advertisement

Log Out

Nation and World Politics

Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah as Republicans reshape land management

By MATTHEW BROWN and SAVANNAH PETERS
Jul 13, 2026 7:35 pm - President Donald Trump on Monday sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, undoing protections established by his Democratic predecessors on public land...
Judge blasts Trump's IRS lawsuit as filed for 'improper purpose,' recommends attorney discipline

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Jul 13, 2026 11:31 am - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over his leaked tax returns was filed for an “improper purpose,” a judge said Monday in...
Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, chosen to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term

By MEG KINNARD
Jul 13, 2026 8:19 am - Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother's temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate after his unexpected death over the weekend.
Trump says US will blockade Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for safe passage

By JON GAMBRELL
Jul 13, 2026 8:13 am - U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for safe passage, after another heavy exchange of fire threatened negotiations aimed at ending the war.
McConnell says he was hospitalized due to a fall and contracted pneumonia

Theodoric Meyer, Ben Binday
Jul 12, 2026 6:55 pm - Sen. Mitch McConnell said Sunday that his hospitalization last month was caused by a fall, providing the first detailed update about the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican’s...
14 nations and the EU reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China's claims in South China Sea

By JIM GOMEZ
Jul 12, 2026 3:53 pm - MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive claims in the S...
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, dies after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Jul 12, 2026 8:22 am - Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, has died after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said. He was 71.
Videos show ICE agents pursuing van in unmarked vehicles before fatal shooting

By Arelis R. Hernández, Joyce Sohyun Lee and Imogen Piper
Jul 11, 2026 6:15 pm - Videos that capture the minutes leading up to and immediately after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot an undocumented Mexican immigrant in Houston early Tuesday morning show agents aggressively following a white work van and then approaching the vehicle on foot.
Democrat announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Jul 11, 2026 5:47 pm - A Democratic senator on Saturday alleged that whistleblowers have detailed several problems stemming from rushed or improper reconstruction of the Kennedy Center, adding ...
Judge tosses remnants of Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case after Trump’s broad clemency

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Jul 11, 2026 5:39 pm - A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government's landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy for plotting to attack the Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in the White House more than five years ago.

Showing 421-430 of 5,983 previous next