Nation and World
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Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiries
Apr 25, 2025 7:33 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have au...
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Illinois, 18 other states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools
Apr 25, 2025 7:29 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Nineteen states that refused to comply with a Trump administration directive aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schoo...
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Disaster aid plea presents a test of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s ties to Trump
Apr 25, 2025 5:02 pm - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), who rose to prominence as White House press secretary in President Donald Trump’s first term, has not been shy about advertising...
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Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine and secure mineral deal
Apr 25, 2025 4:59 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Friday that “Crimea will stay with Russia,” the latest example of how he's pressuring Ukraine t...
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Top Russian general killed in Moscow as U.S. envoy talks with Putin
Apr 25, 2025 4:55 pm - A high-ranking Russian military official was killed Friday in an explosion in a suburb of Moscow, in what authorities are treating as a case of murder. The incident coinc...
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UN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockade
Apr 25, 2025 4:40 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The World Food Program says its food stocks in the Gaza Strip have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of ...
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ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyers say
Apr 25, 2025 2:32 pm - The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the U.S. after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, government lawyers said Friday.
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Canadians put off by Trump’s bluster and border arrests are booking far fewer US visits
Apr 25, 2025 2:12 pm - Diana and Rick Bellamy initially planned to take a Caribbean cruise out of Houston before heading to Laurel, Mississippi, to visit the home of one of their favorite HGTV shows, “Home Town.”
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Beware of Facebook posts for ‘tariff relief’ payments. They’re lies.Apr 25, 2025 2:01 pm - Tricksters have been paying Meta to show you Facebook and Instagram posts touting a $750 “tariff relief credit” or $5,600 in “tariff relief benefits.”
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David Hogg riles Democratic Party with plans to primary incumbents
Apr 25, 2025 1:41 pm - David Hogg, a top Democratic Party official, isn’t backing off his controversial plan to fund primary challenges against Democratic members of Congress he deems “ineffective” in reaching disaffected voters, particularly young ones.