2026
The top United Nations official says the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it's withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body
January 08, 2026
Republican Congressman Don Bacon joins The Lead.
January 06, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a football fan, now is quarterbacking President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent global waters, notably in Venezuela
January 08, 2026
Do ICE agents have absolute immunity? No, experts say, but it’s not easy for a state to prosecute
January 08, 2026
Vice President JD Vance is blaming a federal immigration officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on “a left-wing network,” Democrats, the news media and the woman who was killed
January 08, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about home prices
January 08, 2026
Trump orders ‘my representatives’ to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in effort to lower housing costs
January 08, 2026
Syrian authorities have warned civilians to leave a contested area in Aleppo as clashes between government and Kurdish forces intensify
January 08, 2026
Hill liberals push for shutdown clash over ICE funding but face resistance in Democratic ranks
January 08, 2026
Police departments have changed their policies regarding use of force over the years to protect life, but ICE and other federal agencies have lagged in this regard.
January 08, 2026
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos has canceled her upcoming performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington
January 08, 2026
Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump’s call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island
January 08, 2026
Austin Peay State University has reinstated a professor who was fired for his social media post after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
January 08, 2026
The White House says structural issues and decay had made it unfeasible to save the East Wing
January 08, 2026
Environmental groups claim federal and state officials withheld evidence about funding for an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades
January 08, 2026
The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of two low-profile bills as Republicans stuck with the president despite their prior support for the measures
January 08, 2026
Newsom contrasts California ‘blueprint’ with Trump’s ‘carnival of chaos’ in final state of state address
January 08, 2026
Somalia’s government is denying an allegation by the U.S. government that authorities in Mogadishu destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program
January 08, 2026
The Mexican government reports a sharp decline in homicide rates, claiming its security strategy is working
January 08, 2026
Russia has strongly condemned the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker
January 08, 2026
President Donald Trump is causing some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week
January 08, 2026
New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan unveiled by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani
January 08, 2026
Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace process in Gaza
January 08, 2026
What we know about ICE’s fatal shooting of a US citizen in Minneapolis
January 08, 2026
Judge says Trump’s acting US Attorney investigating Letitia James is serving unlawfully
January 08, 2026
A grand jury once again declined to bring a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James over alleged fraud on mortgage paperwork. CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig says the department needs to stop and it's embarassing they were unable to convince a grand jury to indict on two separte occasions.
January 08, 2026
Russian drone strikes have knocked out power in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region and left over 600,000 households in Dnipropetrovsk without electricity
January 08, 2026
The longest-serving Democrat in Congress has announced he's retiring at the end of his term, saying he's deeply concerned "this House is not living up to the Founders’ goals.”
January 08, 2026
Handful of Republicans join Democrats to force Senate check on Trump’s war powers in Venezuela
January 08, 2026
Protesters gather outside Orlando City Hall after ICE fatally shoots Minneapolis woman
January 08, 2026
Woman says she never applied for unemployment benefits that letter asked her to repay
January 08, 2026
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis joins The Lead.
January 07, 2026
A woman is dead in Minneapolis after a shooting involving immigration officers, who were conducting targeted operations in Minneapolis on Wednesday. A statement from the Dept of Homeland Security said that “violent rioters weaponized” a vehicle and attempted to run over officers. CNN's Whitney Wild reports from Minneapolis.
January 08, 2026
Baltimore pays $14 million to wrongfully convicted man who spent 31 years in prison
January 08, 2026
Lebanon says first phase of plan to disarm Hezbollah completed, but Netanyahu warns progress ‘far from sufficient’
January 08, 2026
Northern Colorado city to change approach in response to homelessness
January 08, 2026
DHS officials privately express shock at department’s immediate response to Minneapolis shooting
January 08, 2026
The U.S. has seized a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic, backed by British support
January 08, 2026
Lebanon's military says it has ended the first phase of its plan to deploy across southern Lebanon and disarm non-state groups, including Hezbollah
January 08, 2026
Saudi-backed forces move to capture key Yemeni city as crisis with UAE deepens
January 08, 2026
Russia says any foreign forces in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’, after UK and France pledge troops
January 08, 2026
Dozens of angry farmers have demonstrated in France and Greece, halting traffic and blocking roads with tractors to protest European Union plans to move forward with a free trade deal with five South American nations
January 08, 2026
DHS said a woman attempted to run over ICE officers before being shot in Minneapolis. Here’s what videos show
January 08, 2026
Trump’s controversial ballroom could solve a decades-long problem — and is taking the first formal steps for construction
January 08, 2026
Neighbors describe peaceful morning interrupted by gunfire after deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting
January 08, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro launches his reelection bid with bigger plans in mind
January 08, 2026
Longtime DC delegate faces challenge from former staffer for seat in Congress
January 08, 2026
Despite Trump-Petro feud, US-Colombia anti-drug partnership remains strong
January 08, 2026
What we know about the US seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker
January 08, 2026
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a royal commission into antisemitism, weeks after a deadly attack at a Jewish holiday event in Bondi Beach
January 08, 2026
State lawmakers and governors will have decisions to make in 2026 about the budgets for their biggest social safety net programs
January 08, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s actions against Venezuela
January 07, 2026
Mogadishu’s first line of defense against the next militant attack on Somalia’s capital ranges from machine gunners in pick-up trucks to young men in plainclothes manning checkpoints
January 08, 2026
Venezuela's military has held a funeral for some of the soldiers killed during the U.S. operation that captured former President Nicolás Maduro
January 07, 2026
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says ICE agent was justified in fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman after mayor disputes DHS account
January 08, 2026
Spencer Pratt, a reality television personality who lost his home in the deadly Palisades wildfire last year, said Wednesday that he intends to run for mayor of Los Angeles
January 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one
January 07, 2026
House Oversight hearing over fraud allegations in Minnesota drew shouting and partisan fury. Here are the takeaways
January 08, 2026
Federal prosecutors are slamming Luigi Mangione’s lawyers for making what the government said were “meritless” and “misleading” claims about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ties to a lobbying firm and her decision to seek the death penalty against Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
January 08, 2026
U.S. transportation officials say California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions
January 07, 2026
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in a major U.S. city — a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city’s mayor described as “reckless” and unnecessary
January 07, 2026
What to know about Diosdado Cabello, the powerful Venezuelan minister who may be in jeopardy next
January 07, 2026
The State Department says it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians
January 07, 2026
The House is pushing ahead with legislation to renew subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans
January 07, 2026
Georgia is the latest state to consider eliminating its personal income tax, with Republican leaders in the Senate backing a proposal to phase it out by 2032
January 07, 2026
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is shutting down in May after its owners cited financial losses
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump is proposing setting U_S_ military spending at $1_5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”
January 07, 2026
US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela
January 07, 2026
GOP senator’s scathing message to Stephen Miller: Get informed on Greenland or leave the job
January 07, 2026
Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Donald Trump to give his first State of the Union of his second term on Feb. 24
January 07, 2026
The U.S. population is projected to grow more slowly over the next 30 years than previously predicted
January 07, 2026
New guidelines for healthy eating say Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump says he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes
January 07, 2026
A separatist group in southern Yemen says it's urgently trying to contact a delegation that traveled to the Saudi capital for talks meant to de-escalate recent tensions
January 07, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration reiterated its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island
January 07, 2026
Officials in Connecticut and Arizona are defending their decision to refuse a request from the U.S. Justice Department to turn over detailed voter information
January 07, 2026
Venezuela’s oil industry has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump captured the country’s President Nicolas Maduro
January 07, 2026
Officials in about one-third of the states have considered revising their U.S. House districts since President Donald Trump called for mid-decade redistricting
January 07, 2026
Mexico has emerged as a key fuel supplier to Havana as the United States prepares to seize control of Venezuelan oil and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump hardens its stance toward Cuba
January 07, 2026
Why does health care reform keep failing despite decades of attention and expanding costs? A scholar of Congress has some answers.
January 07, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is supporting a new housing official amid backlash over past social media posts
January 07, 2026
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to roll back regulations implementing a landmark environmental law that the White House says needlessly delays federal approvals for energy and infrastructure projects
January 07, 2026
Trump threatens to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes
January 07, 2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for a special session in April for Florida’s legislature to redraw congressional districts
January 07, 2026
The European Union is renewing negotiations for a free trade agreement with five South American nations neighboring Venezuela
January 07, 2026
ICE officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis, investigation underway
January 07, 2026
ICE entered hospital without warrant, handcuffed patient to bed, community organizers say
January 07, 2026
On the 5th anniversary of the insurrection, a DC march celebrates the rioters pardoned by Donald Trump, while Democrats struggle to remind the public that a mob stormed the Capitol.
January 06, 2026
Separate and alone: How Nicolás Maduro and his wife can expect to be treated in jail
January 07, 2026
Opposition supporters have long hoped their leaders could replace Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's president
January 07, 2026
Man pardoned by Trump for participation in Jan. 6 riot says life hasn’t changed a year later
January 07, 2026
Word of the Week: What makes a military attack ‘kinetic’?
January 07, 2026
Shooting at Airbnb reignites calls for regulation on short-term rentals
January 07, 2026
The U.S. military operation in Venezuela can be seen as both a benefit and a burden for Russian President Vladimir Putin
January 07, 2026
Trump administration demands Venezuela cut ties with US adversaries to resume oil production
January 07, 2026
Perhaps no one outside of Venezuela should care more about the US invasion and capture of President Nicolás Maduro than the Islamic Republic of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
January 07, 2026
Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and more – have tended to be passed about every five years since 1933.
January 07, 2026
Fighting has escalated in Syria's northern city of Aleppo
January 07, 2026
Frustration and anger are brewing among young protesters in Nepal who helped topple the government
January 07, 2026
White House rewrites January 6 history and blames police for deadly attack on 5-year anniversary
January 06, 2026
Faith leaders are urging prayers for peace following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro
January 07, 2026
The US has tried to acquire Greenland before – and failed
January 07, 2026
Everyone is talking about Greenland. Here’s what it’s like to visit
January 12, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans still face deportation from US after Maduro capture
January 07, 2026
Iran’s army chief has threatened preemptive military action over the “rhetoric” targeting the Islamic Republic
January 07, 2026
As Iran is gripped by new protests, many people there are focused on the U.S. raid in Venezuela and wonder whether the same could occur in Tehran
January 07, 2026
Plans for $2.3 billion stadium ignite debate in 2032 Olympics host city
January 07, 2026
Japanese PM’s Taiwan comments prompt China to ban certain exports to Japan
January 06, 2026
The White House website is officially re-writing the history of the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Anderson is Keeping Them Honest.
January 06, 2026
Notorious CIA spy whose treachery caused the deaths of countless sources has died in federal prison
January 07, 2026
Trump administration freezes billions in social services funding to five Democratic states
January 06, 2026
Uganda is preparing for a election in an atmosphere of political violence
January 07, 2026
A photo of 21-year-old Mariana Camargo dashing through the streets of eastern Caracas as explosions boomed in the background was soon on front pages of major international outlets
January 07, 2026
Days after US attack, weary but resilient Venezuelans try to return to normal amid fears of repression
January 06, 2026
President Donald Trump says Venezuela will be providing 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., and he pledges to use proceeds from the sale of this oil “to benefit the people” of both countries
January 06, 2026
Trump says Venezuela will turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to US
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding funding to help needy families with children in five states governed by Democrats
January 06, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security says it has launched in Minnesota what it's calling the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency
January 06, 2026
White House discussing ‘options’ to acquire Greenland, says military use isn’t off the table
January 06, 2026
The White House says the U.S. military is “always an option” for acquiring Greenland, despite European leaders rejecting President Donald Trump's comments about taking over the island
January 06, 2026
Venezuela's military says the U.S. operation to capture Nicolás Maduro resulted in dozens of casualties
January 06, 2026
What parents need to know about the overhauled childhood vaccine schedule
January 06, 2026
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is ending his gubernatorial re-election bid. Podcast host Blois Olson joins CNN This Morning to explain why the former Democratic vice presidential nominee has decided not to run for another term as governor.
January 05, 2026
As the Trump administration continues to investigate a series of alleged fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents, social media users are falsely citing a Craigslist ad as evidence of such deceit
January 06, 2026
An individual accused of vandalizing the Ohio home of Vice President JD Vance and causing other property damage is behind bars pending a Friday hearing
January 06, 2026
California Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s sudden death this week leaves a new vacant seat in the House
January 06, 2026
UK and France agree to send troops to Ukraine in event of peace deal with Russia
January 06, 2026
2,000 federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis in an escalated immigration push. Here’s what we know
January 06, 2026
A suburban Phlladelphia shop selling President Donald Trump-themed merchandise that became a magnet for die-hard supporters announced it’s closing its doors, six years after opening
January 06, 2026
Nicolás Maduro’s first court hearing — a heavily secured spectacle where he proclaimed he is still Venezuela’s president and pleaded “soy inocente” — was merely the beginning of a legal odyssey that could keep him locked up and out of power for years, maybe even the rest of his life
January 06, 2026
Will Amy Klobuchar run for Minnesota governor? ‘I’m seriously considering it,’ she says
January 05, 2026
Ukraine’s allies have made major progress toward defending the country if a peace deal is struck with Russia
January 06, 2026
The Cuban government has revealed the identities of 32 military personnel killed during the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
January 06, 2026
The Trump administration is nearly tripling the number of countries whose passport holders will be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States
January 06, 2026
President Donald Trump promised that “America First” would stand against more foreign entanglements
January 06, 2026
Trump’s ‘ammunition’ for House GOP to win the midterms involves lots of grievances
January 06, 2026
On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, there is no official event to memorialize what happened
January 06, 2026
A former Republican lawmaker in Arizona has been sentenced to probation and a five-year ban on running for public office
January 06, 2026
President Donald Trump wants Republicans to get a deal on health care insurance assistance by being flexible on a long-standing budget policy that bars federal money from being spent on abortion services
January 06, 2026
Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a controversial settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two
January 06, 2026
Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down two laws that include the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills
January 06, 2026
George Conway says he is running for a U.S. House seat in New York City
January 06, 2026
The deadliest clashes so far have erupted between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in Aleppo
January 06, 2026
Trump officials told lawmakers that Maduro and his wife hit their heads as they attempted to flee US forces
January 06, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his foreign minister and the governor general will visit Greenland in early February in the wake of renewed threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the Danish territory
January 06, 2026
Justice Department uses Maduro case to defend Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations
January 06, 2026
Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Baird of Indiana is recovering from a car crash and expected to make a full recovery, A statement from Baird's office says he is recovering, but details of the crash are not immediately clear
January 06, 2026
New Orleans ended 2025 with its third year of declining violent crime rates even as armed National Guard troops patrolled the city's streets on the orders of President Donald Trump
January 05, 2026
President Donald Trump hasn’t minced words about the larger message he’s trying to send the world with the U.S. military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro
January 06, 2026
Suspect charged with murder of Ravenscroft teacher held without bond
January 06, 2026
Protesters angry over Iran's ailing economy have conducted a sit-in at Tehran's Grand Bazaar
January 06, 2026
California GOP Congressman Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
January 06, 2026
Venezuelan restaurant in Indy turns into community hub amid homeland crisis
January 06, 2026
Uniontown swears in its first-ever woman police chief
January 06, 2026
There are few signs that President Donald Trump’s supporters wanted the United States to become more embroiled in foreign conflicts — even as many Republicans show initial support for his military strike in Venezuela
January 06, 2026
Even after Maduro’s capture, Democrats try to keep their focus on affordability
January 06, 2026
The many ways lawyers for Maduro could try to derail the case against him
January 06, 2026
China has banned exports to Japan of dual-use goods for military purposes
January 06, 2026
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance
January 05, 2026
The capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces has sparked global controversy
January 06, 2026
Israel's air force has struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, including Sidon, the country's third-largest city
January 05, 2026
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the US is “going to run” Venezuela in the immediate aftermath of President Nicolás Maduro's capture. Trump did not offer a timeline for how long he anticipated such a transition of power would take.
January 04, 2026
Apprehensive of what comes next, some Venezuelans are heading to local stores for supplies. Journalist Mary Mena reports from Caracas.
January 04, 2026
A Paris court is set to rule in a case involving 10 people accused of cyberbullying French first lady Brigitte Macron
January 05, 2026
The U.S. capture and ouster of Venezuelan strongman leader Nicolás Maduro marked a stunning culmination of the Trump administration’s efforts to assert dominance in Latin America
January 05, 2026
One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack, when authorities waited more than an hour to confront the gunman
January 05, 2026
A clearer picture is emerging of what Trump meant when he said the US will ‘run’ Venezuela
January 04, 2026
A day after the ouster of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump is renewing his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland and is threatening Colombia with military action over its drug trade
January 04, 2026
Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her ally President Nicolás Maduro who was captured by the United States in a nighttime military operation
January 04, 2026
President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country's president in a military raid isn't likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices
January 04, 2026
If Washington governs by force in Venezuela, it will repeat the failures of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya: Power can topple regimes, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy.
January 05, 2026
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has observed test-flights of hypersonic missiles and underscored the need to bolster the country’s nuclear war deterrent
January 05, 2026
Venezuelans remain in shock after President Nicolás Maduro was deposed and captured in a U.S. military operation
January 04, 2026
Venezuelans hunker down, apprehensive about what comes next
January 04, 2026
When Nicolás Maduro appears in a New York courtroom to face U.S. drug charges, he'll be following a path taken by Panama's Manuel Noriega, another strongman who was toppled by American forces
January 04, 2026
President Donald Trump's military intervention in Venezuela is testing his ability to hold the Republican coalition together
January 04, 2026
Homeland Security expert Donell Harvin joins The Lead.
January 02, 2026
The New York jail holding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a facility so troubled, some judges have refused to send people there even as it has housed such famous inmates as music stars R. Kelly and Sean “Diddy” Combs
January 04, 2026
Trump’s MAGA allies mostly rally behind his Venezuela strike
January 04, 2026
Inside the operation: How the US moved to capture Nicolás Maduro
January 03, 2026
Officials say Ukrainian drone strikes killed two people and wounded two others, including a child, in Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk regions on Sunday
January 04, 2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene is leaving Capitol Hill after five years as one of the most well-known members of Congress
January 04, 2026
South Korea says North Korea has launched ballistic missiles toward the sea
January 03, 2026
What the Noriega case can tell us about Maduro’s upcoming legal battle
January 04, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has begun his visit to China as Beijing aims to strengthen ties amid heightened tensions with Japan over Taiwan
January 04, 2026
Israel has revoked the licenses of more than three dozen humanitarian organizations, and now those groups are grappling with how that will affect aid operations in Gaza
January 04, 2026
The U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has disrupted Caribbean travel
January 03, 2026
Venezuelans are trying to understand who is in charge after the United States announced the capture of President Nicolás Maduro
January 03, 2026
President Donald Trump says the United States will run Venezuela at least temporarily after an audacious military operation plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country
January 03, 2026
Who is Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s leader after Maduro’s capture?
January 04, 2026
President Donald Trump insists that the U.S. government would run Venezuela after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country
January 03, 2026
Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the U.S. military operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro and remove him from the country
January 03, 2026
A federal appeals panel has ruled that a California law prohibiting open carry of firearms in heavily populated counties is unconstitutional
January 04, 2026
President Donald Trump declared Saturday’s military operation that led to the ouster of Nicolás Maduro a major success
January 03, 2026
Visualizing the US assault on Venezuela
January 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has held a news conference to explain a U.S. raid on Venezuela to extract President Nicolás Maduro and his wife
January 03, 2026
Legal questions are being raised about the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s president and claims that it will “run” the South American country
January 03, 2026
Nicolás Maduro’s capture by US met with celebrations in South Florida and apprehension in Caracas
January 03, 2026
Congress has a legal, constitutional and even moral responsibility to assert itself as a branch when it comes to military actions by the US, says an expert on war powers.
January 03, 2026
The US has captured Venezuelan leader Maduro. Here’s what to know
January 03, 2026
President Donald Trump and U.S. officials have laid out some of the details of the U.S. military strike against Venezuela that led to the capture of leader Nicolás Maduro
January 03, 2026
Who is Cilia Flores, Maduro’s wife and ‘first combatant’ of Venezuelan socialism?
January 03, 2026
Trump says US is taking control of Venezuela’s oil reserves. Here’s what it means
January 03, 2026
Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to the governor
January 03, 2026
National security advisers from Europe and other allies have discussed security guarantees in Kyiv as the U.S.-led push to end the war in Ukraine intensifies
January 03, 2026
Iran’s supreme leader has addressed the ongoing protests, insisting that “rioters must be put in their place.”
January 03, 2026
Minnesota families and child care providers scramble as federal funds hang in balance
January 03, 2026
Nicolás Maduro's fall at the hands of the United States follows months of pressure from the Trump administration
January 03, 2026
President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country
December 05, 2025
Myanmar's military-appointed election body has announced the winners of the first phase of its three-part general election
January 03, 2026
One of the first officers on the scene at the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is about to stand trial
January 03, 2026
Coast Guard suspends search for people who abandoned ship after US strikes on alleged drug boats
January 03, 2026
Angelina Jolie visits Rafah Crossing as Gaza aid groups face Israeli suspension
January 02, 2026
‘Wicked’ composer says he won’t appear at Kennedy Center after name change
January 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this year
January 03, 2026
Yemen’s separatist movement has announced a constitution for an independent nation in the south and demanded other factions in the war-torn country accept the move
January 02, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials have exchanged dueling threats as widening economic protests sweep across parts of the Islamic Republic
January 02, 2026
Russia files diplomatic request asking US to stop pursuing oil tanker originally bound for Venezuela
January 02, 2026
The Coast Guard said it's still searching for people who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked them days earlier
January 03, 2026
Zohran Mamdani, New York City's new mayor, begins his term with a symbolic commute
January 02, 2026
Teen arrested in alleged ISIS-inspired attack plot intended for New Year’s Eve near Charlotte
January 02, 2026
In Rama Duwaji’s New York, everyone is entitled to a little glamour
January 02, 2026
No major change in troop levels after Trump says US is ‘locked and loaded’ to defend Iranian protesters
January 02, 2026
A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson have burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire
January 02, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed the head of the country’s military intelligence as his new chief of staff
January 02, 2026
A federal magistrate judge has refused to order the pretrial release of a man charged with planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021
January 02, 2026
Trump shops for marble for new White House ballroom
January 02, 2026
Man accused of placing pipe bombs near GOP and Democratic headquarters in Washington to remain in jail pending trial
January 02, 2026
Two of the Middle East’s most powerful countries are facing off in Yemen. Here’s what to know
January 02, 2026
Key figures in the long-running controversy over alleged fraudulent safety net programs in Minnesota
January 02, 2026
A court in Pakistan’s capital has sentenced seven people to life imprisonment after convicting them of inciting violence
January 02, 2026
Trump tells WSJ he takes a higher daily dose of aspirin than his doctors advise in lengthy interview on his health
January 01, 2026
Please disregard EU-Russia-Ukraine-War-5th Ld-Writethru, initially published on Jan. 1, 2026
January 01, 2026
What we know about a Minneapolis day care center that was highlighted in video about alleged fraud
January 01, 2026
About 6 in 10 Americans say they feel politically connected by generation
January 02, 2026
Exclusive: DHS begins slashing FEMA disaster response staff as 2026 begins
January 02, 2026
Venezuela has detained several Americans as tensions with US rise
January 01, 2026
Zohran Mamdani is reveling in what he calls a “new era” for New York City
January 01, 2026
Demonstrations sparked by Iran's struggling economy have spread into rural provinces, with at least seven people killed
January 01, 2026
Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration celebrates the progressive movement as New York’s incoming mayor pledges an expansive agenda
January 01, 2026
While fans trickled into the Orange Bowl stadium where tickets were going for as little as $39, the commissioner of the Big 12 said “everything is on the table” when it comes to rebooting the College Football Playoff, including potentially moving another round of games onto campus
January 01, 2026
President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal
January 01, 2026
President Donald Trump signed a New Year’s Eve proclamation delaying increased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year, citing ongoing trade talks
January 01, 2026
Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is making history not only as the city's first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran but also as the first Muslim, South Asian, and African-born mayor
January 01, 2026
The Trump administration faces a legal complaint from government employees over a new policy eliminating coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs
January 01, 2026
Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight
January 01, 2026
Demonstrations are gripping Tehran and other cities after a plunge in the Iranian rial. Soaring prices are creating a daily struggle there, as Nada Bashir reports.
December 30, 2025
Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will make history as the city's first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran
December 31, 2025
Trump postpones tariff hikes on furniture, kitchen cabinets for a year
January 01, 2026
Japan’s prime minister joins female lawmakers in fight for more toilets in parliament
January 01, 2026
CIA assesses Ukraine was not targeting a Putin residence in drone attack, contrary to Kremlin claim, sources say
January 01, 2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without President Donald Trump
December 31, 2025
Trump says he’s withdrawing National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland
December 31, 2025
US military says at least eight killed in new strikes on alleged drug boats, with survivors abandoning ship
December 31, 2025
Trump administration terminates nonprofit’s control over DC golf courses in possible takeover bid
January 01, 2026
The U.S. military says it has struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days
December 31, 2025
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon
December 31, 2025
Chief Justice John Roberts pushes for judicial independence in history-heavy report
December 31, 2025
Chief Justice John Roberts says that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon
December 31, 2025
Russia doubles down on claim of Ukrainian attack on Putin residence, but offers no concrete proof
December 29, 2025
The Trump administration has ordered another coal-fired power facility to remain open
December 31, 2025
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on four firms in Venezuela's oil sector and designated four additional oil tankers as blocked property
December 31, 2025
House Judiciary Committee releases video and transcript of Jack Smith deposition
December 31, 2025
Two brothers who received illegal prison sentences that were years longer than the maximum penalty for their crimes have been granted clemency by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves
December 31, 2025
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has "got wind in his sails" and a good shot at implementing his ambitious agenda.
December 30, 2025
Oil tanker pursued by US now has a Russian flag painted on its side
December 31, 2025
The Department of Justice has expanded its review of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to 5.2 million as it also expands the number of attorneys trying to comply with a law mandating their release
December 31, 2025
Democratic Rep. Morgan McGarvey joins The Lead.
December 21, 2025
Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last through New Year’s Day
December 31, 2025
President Donald Trump has issued the first vetoes of his second term, rejecting two bipartisan natural resources bills
December 31, 2025
20-year-old college student from Iowa might be the youngest mayor in the United States
December 31, 2025
Cody Campbell is a billionaire supporter of Texas Tech, his alma mater
December 31, 2025
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, Postal Service warns
December 31, 2025
Trump vetoes two bipartisan bills, marking first vetoes of second term
December 31, 2025
Russian drones have blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in Ukraine's city of Odesa, injuring six people including three children
December 31, 2025
Man charged with allegedly threatening Kennedy Center president
December 31, 2025
Iran’s ailing supreme leader resorts to his only playbook as crises mount and protests erupt
December 30, 2025
The longest-serving White House chief usher says presidents before Donald Trump were interested in having a larger space for entertaining too
December 31, 2025
President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year
December 31, 2025
Thailand has repatriated 18 Cambodian prisoners of war
December 31, 2025
China’s People’s Liberation Army says it has “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan
December 31, 2025
Democrat Renee Hardman has been elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber
December 30, 2025
The CIA was behind a drone strike last week at a docking area believed to have been used by Venezuelan drug cartels
December 31, 2025
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. has died at age 71
December 31, 2025
The Trump administration has announced that it is freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years
December 30, 2025
Mali and Burkina Faso have banned U.S. citizens from entering their countries
December 31, 2025
Immigration officials do not plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as a judge’s order banning it stands
December 30, 2025
The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the facility
December 30, 2025
Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new limits starting Thursday on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits
December 30, 2025
Top DOJ officials may have been pressing to bring criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, judge says
December 30, 2025
Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died
December 30, 2025
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza
December 30, 2025
UAE says it will withdraw its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia struck port city
December 30, 2025
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on 10 individuals and firms from Iran and Venezuela
December 30, 2025
The surge of federal officers this week in Minnesota follows new allegations of fraud by day care centers run by Somali residents
December 30, 2025
Roughly two dozen ISIS operatives killed or captured since US retaliatory strikes this month
December 30, 2025
A federal judge has ruled that the White House cannot stop funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
December 30, 2025
Alleged DC pipe bomber appears at detention hearing as his attorneys argue he should be released from jail
December 30, 2025
Who is Nick Shirley, the 23-year-old MAGA journalist whose Minnesota fraud story went viral?
December 30, 2025
China's People's Liberation Army is conducting large-scale military drills around Taiwan as part of "Justice Mission 2025."
December 30, 2025
President Donald Trump’s second term has brought major changes to the Department of Health and Human Services
December 30, 2025
Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service, Russia’s Ministry of Defense says, as negotiators continue to search for a breakthrough in peace talks to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine
December 30, 2025
China stages war games around Taiwan after hitting out at major US arms deal
December 29, 2025
A look at Zohran Mamdani’s policy ideas as he becomes New York City’s mayor
December 30, 2025
Military families hit with bitter blow after Congress strips fertility treatment funding from defense bill
December 30, 2025
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has died at 80, her political party has announced Tuesday
December 30, 2025
China’s top diplomat has slammed a record U.S. military sale to Taiwan
December 30, 2025
After two years of war, some Israelis are moving to the Gaza border while others are refusing. Here’s why
December 30, 2025
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast
December 30, 2025
US strikes vessel in eastern Pacific, killing 2
December 29, 2025
A National Guard deployment in New Orleans authorized by President Donald Trump will begin Tuesday as part of a heavy security presence for New Year’s celebrations
December 30, 2025
A Utah judge has ordered the release of a transcript from a closed-door hearing in October over whether the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk must be shackled during court proceedings
December 29, 2025
Takeaways from Trump and Netanyahu’s meeting in Florida
December 30, 2025
The Court will decide several cases that could expand the president's power, making it one of the most significant terms in decades.
December 29, 2025
President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela
December 29, 2025
The U.S. military says it has conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people
December 29, 2025
President Donald Trump is warning Iran against reconstituting its nuclear program
December 29, 2025
The Chinese military says it dispatched air, navy and missile units for a second day to conduct joint live-fire drills around Taiwan to warn against what it calls separatist and “external interference” forces
December 29, 2025
A federal judge has dismissed a criminal case against a popular Los Angeles TikTok streamer who is currently being held in immigration detention
December 29, 2025
Trump says US knocked out ‘big facility’ as part of Venezuela campaign
December 29, 2025
CNN's Jessica Dean talks to Col. Cedric Leighton about Russia's strikes on Kyiv and a peace deal in the making between Ukraine and Russia.
December 28, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump continues to claim he has ended eight wars this year, but that is exaggerated
December 29, 2025
The United States has announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance funding
December 29, 2025
The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan
December 29, 2025
Iran is seeing its biggest protests in three years after the currency plunged to a record low against the dollar
December 29, 2025
More House seats are opening up as more members announce their upcoming departures
December 08, 2025
Buddhist monks on cross-country Walk for Peace arrive in Georgia
December 29, 2025
Americans in 1998 tried to predict 2025. Here’s what they got right
December 29, 2025
A political prisoner’s return to the UK was lauded by the government. Now ‘shocking’ tweets have sparked calls to deport him
December 29, 2025
Netanyahu brings a familiar message to Trump, who’s grown wary of Israeli actions
December 29, 2025
Samuel Alito keeps getting his way. So why does he seem so unhappy?
December 29, 2025
Preliminary results of a snap parliamentary election in Kosovo shows that the party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti has won by a clear margin
December 28, 2025
CNN’s Rahel Solomon spoke to Nigerian foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar after President Donald Trump said he ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria, whom he accused of persecuting Christians in the country.
December 25, 2025
Hawaii authorities are cracking down on illegal fireworks after a tragic explosion last New Year's Eve killed six people
December 29, 2025
Zohran Mamdani has promised to transform New York City government when he becomes mayor
December 29, 2025
The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol told investigators after his arrest that he believed someone needed to “speak up” for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen
December 29, 2025
President Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace deal, but he acknowledges that negotiations could still break down and leave the war dragging on for years
December 28, 2025
Takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Zelensky in Florida
December 29, 2025
At least four people have been killed and dozens wounded in clashes on Syria’s coast
December 28, 2025
Winter rain has lashed the Gaza Strip and flooded camps with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by war try to stay dry in fraying tents
December 28, 2025
Myanmar’s military junta begins elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages
December 27, 2025
Zelensky and Trump to meet in Florida after weeks of intensive peace talks
December 28, 2025
Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia have started talks in China to address their border dispute
December 28, 2025
Protesting university students in Serbia have collected signatures throughout the country for their request for an early parliamentary election
December 28, 2025
Guineans were voting to elect a new president in the country’s first election since a 2021 coup
December 28, 2025
The Central African Republic voted on Sunday to elect a new president and federal lawmakers
December 28, 2025
Voters in Myanmar have voted in the first phase of the country’s general election
December 27, 2025
Thailand and Cambodia have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fighting over border disputes
December 27, 2025
UK unveils paid armed forces ‘gap year’ for young people
December 28, 2025
Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza’s thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents for another round of winter rain
December 27, 2025
Russia struck Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones in an attack that killed at least one person
December 27, 2025
A Brazilian judge has issued house arrest orders for 10 people involved in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in power after his 2022 election loss
December 27, 2025
Chuck Redd, the longtime host of the Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve jazz performance said he canceled the concert following the board of trustees’ move to rename the facility for both the 35th president and President Donald Trump. CNN's Marshall Cohen reports.
December 25, 2025
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has warned it will respond immediately to any military movements of separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates that undermine de-escalation efforts in the south
December 27, 2025
These small-business owners will become uninsured after key ACA subsidies expire
December 27, 2025
A reform-minded mayor is taking over New York at a time of progress and stability for the NYPD
December 27, 2025
Millions of Afghans are struggling as international aid cuts sever a lifeline many relied on for food and heating
December 27, 2025
Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show “Mo,” which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking asylum in the U.S. The series is part of a wave of TV shows by Arab or Muslim American creators that aim to tell authentic stories without relying on stereotypes
December 27, 2025
A mysterious group called Georgians for Integrity has spent around $5 million on television ads, mailers and texts attacking Lt. Gov. Burt Jones since November
December 27, 2025
Cambodia says that Thailand hit a site in the country's northwest with an airstrike on Saturday even as the two sides pursue talks to end clashes
December 26, 2025
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area
December 27, 2025
A U.S. airstrike that targeted an alleged camp of the Islamic State group in Nigeria has caused panic in the village of Jabo, close to where the strike hit
December 26, 2025
The president of the Kennedy Center is criticizing musician Chuck Redd for canceling a Christmas Eve performance
December 26, 2025
A federal judge has canceled the trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported, and scheduled a hearing on whether the prosecution is being vindictive in its human smuggling case against him
December 26, 2025
Trump says US military struck ISIS terrorists in Nigeria
December 25, 2025
US contemplates sending more resources to forcibly board oil tanker near Venezuela
December 26, 2025
Trump says violence in Nigeria targets Christians. The reality is more nuanced
December 26, 2025
Karoline Leavitt announces she is pregnant with her second child
December 26, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he will meet on Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida
December 26, 2025
Eight killed in Syria mosque explosion during Friday prayers
December 26, 2025
Separatists in southern Yemen are accusing Saudi Arabia of targeting their forces with airstrikes
December 26, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says several key issues remain unresolved in negotiations with the United States over a framework to end Russia’s war
December 26, 2025
The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. More than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.
December 26, 2025
After the crystal ball drops on New Year’s Eve in New York City, it will rise again, sparkling in red, white and blue
December 26, 2025
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and must pay 13.5 billion ringgit ($3.3 billion) for his role in the 1MDB corruption scandal
December 26, 2025
President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a deadly strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians
December 25, 2025
On Christmas eve, President Trump speaks to children whose calls to NORAD to track Santa have been patched through to Mar-a-Lago.
December 24, 2025
South Korea’s government says it plans to end the waning foreign adoptions of Korean children
December 26, 2025
Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy
December 26, 2025
The Kremlin is in talks with French authorities about French scholar Laurent Vinatier, who is serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly faces new espionage charges
December 25, 2025
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel takes aim at U.S. President Donald Trump in a message to U.K. viewers
December 25, 2025
DOJ says it has found over a million additional documents potentially related to Epstein
December 24, 2025
A Russian court has sentenced pro-war activist Sergei Udaltsov to six years in prison for justifying terrorism
December 25, 2025
Mariela Gómez and thousands of Venezuelan immigrants have faced a challenging Christmas after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January
December 25, 2025
Saudi Arabia has called on separatists in southern Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now hold
December 25, 2025
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's family says he's underwent double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country's capital
December 25, 2025
Christmas celebrated once again in Bethlehem but West Bank suffering persists
December 25, 2025
King Charles III has urged people to focus on kindness instead of conflict in his annual Christmas address
December 25, 2025
King Charles urges courage and reconciliation in Christmas message
December 25, 2025
The Justice Department released a new batch of documents from Epstein investigation. President Donald Trump’s name is mentioned many times in the documents, including in references to flight records related to Epstein’s private plane. Authorities have not accused Trump of criminal wrongdoing related to Epstein and the DOJ said some of the materials include “untrue and sensationalist” claims about the president. CNN's Katelyn Polantz reports.
December 24, 2025
In first Christmas message, Pope Leo decries Palestinians in Gaza being forced to shelter in tents from ‘rain, wind and cold’
December 25, 2025
More House Republicans are leaving Congress to run for governor than in decades amid frustration over ‘toxic environment’
December 25, 2025
Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the West Bank city of Jenin
December 25, 2025
Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements condemned by 12 European countries, Canada and Japan
December 25, 2025
The son of a former Bangladesh prime minister has returned to the country after more than 17 years in exile
December 25, 2025
British socialite and onetime Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell is back in the spotlight with the public release of investigative records that led to her 2021 sex trafficking conviction
December 25, 2025
Half a billion voters. One list. Just seven weeks to clean it up
December 25, 2025
North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology
December 25, 2025
Annual Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump’s name installed on Kennedy Center
December 25, 2025
Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura has won Honduras’ presidential election, according to electoral authorities
December 24, 2025
President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by chatting with children about their holiday wishes
December 24, 2025
Trump tells 10-year-old child he made sure ‘a bad Santa’ is not ‘infiltrating’ the US
December 24, 2025
Iran refuses inspection of nuclear sites until IAEA provides new guidelines after bombing
December 24, 2025
On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of subdued Christmas celebrations because of the war in Gaza
December 24, 2025
The American Academy of Pediatrics sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, seeking to block nearly $12 million in cuts to the group
December 24, 2025
The Justice Department says that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a “few more weeks,” further delaying compliance with a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress
December 24, 2025
Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to save nursing home residents after a blast at a Pennsylvania facility killed a resident and employee, and set off a dramatic and chaotic evacuation
December 24, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end Russia’s war, if Moscow also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces
December 24, 2025
An explosive device has detonated in Gaza and wounded one Israeli soldier, prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire
December 24, 2025
Community members bring Christmas dinner to families impacted my immigration crackdown
December 24, 2025
What we know about the Roseville couple facing murder charges after 7-year-old killed, 5-year-old hurt
December 24, 2025
Democratic-led states sue HHS over proposal targeting hospitals that offer transgender care to minors
December 24, 2025
A federal judge is halting the enforcement of a March presidential memorandum that revoked the security clearance of a prominent Washington attorney
December 24, 2025
A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House is charged in a complaint with federal firearms charges over the ambush on November 26 that fatally wounded one of the West Virginia National Guard members and seriously injured the second
December 24, 2025
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints
December 23, 2025
Most Americans don’t think Trump or Democratic leaders are listening. Here’s what they wish they could tell Washington
December 24, 2025
Guineans are set to vote Sunday in their first presidential election since a military coup four years ago
December 24, 2025
Supreme Court’s National Guard decision could force new debate over how Trump could use Insurrection Act
December 24, 2025
‘It’s perpetuated this news cycle’: Frustration mounts in Trump’s orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents
December 24, 2025
Libya’s army chief killed in plane crash in Turkey
December 23, 2025
Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people
December 24, 2025
Botched Epstein redactions trace back to Virgin Islands’ 2020 civil racketeering case against estate
December 24, 2025
State Department imposes sanctions on former EU official, disinformation group leaders for ‘censorship’
December 23, 2025
Exclusive: Justice Department scrambling to find holiday volunteers to redact the Epstein files, internal DOJ email says
December 24, 2025
Iran and the United States have reaffirmed their commitments to diplomacy at a contentious meeting of the U.N. Security Council
December 24, 2025
The Trump administration says it will begin garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default early next year
December 23, 2025
President Donald Trump’s newly appointed envoy to Greenland says the Republican administration is looking to begin a conversation with residents of the semi-autonomous Danish territory about the best way forward for the strategically important island
December 23, 2025
The Supreme Court has refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown
December 23, 2025
DOJ says letter signed by ‘J. Epstein’ and referencing ‘our president’ is fake
December 23, 2025
A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief and four other military officers has crashed after takeoff from Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing all on board
December 23, 2025
Venezuela's National Assembly has approved a measure criminalizing activities that hinder navigation and commerce, like the seizure of oil tankers
December 23, 2025
In major loss for Trump, Supreme Court blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago
December 23, 2025
Trump administration to start garnishing wages of defaulted student loan borrowers in January
December 23, 2025
Former Nebraska U.S. Senator Ben Sasse has announced his diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer
December 23, 2025
Rep. Harriet Hageman, who defeated Liz Cheney, announces run for Wyoming Senate seat
December 23, 2025
Email from ‘A’ at British royal family’s residence asked Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’
December 23, 2025
Yemen’s warring parties agree on biggest prisoner exchange deal so far
December 23, 2025
The oldest baby boomers are turning 80 in 2026
December 23, 2025
Wyoming’s lone U.S. representative is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Cynthia Lummis, who isn’t seeking reelection
December 23, 2025
‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine kills 4-year-old child, as Zelensky is briefed on peace talks
December 23, 2025
Yemen’s government and Iran-backed Houthi rebels have agreed to release 2,900 detainees in the largest swap during the 11-year civil war
December 23, 2025
‘It’s hard to be merry’: VA workers brace for more bad news as job cuts continue days before Christmas
December 23, 2025
Former Sen. Ben Sasse announces he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is ‘gonna die’
December 23, 2025
George Conway has filed paperwork to run for a congressional seat in New York City
December 23, 2025
In the 4 p.m. hour on Jan. 6, 2021, at the height of the fighting that day outside the U.S. Capitol, hundreds of rioters loyal to President Donald Trump had already breached several entrances and forced lawmakers to flee both the House and Senate, stopping the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory
December 23, 2025
Democratic lawmaker brings lawsuit challenging move to add Trump’s name to Kennedy Center
December 23, 2025
France's parliament has approved an emergency bill to prevent a government shutdown next week
December 23, 2025
A former close aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that immediately following the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, he was ordered to figure out how the premier could evade responsibility for the security breach
December 23, 2025
Officials say Russia fired more than 650 drones and three dozen missiles at Ukraine in a large-scale attack that began during the night and stretched into daylight hours Tuesday
December 23, 2025
Gaza’s tiny Palestinian Christian community is trying to capture some of the Christmas spirit under a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war
December 23, 2025
A video reviewed by CNN shows IDF soldiers shooting a teenager at point blank. CNN’s Matthew Chance reports from Jerusalem.
December 21, 2025
The UK wants to scrap jury trials for many crimes. Opponents fear the loss of an ancient right
December 23, 2025
President Donald Trump has delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
December 22, 2025
Sudan’s prime minister is proposing a wide-ranging peace initiative to end a nearly 1,000-day war with a rival paramilitary force
December 23, 2025
A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must give legal due process to Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador, either by providing court hearings or returning them to the U.S. Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to come up with a plan within two weeks
December 23, 2025
Trump says US remains in pursuit of oil tanker and it’d be ‘smart’ for Maduro to step down
December 22, 2025
U.S. proposals for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia meet many of Kyiv's demands, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
December 22, 2025
The Kansas City Chiefs have announced they will leave their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium for a new, domed stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and be ready for the start of the 2031 season
December 22, 2025
Florida's Catholic bishops have appealed to President Donald Trump to pause immigration enforcement during the Christmas holidays
December 22, 2025
President unveils new ‘Trump class’ fleet of battleships
December 22, 2025
The Trump administration is suspending leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction on the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentagon
December 22, 2025
The Trump administration is suing the local government of Washington, D.C., over its gun laws, alleging that restrictions on certain semiautomatic weapons run afoul of Second Amendment rights
December 22, 2025
Exclusive: One ‘Jane Doe’ tells CNN she is mortified that her name is unredacted multiple times in the Epstein files
December 22, 2025
The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries
December 22, 2025
Deadly clashes erupt between Syrian army and Kurdish-led SDF amid integration talks
December 22, 2025
A judge has scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence
December 22, 2025
A transgender employee of the National Security Agency is suing the Trump administration and trying to block enforcement of a presidential executive order and other policies the employee says violate federal civil rights law
December 22, 2025
How Nicki Minaj went from Trump critic to the president’s biggest fan
December 22, 2025
Clashes have erupted between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters in the city of Aleppo
December 22, 2025
Four Illinois members of Congress have been allowed into a suburban Chicago immigration processing center that’s been at the forefront of an immigration crackdown
December 22, 2025
Lawyers for former CIA Director John Brennan want the Justice Department to be prevented from steering an investigation of him and other former government officials to a “favored” judge in Florida who dismissed the classified documents case against President Donald Trump
December 22, 2025
What to know so far about the Justice Department’s release of Epstein files — and what questions remain
December 22, 2025
ICE agents in Twin Cities open fire after an undocumented man allegedly hit them with his SUV
December 22, 2025
Attendees at "AmericaFest," Turning Point USA's annual gathering of young conservatives, were divided on the organization's CEO, Erika Kirk's endorsement of JD Vance for president in 2028. CNN's Steve Contorno reports.
December 22, 2025
The leaders of Denmark and Greenland are insisting that the U.S. won’t take over Greenland after President Donald Trump announced the appointment of a special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory
December 22, 2025
A court in Ecuador has sentenced eleven soldiers to 34 years in prison for the abduction and torture of four children last year
December 22, 2025
Hours before airtime on Sunday, CBS News' “60 Minutes” held a planned story on President Donald Trump's deportation policy at the order of the network's new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss
December 22, 2025
Inside the Bari Weiss decision that led to a ‘60 Minutes’ crisis
December 22, 2025
A car bomb has killed a Russian general
December 22, 2025
Trump administration removes dozens of career diplomats from overseas posts
December 22, 2025
Decades of research show syringe programs are extremely effective at preventing infectious disease among intravenous drug users and referring them to treatment
December 22, 2025
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say
December 22, 2025
China has announced provisional tariffs of up to 42.7% on dairy products imported from the European Union
December 22, 2025
Thailand’s foreign minister says Thailand and Cambodia will resume talks to work toward a more durable ceasefire along their border
December 22, 2025
US pursuing another tanker ship near Venezuela amid Trump blockade
December 21, 2025
A soaked tent or a bombed-out ruin: Gazans face a grim choice this winter
December 22, 2025
President Donald Trump has announced he is appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to serve as the U.S. special envoy to Greenland, the vast, semi-autonomous territory of Denmark that Trump has said the U.S. needs to take over
December 22, 2025
Rapper Nicki Minaj has made a surprise appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Arizona
December 21, 2025
Vice President JD Vance says the conservative movement should welcome anyone who loves America
December 21, 2025
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has accused President Donald Trump of playing “political games” after the Trump administration denied disaster declaration requests made by the state
December 22, 2025
The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully supportive of President Donald Trump’s “America First” priorities
December 21, 2025
White House pushes Smithsonian to comply with review to receive federal funding
December 21, 2025
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a West Bank teen they say ‘hurled a block.’ Video shows them shooting him point blank
December 21, 2025
The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea
December 21, 2025
Turning Point exposed a brewing MAGA civil war. Can JD Vance unite it?
December 21, 2025
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has been drawn back into the foreign policy fold like he was during Trump's first term
December 21, 2025
The US struck multiple targets in Syria on Friday that the US military tied to ISIS as retaliation for the recent attack against American troops there that killed two service members, according to two US officials.
December 19, 2025
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline
December 21, 2025
A White House envoy says he held “productive and constructive” talks in Florida with Ukrainian and European representatives to end the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine
December 21, 2025
Israel’s far-right finance minister says the Cabinet has approved 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank
December 21, 2025
‘We are still here.’ Catholic patriarch leads Christmas Mass at Gaza church bombed by Israel during the war
December 21, 2025
Grappling with its worst drought in a century, Iraq bets on a controversial oil-for-water deal
December 21, 2025
Hasan Piker wants to stream less in 2026
December 21, 2025
Already thinking about the 2028 election? You’re not alone
December 21, 2025
Thousands of mourners have gathered at Sydney’s Bondi Beach to mark a week since two gunmen targeted a Jewish festival, killing 15 people
December 21, 2025
Turning Point USA's AmericaFest convention has been marked by internal feuds among conservative figures
December 21, 2025
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released
December 20, 2025
U.S. forces have stopped a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters
December 20, 2025
President Donald Trump says he’s endorsing Nassau County’s Republican executive for governor in next fall’s New York race
December 20, 2025
Brazil's President Lula da Silva hopes the Mercosur-EU free-trade deal will be signed in January, after it was delayed on Friday
December 20, 2025
Armed gangs are vying to fill the vacuum left by Hamas in Israeli-occupied Gaza
December 20, 2025
The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing a ban on public displays of Islamic State group flags and extremist symbols
December 20, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for meetings to help him govern the church, marking the unofficial start of his pontificate
December 20, 2025
Jordan confirms its air force joined U.S. strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria
December 20, 2025
Idalia Bisbal moved from New York City to Allentown, Pennsylvania, hoping for a cheaper life
December 20, 2025
A Pakistani court has convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, sentencing them to 17 years in prison
December 20, 2025
The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year
December 20, 2025
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company
December 20, 2025
The Trump administration has restricted visas for two leftist Honduran election officials, citing interference in the Central American country’s special vote count
December 20, 2025
Trump talks about neuroses, selecting chairs and his wife’s underwear drawer in latest affordability speech
December 20, 2025
Even though Belarus has released dozens of prisoners, those who've been freed say the authoritarian government often delivers one final act of repression by confiscating their passports before deporting them
December 20, 2025
The Department of Justice has published thousands of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein
December 20, 2025
Newly released files from the Justice Department investigation into Jeffrey Epstein include several photos of former President Bill Clinton
December 20, 2025
The Department of Justice has released some of its records related to its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein
December 19, 2025
Lawmakers across the U.S. will be debating whether to adopt new federal tax breaks for tips, overtime and business expenses
December 19, 2025
Life changed for Jews in Australia this week. Will it ever be the same?
December 20, 2025
US conducts strikes in Syria in response to attack that killed two American soldiers
December 19, 2025
The Justice Department has released thousands of files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the incomplete document dump Friday did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier or his ties to wealthy and powerful individuals
December 19, 2025
Call for election reforms was ‘culmination’ of Trump’s January 6 speech, DOJ attorney argues in court
December 19, 2025
Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to publicly release investigative files on the late sex offender and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell
December 19, 2025
The president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation says she trusts the Trump-appointed chairman of a federal planning commission to do his job and seriously review President Donald Trump's proposal to build a ballroom at the White House
December 19, 2025
Rep. Elise Stefanik says she is suspending her campaign for New York governor and will not seek reelection to Congress
December 19, 2025
Elise Stefanik ends her short-lived bid for New York governor and won’t seek reelection to House
December 19, 2025
A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violated the Voting Rights Act
December 19, 2025
A local Gaza hospital says Israeli troops have fired over the ceasefire line in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least five Palestinians, including a baby
December 19, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now charge Medicaid what they charge in other developed countries
December 19, 2025
The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa
December 19, 2025
It’s been a grim week at the end of a tough year for the United Nations: Six U.N. peacekeepers were killed in a drone attack in Sudan
December 19, 2025
Rep. Elise Stefanik says she is suspending her campaign for New York governor and will not seek reelection to Congress
December 19, 2025
The Kennedy Center has added President Donald Trump's name to the memorial that Congress created for John F. Kennedy
December 19, 2025
Trump announces ‘Most Favored Nation’ deals with nine drug companies and plans to meet with insurers next
December 19, 2025
The Portuguese suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings came to the U.S. through the diversity immigrant visa program
December 19, 2025
Seven Colombian soldiers killed in guerrilla attack with drones and explosives, military says
December 19, 2025
Young women who have grown emboldened in their conservative beliefs are attending the annual conference held by Turning Point USA
December 19, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hopeful but clear about the challenges facing the Trump administration’s Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas peace efforts
December 19, 2025
Supreme Court revives free speech lawsuit from immigration judges in loss for Trump
December 19, 2025
Man extradited from Texas to face 16 child sex abuse charges in California
December 19, 2025
Attorneys for President Donald Trump have urged a federal judge to rule that Trump is entitled to presidential immunity from civil claims that he instigated a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election
December 19, 2025
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University
December 19, 2025
Kennedy Center gets new signage bearing Trump’s name
December 19, 2025
The world’s leading authority on food crises says the spread of famine’s been averted in the Gaza Strip
December 19, 2025
A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals
December 19, 2025
The Kansas City Chiefs are close to moving from Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri to a new stadium in Kansas
December 19, 2025
Why the US is targeting the diversity visa lottery and what it means for applicants
December 19, 2025
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and current CEO of the conservative youth group, endorsed the potential presidential bid of Vice President JD Vance in the 2028 election
December 19, 2025
Bolivia's largest cities La Paz and Santa Cruz have been brought to a standstill as public transportation workers strike against a 100% fuel price increase ordered by the new government
December 19, 2025
A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are more likely to prioritize health care than they were last year
December 19, 2025
What Peter Arnett asked Osama bin Laden
December 18, 2025
Black Americans and white nationalists have joined forces in the past. And a number of cultural and political shifts have broadened Fuentes’ appeal to Americans of all races.
December 19, 2025
President Vladimir Putin has emphasized that Moscow’s troops are advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and has voiced confidence that the Kremlin will achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn't agree to Russia’s conditions in peace talks
December 19, 2025
The Ukrainian and Polish presidents have met in Warsaw to emphasize unity against Russia and progress on historical reconciliation
December 19, 2025
European Union leaders have agreed to provide Ukraine with a massive interest-free loan to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years
December 19, 2025
Officials from 70% of Michigan’s 1,856 cities, villages, counties and townships completed the survey.
December 19, 2025
Washington, D.C., activists and local leaders say the law enforcement operation President Donald Trump launched four months ago with the goal of fighting crime has led to a crackdown on immigrants
December 19, 2025
Congress leaves town until 2026, letting enhanced Obamacare tax credits expire in two weeks
December 19, 2025
Danish authorities say Russia carried out cyberattacks against Denmark's infrastructure and websites in 2024 and 2025
December 19, 2025
Trump debuted a new affordability script. It’s unclear to advisers whether he’ll stick to it
December 19, 2025
Angry protesters have stormed the offices of Bangladesh’s two leading newspapers after news reached the country from Singapore of the death of a prominent activist in last year’s political uprising, who was shot by an assailant a week ago
December 18, 2025
Conservative influencers clashed at Turning Point USA's annual youth conference over the future of President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement
December 18, 2025
Frustrations mount among survivors about House Democrats’ selective releases of Epstein files and photos
December 19, 2025
Australian PM announces gun buy-back plan, day of reflection following Bondi Beach shooting
December 19, 2025
President Donald Trump’s “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast is raising new concerns about the legality of his military campaign in Latin America
December 18, 2025
The U.S. military says that it conducted two more strikes Thursday against boats it said were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people
December 19, 2025
References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols “potentially divisive” have been removed
December 19, 2025
The European Commission says the European Union is delaying a massive free-trade deal with South American countries after fiery protests by farmers and last-minute opposition by France and Italy
December 18, 2025
One of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s appointees has resigned over social media posts she made more than a decade ago that featured antisemitic tropes
December 18, 2025
A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism
December 18, 2025
Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement new work requirements for some Medicaid recipients
December 17, 2025
Eileen Higgins has been sworn in as Miami's first female mayor, taking office two weeks after defeating a Trump-endorsed Republican
December 18, 2025
A top Zohran Mamdani appointee resigns due to old antisemitic posts
December 18, 2025
European Union leaders have stalled in talks about providing a massive loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets
December 18, 2025
A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he attempted to set City Hall on fire days before the train attack
December 18, 2025
The U.S. military has amassed an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its anti-drug trafficking operations
December 18, 2025
Florida’s Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death
December 18, 2025
The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states and the District of Columbia for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration
December 18, 2025
The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president appeared to suggest during his televised address to the nation
December 18, 2025
A federal judge has denied a request to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Rams receiver Puka Nacua’s tumultuous Thursday started with an apology, and ended with more controversial remarks
December 18, 2025
Tennessee’s governor has pardoned country music star Jelly Roll, a Nashville native who for years has spoken about his criminal record and his path to finding redemption
December 18, 2025
Trump signs executive order expediting marijuana reclassification after lobbying from cannabis industry
December 18, 2025
More photos from Epstein’s estate released by House Democrats as deadline to release DOJ files looms
December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
December 18, 2025
Kennedy Center board votes to rename it ‘Trump Kennedy Center’
December 18, 2025
Speaker Mike Johnson has stayed on message that a Republican health care package will help all Americans and not just those on Affordable Care Act plans
December 18, 2025
Glendale neighbors rally against hate after local man named in neo-Nazi demonstration
December 18, 2025
A judge in Miami has dismissed a complaint challenging a college’s decision to gift prime downtown real estate for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library
December 18, 2025
Exclusive: Frustration mounts at Justice Department as it races to redact some Epstein files, sources say
December 18, 2025
A commission formed to document alleged harassment and abuse by federal agents amid an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area has focused its first public hearing on the wide use of chemical agents
December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump’s key peace envoy will host new Gaza talks with Arab and Muslim officials on Friday in Miami, a State Department official tells the AP
December 18, 2025
House Democrats have released several dozen more photos from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
December 18, 2025
Trump repurposing money earmarked for troop housing for ‘warrior dividend’ bonuses
December 18, 2025
Judiciary offices don’t have to turn over records to Trump-aligned group, judge rules
December 18, 2025
Trump moves to ban transgender care for minors by targeting hospitals
December 18, 2025
Democrats will not release the ‘autopsy’ of their 2024 presidential loss
December 18, 2025
Three governments that were central in South Sudan’s peace process have urged leaders to end renewed fighting and focus on implementing the peace agreement that ended a deadly conflict
December 18, 2025
Justice Department tried to bring a third felony charge against Letitia James
December 18, 2025
Jack Smith didn’t invoke Fifth Amendment during 8 hours of testimony, GOP committee chairman says
December 18, 2025
Trump administration sanctions two more International Criminal Court judges for investigating Israel
December 18, 2025
Zohran Mamdani can claim multiple firsts when he becomes New York’s mayor Jan. 1
December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration has imposed sanctions on two more International Criminal Court judges over their role in investigating Israeli officials for possible war crimes
December 18, 2025
A Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his death to avoid capture has been sentenced to more than 11 years in U.S. prison
December 18, 2025
Eileen Higgins won a hard-fought election to become Miami’s new mayor. Now for the hard part – governing the city.
December 18, 2025
Finland's government is facing a backlash after its representative for the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, Sarah Dzafce, was seen pulling the corners of her eyes in a viral photo
December 18, 2025
Israel has carried out airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon
December 18, 2025
Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Sydney for the funeral of a 10-year-old girl killed in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration
December 18, 2025
Hero cop hailed, youngest Bondi shooting victim laid to rest
December 18, 2025
Thailand has conducted more airstrikes on Cambodia, targeting a warehouse storing rockets
December 18, 2025
Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian Air Force personnel detained after an emergency landing
December 18, 2025
The U.N. Human Rights Office says in a new report that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on Sudan's largest displacement camp
December 18, 2025
Fact check: Trump repeats numerous false claims in prime-time address
December 18, 2025
India’s Parliament has approved new legislation to open the civil nuclear power sector to private companies
December 18, 2025
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell by 13,000 last week, remaining in the same historically healthy range of the past few years even as concerns grow about the health of the labor market
December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones
December 18, 2025
The United States has announced it will resume nuclear testing if other countries do the same
December 18, 2025
It’s been called an “epidemic” of loneliness and isolation
December 18, 2025
DHS rolled out a new plane. Here’s why it might look familiar
December 18, 2025
Trump has vowed to strike Venezuela ‘soon’ for months
December 18, 2025
In a close 2025 defeat, Democrats see the beginnings of a 2026 red-state surprise
December 18, 2025
Lawler and three other House Republicans bucked their party to join with Democrats and force a vote on a three-year extension of Obamacare subsidies.
December 17, 2025
Rockets, howitzers and suicide drones: US and Taiwan announce one of their biggest-ever arms deals
December 18, 2025
Troops will receive $1,776 checks before Christmas, Trump announces
December 18, 2025
India’s air-quality crisis is deepened by unreliable data
December 18, 2025
The U.S. military says it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people
December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump is demanding Venezuela pay for assets that Trump says were stolen from U.S. companies when the South American country nationalized its oil industry years ago
December 17, 2025
US government admits Army and air traffic controller failures in deadly midair collision near DC
December 17, 2025
Venezuela’s Maduro says Trump’s comments on land and oil reveal his true motives
December 18, 2025
A U.S. senator says she's pausing the nomination for the top Coast Guard job because leaders appeared to have “backtracked” on a commitment to ensure that swastikas and nooses are considered hate symbols and prohibited from being displayed
December 18, 2025
House passes bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors
December 18, 2025
House GOP passes narrow health care package, with key Obamacare subsidies set to expire
December 17, 2025
Dan Bongino plans to step down as FBI deputy director in January
December 17, 2025
The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela
December 17, 2025
Israeli PM Netanyahu announces $35 billion gas deal with Egypt as US pushes for summit
December 17, 2025
Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell launches Hail Mary bid to wipe away her conviction
December 17, 2025
Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration's expanded travel ban that includes 20 more countries
December 17, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's announced blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan oil could lead to shortages of food, fuel, and other basic goods in the Latin American nation
December 17, 2025
Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir “Nobody's Girl” has sold 1 million copies worldwide just two months after its release
December 16, 2025
A federal judge in the nation’s capital has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing policies limiting Congress members’ access to immigration detention facilities
December 17, 2025
Jared Isaacman confirmed as NASA chief after monthslong tug-of-war
December 17, 2025
New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill
December 17, 2025
Judge blocks ICE policy restricting congressional oversight visits
December 17, 2025
South Africa briefly held US government personnel on refugee assignment amid fraught relationship
December 16, 2025
Four centrist Republicans have broken with their party's leadership over health care
December 17, 2025
Obamacare enrollees: Worried about losing the enhanced subsidies? Share your story
October 26, 2025
Dumplings vs. machines: Inside China’s latest food fight
Brazil's government to announce new measures on household indebtedness next week
Yen trims gains against dollar after Japan's intervention in markets
Knicks crush Hawks in record-setting 140-89 Game 6 rout to end Atlanta’s season
Japan's factory activity growth hits 4-year high on stockpiling, PMI shows
Caitlin Clark scores 21 points, gives the Fever a brief scare in her 1st home game in 9 months