Nation and World
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Two Chinese nationals charged with smuggling toxic fungus into U.S.
Jun 04, 2025 7:13 pm - Two Chinese nationals have been charged with conspiracy and smuggling after attempting to bring a toxic fungus that is a “dangerous biological pathogen” into the United S...
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Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get a chance to challenge their removals
Jun 04, 2025 7:12 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give more than 100 migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador a chance to chall...
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A US judge halts the deportation of the Egyptian family of the Boulder firebombing suspect
Jun 04, 2025 4:26 pm - BOULDER, Colo. — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to immediately halt deportation proceedings against the wife and five children of a man charged in th...
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US- and Israeli-backed group pauses food delivery in Gaza after deadly shootings
Jun 04, 2025 4:05 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli- and U.S.-backed group paused food delivery at its three distribution sites in the Gaza Strip after health officials said dozens of...
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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire
Jun 04, 2025 4:02 pm - UNITED NATIONS — The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it was not linked...
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Man charged with supplying explosive chemicals to bomber of Palm Springs fertility clinic
Jun 04, 2025 3:58 pm - LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities arrested a man they say collaborated with the bomber of a fertility clinic in May, alleging he supplied chemicals used to make explosive...
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US to deny air cover to European force in postwar Ukraine, sources say
Jun 04, 2025 3:40 pm - The US is refusing to provide air defenses to back the “reassurance force” the UK and France are planning in a postwar Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said. Brit...
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What is the CBO? A look at the small office inflaming debate over Trump’s tax bill
Jun 04, 2025 2:59 pm - A small government office with some 275 employees has found itself caught in the political crossfire as Congress debates President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill.”
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Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says
Jun 04, 2025 2:58 pm - President Donald Trump’s big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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Trump says Putin told him that Russia will respond to Ukrainian attack on airfields
Jun 04, 2025 2:35 pm - U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields as the deadlock over the war drags on and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Russia's ceasefire proposal.