Nation and World
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Iran accuses Trump of 'big lies' ahead of Geneva talks in face of major US military deployment
Feb 25, 2026 4:23 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran pushed back Wednesday against U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran's nuclear pr...
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Chicago man is freed after 11 years for Bali 'suitcase murder,' but a US case awaits
Feb 25, 2026 4:20 pm - JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia freed and deported an American man Tuesday to Chicago after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then-girlfriend...
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Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy unlawful, judge finds
Feb 25, 2026 4:12 pm - A federal judge in Boston ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s policy of deporting undocumented immigrants to countries where they are not citizens is unconsti...
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Power outages, piles of snow vexing parts of Northeast in snowstorm aftermath
Feb 25, 2026 4:09 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Power failures, waist-high canyons of snow and more flurries Wednesday bedeviled parts of the Northeast in the aftermath of a massive storm that dumped...
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Cubans attempted to ‘infiltrate’ island on US speedboat, Havana says
Feb 25, 2026 2:51 pm - Cuban forces killed four people on an American speedboat after it opened fire on Cuban border agents Wednesday morning, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
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Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications
Feb 25, 2026 2:38 pm - Wellness influencer, author and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means on Wednesday shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease instead of feeding into “reactive sick care” during her confirmation hearing to become the nation's next surgeon general.
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FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and the superintendent’s home
Feb 25, 2026 2:34 pm - The FBI was serving search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home as part of a federal investigation.
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Zelenskyy says Ukrainian officials to meet Trump envoys in Geneva for more Russia talks
Feb 25, 2026 6:06 am - A Ukrainian delegation is set to meet Thursday with American envoys in the run-up to another round of trilateral talks with Russia, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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‘We’re winning so much.’ Trump’s State of the Union seeks to calm economic jitters ahead of midterms
Feb 24, 2026 10:28 pm - President Donald Trump declared during Tuesday's marathon State of the Union that “we’re winning so much,” saying he'd sparked a jobs and manufacturing boom at home while imposing a new world order abroad — hoping that offering a long list of his accomplishments can counter approval ratings that have been falling.
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Pentagon appeals order blocking Sen. Mark Kelly’s punishment for call to resist unlawful orders
Feb 24, 2026 9:09 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge's order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders, according to a court filing on Tuesday.