Nation and World
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US inflation gauge cools with little sign of tariff impact, so far
May 30, 2025 8:00 am - A key U.S. inflation gauge slowed last month as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have yet to noticeably push up prices, while American incomes jumped.
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Trump meets with the Federal Reserve chairman he has repeatedly scorned
May 29, 2025 5:55 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday and the two discussed the economy but not Powell's outlook for interest rates...
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Trump suffered ‘mental anguish’ from disputed CBS News interview with Harris, lawyer says
May 29, 2025 5:53 pm - NEW YORK — President Donald Trump suffered “mental anguish” from CBS News' editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Democratic opponent Kamala Harris last fall, his lawye...
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White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.’s MAHA report
May 29, 2025 5:50 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House will fix errors in a much-anticipated federal government report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
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Trump’s big plans on trade and more run up against laws of political gravity, separation of powers
May 29, 2025 5:50 pm - WASHINGTON — Once again, President Donald Trump’s biggest policy plans were stopped in their tracks. On Wednesday, an obscure but powerful court in New York rejected the ...
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Trump’s latest pardons benefit an array of political allies and public figures
May 29, 2025 5:47 pm - WASHINGTON — A governor who resigned amid a corruption scandal and served two stints in federal prison. A New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud...
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What to know about onetime Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, whose federal sentence Trump commuted
May 29, 2025 5:42 pm - CHICAGO — One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among the people to receive commutations this week from President Donald Trump, a puzzling move that has raised q...
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Record heat to hit Las Vegas, California’s Central Valley this weekend
May 29, 2025 3:17 pm - A short-lived but punishing blast of intense heat will spread over the western United States through Saturday, pushing temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal for this...
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Caves and other mountain hideouts are being searched for fugitive known as 'Devil in the Ozarks'
May 29, 2025 8:23 am - There are plenty of hideouts in the rugged terrain of the Ozark Mountains, from abandoned cabins to campsites in the vast forests where searchers are hunting for a convicted former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.”
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Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 34, officials say
May 29, 2025 8:17 am - Hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike on a house in central Gaza has killed 22 people, including nine women and children.