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Washington, United States – Speaking from the Oval Office on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire between the United States and Iran is “on life support” after he formally rejected Tehran’s latest writt…
Washington. Voters in Nebraska and West Virginia head to state primaries Tuesday, with Nebraska’s U.S. Senate contest featuring two Democratic hopefuls who have accused one another of being 'fake' candidates while Republ…
United States officials are weighing sweeping structural changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the central federal body responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness and response across the coun…
Tensions between the United States and Iran intensified on Monday as a fragile ceasefire in their ongoing war showed signs of unraveling and fresh exchanges of fire were reported, according to the Associated Press. The s…
Beijing — U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, holding bilateral meetings on Thursday and Friday this week. The White House announced the sch…
Washington. Senior U.S. officials told reporters on May 11 that there is no change in U.S. policy toward Taiwan as President Donald Trump prepared to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping; the public remarks accompanied repo…
Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday, May 11, that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium must be removed and enrichment sites dismantled before the conflict can be conside…
Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court this month in Callais v. Louisiana ruled Louisiana's 2024 congressional map unconstitutional, prompting rapid redrawing of districts across several Southern states this week. The decis…
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state will provide 400 free diapers to every newborn at about 65 to 75 participating hospitals through the 'Golden State Start' program, partnering with…
Portland, Ore. Democrats raised the state gas tax and fees last fall to fund road improvements and close a gap in the transportation budget, and Republicans collected signatures to force a repeal referendum that will app…
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday a proposed three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, saying both sides agreed to suspend 'all kinetic activity' from May 9 through May 11 and to exchange …
Washington — The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Friday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control designated ten individuals and companies operating across China, Hong Kong, West Asia and Eastern Europe for alleged…
Washington DC: The United States and Iran could resume negotiations in Islamabad as early as next week under a mediated, one-page 14-point memorandum of understanding intended to frame a month-long negotiating process ai…
Washington, May 9 — At a US-India forum, experts urged closer US-India cooperation on artificial intelligence and defence, saying warfare has shifted to data and algorithms. Vivek Lall, chief executive of General Atomics…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a new batch of declassified files on unidentified anomalous phenomena on Friday after President Donald Trump publicly urged expanded disclosure in recent months. The documents include h…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that California will provide hundreds of free diapers to each newborn leaving participating hospitals, supplying roughly 400 diapers per infant in the program’s fir…
Memphis, Tenn. State Rep. Antonio Parkinson called this week for Memphis and surrounding West Tennessee counties to secede from Tennessee and form a new state after the Tennessee GOP supermajority approved a congressiona…
Washington — President Donald Trump announced on Friday a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine running May 9 through May 11 and posted the plan on Truth Social, saying the pause would suspend all kinetic activi…
Miami: Florida entered preliminary talks this week with the Trump administration to close Alligator Alcatraz, a remote ICE detention center in the Everglades, according to a New York Times report published Thursday. Stat…
Montgomery, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved legislation enabling new U.S. House primaries if courts permit the state to use different congressional districts, and the bill was sent to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey…
Washington: On May 8 a bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Senator Chris Coons introduced a resolution that names China the "foremost rival and strategic competitor" of the United States, saying Beijing has the inte…
Washington — On Thursday, May 8, 2026, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled 2-1 that President Donald Trump’s temporary 10% global tariffs, invoked under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974…
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department announced Thursday it will begin revoking U.S. passports starting Friday for thousands of parents who owe significant unpaid child support, initially targeting those with debts of $1…
Washington: Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday announced sanctions on Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA), GAESA Executive President Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, and Moa Nickel SA (MNSA) followin…
Washington — U.S. officials said three American destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz this week and reported coming under attack, while Iran's military command accused U.S. forces of striking two Iranian vessels and …