Nation and World
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Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 24 people collecting their pensions
Sep 09, 2025 3:27 pm - DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension. Th...
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Macron appoints Defense Minister Lecornu as France's latest prime minister
Sep 09, 2025 3:23 pm - PARIS — French President Macron late Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the...
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US high school students lose ground in math and reading, continuing yearslong decline
Sep 09, 2025 3:09 pm - WASHINGTON — A decade-long slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowes...
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Senators ramp up pressure on Trump to abandon threats to send troops into U.S. cities
Sep 09, 2025 3:03 pm - A group of Democratic senators is filing a friend of the court brief Tuesday in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump, stepping up pressur...
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Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed plan to redraw US House districts
Sep 09, 2025 2:39 pm - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri's Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state's ...
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New data shows the US job market was much weaker than thought in 2024, and this year as well
Sep 09, 2025 10:36 am - The U.S. job market was much weaker in 2024 and early this year than originally reported, adding to concerns about the health of the nation's economy.
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Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 24 people collecting their pensions
Sep 09, 2025 9:24 am - A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension. The blast killed at least 24 people and injured 19 others, the Ukraine Emergency Service said.
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Israeli strike targets Hamas leaders in Qatar as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal
Sep 09, 2025 9:18 am - Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas' political leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as the group's top figures gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The strike on the territory of a U.S. ally marked a stunning escalation and risked upending talks aimed at winding down the war and freeing hostages.
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Epstein estate documents come to the HillSep 09, 2025 8:08 am - Aides for the Oversight Committee said the documents include a redacted version of the “birthday book” Epstein’s former partner Ghislaine Maxwell gave him for his 50th birthday.
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US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
Sep 09, 2025 8:02 am - An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known.