Florida state parks now legally protected from commercial development
May 23 (UPI) -- State parks in Florida are now protected from commercial construction after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the State Park Preservation Act into…
Trump suggests 50% tariffs on EU by June 1
May 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday recommended new tariffs on the European Union, citing difficulties trading with the bloc. Trump, in…
GOP-led House committee seeks testimony from Biden’s doctor, aides
May 23 (UPI) -- The GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has called on President Joe Biden's physician and former White House aides…
U.S. will impose sanctions on Sudan for using chemical weapons
May 22 (UPI) -- The United States will impose sanctions on Sudan after determining that its military used chemical weapons against its breakaway paramilitary forces…
Pentagon deploys more U.S. troops to southern border
May 23 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is sending an additional 1,115 soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Northern Command announced Thursday. The troops are being…
Supreme Court rules Trump can fire 2 agency heads, at least for now
May 22 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of President Donald Trump's firing of two Democratic board members of independent oversight agencies…
Trump administration bars international students from Harvard
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (pictured during a House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Homeland…
As tariffs loom, Walmart says it will cut 1.5K corporate jobs
May 22 (UPI) -- Walmart has announced plans to lay off 1,500 corporate employees, part of what it calls a restructuring as it weighs plans…
Top U.S. defense contractor L3 Tech to pay $62M to settle claims of deceptive practices
May 22 (UPI) -- American defense contractor L3 Technologies Inc. will pay tens of millions of dollars in fines to settle allegations that one of…
In ‘horrific’ scene, small jet crashes in San Diego military neighborhood
1 of 2 | Damaged cars line a residential street after a small plane crashed into the area earlier in the day near Montgomery-Gibbs Executive…
Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s mass layoffs at Education Department
President Donald Trump appears with Education Secretary Linda McMahon in March, when Trump issued an executive order that sought to close the department, despite the…
Kid Cudi to testify on past with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in federal trial
May 22 (UPI) -- Rapper Kid Cudi will take the stand Thursday in the closed door federal sex-trafficking trial against Sean "Diddy" Combs in a…
Law requiring clergy to report child abuse anti-Catholic, DOJ claims
SALT LAKE CITY, May 22 (UPI) -- A new Washington state law that requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect, including…
Ex-GOP House candidate gets 3 years for threatening political opponent
William Robert Braddock, 41, of St. Petersburg, Fla., was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for threatening to have his political opponent murdered.…
Rules Committee advances budget bill to full House after 22-hour hearing
May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. House Rules Committee, after 22 hours of proceedings, late Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump's legislative agenda that experts say…
2 Israeli embassy staff shot dead outside D.C. Jewish museum; suspect in custody
May 21 (UPI) -- Two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead Wednesday night outside Washington's Capital Jewish Museum where an event was being hosted…
Education secretary defends 15.3% cut to agency in ‘final mission’
May 21 (UPI) -- Education Secretary Linda McMahon, testifying before a House subcommittee on Wednesday, defended a 15.3% leaner budget from last year as part…
Florida Gators NCAA basketball champs visit Trump at White House
President Donald Trump (C), alongside coach Todd Golden (L), welcomes the 2025 NCAA men's college basketball champions, the University of Florida Gators, to the White…
Microsoft, DOJ take down Lumma Stealer malware sites
Microsoft, the Justice Department and other global partners have seized and taken down domains that distributed malware to cybercriminals and globally infected nearly 400,000 computers.…
N.Y. manhunt aftermath: Ex-state trooper pleads guilty to shooting himself, faking crime scene
May 21 (UPI) -- An ex-New York state police officer on Wednesday pleaded guilty to shooting himself in the leg as part of a fake…