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Updated 2 weeks ago

14 children in Texas are among the 37 dead from flash floods as the search continues for the missing

Rescuers scoured flooded riverbanks littered with mangled trees Saturday and turned over rocks in the search for m…

Updated 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Man found dead and lockdown lifted in Idaho after 2 firefighters killed, 1 wounded in sniper ambush

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two firefighters were killed Sunday and another was wounded when they were ambushed by sniper fire while responding to a blaze in a norther…

Updated 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Iran launches missiles at US military base in Qatar in retaliation for American bombing

Iran launched missile attacks Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites and escalating tensions in the…

Updated 1 month ago
Iran's leader rejects call to surrender

Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americ…

Updated 1 month ago
Daines bill would let tribal courts handle drug crimes committed by nonmembers

New legislation from Republican Sen. Steve Daines aims to combat drug trafficking on reservations by expanding the powers of tribal courts.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
WWII vets are rock stars in France as they hand over the duty of remembering D-Day

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. Wo…

Updated 2 months ago
House works into the night as Republicans push ahead on Trump's big bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion — but also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps and green energy strategies to f…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Trump says he'll pull the nomination of Ed Martin, who defended Jan. 6 rioters, for DC US Attorney

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would pull the nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. to be the top federal prosecuto…

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Election officials from across the US meet to consider Trump's order overhauling election operations

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country are meeting Thursday to consider President Donald Trump's executive order tha…

Updated 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Hegseth pulled airstrike info from secure military channel for Signal posts, NBC News reports

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pulled the airstrike information he posted into Signal chats with his wife, brother and dozens of others from …

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Wall Street drops 4% despite encouraging inflation data as Trump's trade war still weighs

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks on Thursday are giving back much of their historic gains from the day before as Wall Street weighs a global trade war that has cool…

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
House GOP approves framework for Trump's big bill after intense wrangling wins over GOP holdouts

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework on Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the nig…

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Trump threatens more tariffs on China as global markets shudder

Undeterred by a panicked stock market, President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs on China on Monday, raising fresh concerns that his drive to rebala…

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Stock sell-off worsens as Wall Street wonders how much pain Trump will accept for the economy

The U.S. stock market's sell-off cut deeper on Monday as Wall Street questioned how much pain President Donald Trump will let the economy endure through tariff…

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Wall Street falls following Trump's tariffs

NEW YORK (AP) — Worries about President Donald Trump's tariffs are sending U.S. stocks through sharp swings on Monday as financial markets worldwide drop on co…