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Casper, Wyo. Forecasters warn that a shift to above-normal temperatures will arrive this week, accompanied by strong to damaging winds and rain or snow across the Northern Plains, Intermountain West and parts of the Midw…
Indianapolis, Indiana defeated Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten Championship on Saturday, securing the Hoosiers' first conference title in decades and likely earning the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. Fernand…
United States. High school and college basketball teams posted multiple weekend results across regional rounds. Lockport, Woodstock and other prep teams remained unbeaten in conference and nonconference play Friday and S…
Washington — The Trump administration released a National Security Strategy this week that reorients U.S. priorities toward the Western Hemisphere, calling to restore American preeminence and reinforce a modern Monroe Do…
Washington — U.S. military officials and lawmakers this week reviewed classified footage and public releases of lethal strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels, including a September 2 Caribbean attack that was hit fo…
Washington, Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized corporate leaders and sought federal aid during separate public appearances this week. At the New York Times DealBook Summit Wednesday he accused executives of “groveling” to Pres…
Washington — Federal and local reporting this week covered a range of developments: a prosecutor described a suspect linked to Jan. 6-era pipe bombs as motivated by the 2020 election outcome; courts preserved a Guantanam…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump hosted the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees in the Oval Office on Saturday, presenting medals to Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, Kiss and Michael Crawford. Since returning…
Indiana House representatives voted 51-47 Friday to pass House Bill 1032, a plan to redraw the state’s congressional map, including splitting Marion County into four districts instead of two. Democrats offered 21 amendme…
Harrisburg, Pa. — U.S. Steel announced Thursday that it will restart steel slab production at Granite City Works in southern Illinois after idling the last blast furnace in 2023. The company reversed an earlier plan to w…
United States, Governors and military officials observed National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day this week by ordering flags lowered and holding memorial ceremonies. On Friday and this weekend, governors in Wisconsin, Nort…
United States — Meteorologists across the Southeast reported persistent rain and cooler temperatures Friday and into the weekend as a slow-moving cold front and associated low pressure systems moved through the region. F…
House Speaker Mike Johnson gained a sliver of breathing room after Republican Matt Van Epps was sworn in from Tennessee’s Seventh District, shifting the House to 220 Republicans and 213 Democrats with two vacancies. John…
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders pulled Wednesday’s vote on the SCORE Act, a bill that would set a national framework for college-athlete compensation, bar athletes from being classified as employees and grant antit…
Washington — The Supreme Court agreed this week to hear President Donald Trump's executive order to end automatic birthright citizenship for most children born in the United States. The court accepted an appeal from the …
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at Friday's 2026 World Cup draw to discuss trade and the mandatory review next year of the Canada‑U.S.‑Mex…
Washington, The White House released a new national security strategy this week that portrays European allies as weak and prioritizes U.S. interests across the Western Hemisphere. The document, the administration’s first…
MANILA — The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the national government to return ₱60 billion transferred from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's excess reserves, and permanently blocked further transfers, ruling…
Florida's full congressional delegation urged President Donald Trump to exclude the state from his administration's plan to expand offshore oil and gas drilling, warning it would imperil military operations and tourism. …
Washington — A Navy admiral told Congress this week that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not issue a 'kill them all' order as lawmakers examined an attack that killed two survivors near Venezuela and sought additional…
Washington. The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a Republican-backed congressional map for the 2026 elections, staying a lower court order that had found the map likely racially discriminatory. The emergenc…
Saint Paul, Minnesota — Governor Tim Walz said Thursday that motorists have driven past his home and shouted a derogatory slur after former President Donald Trump used the same language in a Nov. 27 Truth Social post. Wa…
Washington, U.S., U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Tuesday that it will reduce maximum Employment Authorization Document validity from five years to 18 months for select categories, effective for appli…
Washington — Lawmakers were briefed Thursday by senior military officials about a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat near Venezuela that resulted in the deaths of two survivors. Adm. Frank Bradley told Congress he recei…
United States. Multiple regions nationwide experienced sharp temperature swings this week as an Arctic front delivered the coldest air of the season while successive clipper systems brought light snow across the Midwest …