Nation and World
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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law
Apr 19, 2025 5:11 pm - The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order early Saturday, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center "until further order of this court."
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Anti-Trump protesters turn out to rallies across country
Apr 19, 2025 5:00 pm - Protests against President Donald Trump's administration are once again taking place in communities across the U.S. Organizers of Saturday's events say they're protesting against what they view as the Republican administration's constitutional and civil rights violations. Some of the protests are drawing on themes from the American Revolutionary War as Saturday marks 250 years since the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts launched the conflict.
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10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination are released, on Trump’s order
Apr 18, 2025 7:33 pm - WASHINGTON — About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday, including handwritten notes by the gunman, wh...
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IRS whistleblower on Hunter Biden is out as acting commissioner just days after getting the job
Apr 18, 2025 7:26 pm - WASHINGTON — Just days after being promoted to acting IRS commissioner, the whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes is out of ...
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Trump moves to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workers
Apr 18, 2025 7:20 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has begun making one of the controversial personnel changes for government employees that was spelled out in the conservative Project ...
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Trump ready to ‘move on’ from Ukraine peace talks if no progress, Rubio says
Apr 18, 2025 7:15 pm - PARIS — President Donald Trump is ready to “move on” from peace talks between Ukraine and Russia if there is no progress “within days,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio tol...
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DOJ questions Glenview science journal about bias, triggering free speech concerns
Apr 18, 2025 5:45 pm - Amid brewing conflict between scientists and the administration of President Donald Trump, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia sent an unusual letter this week...
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Dozens killed in US strike on Yemeni oil port, Houthis say
Apr 18, 2025 4:14 pm - Dozens of people were killed in U.S. airstrikes on a Yemeni oil port on Friday, Yemeni officials said after the U.S. military reported attacking the facility in the west ...
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Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador
Apr 18, 2025 4:01 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 25 people on Friday including children, hospital workers said, as the new U.S. ambassador to Is...
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US has 800 measles cases and outbreaks in 24 states. Here’s what you should know
Apr 18, 2025 3:47 pm - The U.S. has 800 cases of measles nationwide as of Friday, and two more states identified outbreaks this week.