Nation and World
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At least 60 people killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza as ceasefire prospects inch closer
Jun 28, 2025 8:51 am - At least 60 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health workers said Saturday, as Palestinians face a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and ceasefire prospects inch closer.
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Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill clears key Senate vote as Republicans race to pass it by July 4
Jun 28, 2025 8:44 am - The Senate is expected to grind through a rare weekend session as Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump's package of tax breaks and spending cuts by his July Fourth deadline.
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Supreme Court to rehear case over Louisiana’s second majority-Black district
Jun 27, 2025 9:38 pm - The Supreme Court on Friday put off deciding whether to uphold a Louisiana map that added a second majority-Black congressional district in the state, saying it would reh...
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Supreme Court OKs fee that subsidizes phone, internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas
Jun 27, 2025 9:34 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the fee that is added to phone bills to provide billions of dollars a year in subsidized phone and internet services in sc...
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DOGE loses control over government grants website, freeing up billions
Jun 27, 2025 7:26 pm - The U.S. DOGE Service has lost the power to control the government’s process for awarding billions of dollars in federal funds, the latest sign of the team’s declining in...
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Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online
Jun 27, 2025 7:13 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children from seeing online pornography. Nearly half the states have passed similar laws req...
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1 killed and 11 wounded in intense Israeli strikes on south Lebanon
Jun 27, 2025 4:12 pm - NABATIEH, Lebanon — Israel’s air force carried out intense airstrikes on mountains overlooking a southern city in Lebanon on Friday, in an attack that the Israeli militar...
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Trump says Iran must open itself to inspection to verify it doesn’t restart its nuclear program
Jun 27, 2025 3:50 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he expects Iran to open itself to international inspection to verify that it doesn’t restart...
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Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over its ‘egregious Tax’ on technology firms
Jun 27, 2025 3:42 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called ...
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RFK Jr. made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretary
Jun 27, 2025 3:28 pm - During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my pre...