Nation and World
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US and Ukraine sign minerals deal after Trump presses Kyiv to pay back US for helping repel Russia
Apr 30, 2025 6:54 am - Clinching a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war “is far too complex to be done quickly,” a senior Kremlin official said Wednesday, as the U.S. labors to bring momentum to peace efforts and expresses frustration over the slow progress.
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Trump dismisses Biden nominees to US Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff
Apr 29, 2025 9:19 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has dismissed many of former President Joe Biden’s nominees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff, th...
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Trump’s anti-DEI order threatens state money for election security
Apr 29, 2025 9:17 pm - Federal election officials are suggesting states must pledge to follow President Donald Trump’s directive curbing diversity, equity and inclusion programs as a condition ...
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Under oath to Senate, Martin claims ignorance of Nazi sympathizer’s views
Apr 29, 2025 9:15 pm - A top Senate Democrat accused Ed Martin Monday of dodging or giving false answers to questions by a committee weighing his nomination as President Donald Trump’s pick to ...
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USPS law enforcement assists Trump ‘mass deportation’ effort, sources and records show
Apr 29, 2025 6:16 pm - The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country ill...
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Canadian prime minister's Liberals fall short of a majority in Parliament
Apr 29, 2025 3:49 pm - TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals celebrated election victory in a stunning turn of fortune but fell short Tuesday of winning an outright majority ...
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The EPA is canceling nearly 800 environmental justice grants, court filing reveals
Apr 29, 2025 3:41 pm - The Environmental Protection Agency plans to cancel a total of 781 grants issued under President Joe Biden, EPA lawyers wrote in a little-noticed court filing last week, ...
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Supreme Court seems likely to rule narrowly for family whose house was wrongly raided by FBI
Apr 29, 2025 3:38 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to rule narrowly in favor of a family trying to hold federal law enforcement accountable in court after an FBI raid w...
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump after attempted board firings
Apr 29, 2025 3:27 pm - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a nonprofit organization created by Congress that provides funding to public broadcasters such as NPR and PBS, sued the Trump adm...
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Hegseth boasts about ending ‘woke’ program on women and security that Trump had signed into law
Apr 29, 2025 1:00 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted on social media Tuesday that he had dismantled a program supporting women on security teams — and may not have realized the program he tried to break was not a “woke” Biden-era initiative but instead a celebrated program signed into law by his boss, President Donald Trump.