Nation and World
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US Postal Service flip-flops on Hong Kong-China packages, lifting a ban imposed a day earlier
Feb 05, 2025 8:48 am - The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong.
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Iran praises US for cutting foreign aid funding as it looks for a Trump message on nuclear talks
Feb 05, 2025 7:54 am - Iran's government seems to be welcoming some recent decisions by the United States — even though they happen to come from a man Iranian operatives have allegedly been plotting to assassinate.
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Suspect arrested in fatal shooting at a cosmetics warehouse in Ohio, officials say
Feb 05, 2025 7:50 am - Police searched for a male suspect Wednesday in a workplace shooting that left one co-worker dead and five others wounded at an Ohio cosmetics warehouse.
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Egg problems driving up prices at Waffle House and others could persist
Feb 05, 2025 6:44 am - The record-high egg prices that recently drove Waffle House and other restaurants to start charging more for some dishes are not going away soon, economists say.
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Trump’s suggestion the US ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip is rejected by allies and adversaries alike
Feb 05, 2025 6:40 am - President Donald Trump's proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denounced on Wednesday by American allies and adversaries alike.
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Remains of all 67 victims of the deadly plane and chopper collision near DC have been recovered
Feb 04, 2025 10:15 pm - ARLINGTON, Va. — The remains of all 67 victims of last week's midair collision of an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter near the nation's capital have been r...
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USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide, except those deemed essential
Feb 04, 2025 10:11 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is placing U.S. Agency for International Development direct-hire staffers around the world on leave except those deemed essential, u...
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Trump administration opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges including Columbia and Berkeley
Feb 04, 2025 8:42 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is opening new investigations into allegations of antisemitism at five U.S. universities including Columbia and the University of Ca...
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Democrats confront limits of their power in bid to stop Trump and Musk
Feb 04, 2025 6:50 pm - WASHINGTON — Outraged Democrats are testing the limits of their diminished power as they try to stop the stunning power grabs of President Donald Trump and his chief lieu...
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Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to oversee US spy agencies, clears Senate committee
Feb 04, 2025 6:18 pm - WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised ab...