Abbott threatens to remove 10 Democratic districts from Texas
Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to remove 10 Democratic districts from Texas if California makes good on its threat to remove…
U.S. repatriates 14 Mexicans serving drug convictions
Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department has transferred 14 Mexican nationals serving prison sentences in the United States on drug-related charges to their…
Small plane crashes into aircraft while landing at Montana airport
Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A small plane landing at a Montana airport crashed into a second aircraft on the runaway, according to officials who said…
RFK Jr. tours CDC headquarters following deadly shooting
Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has visited the CDC headquarters in Atlanta where a police officer was…
U.S. blacklists Pakistan-based separatist group
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The United States on Monday designated the Pakistan-based separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army and its Majeed Brigade suicide attack unit as…
2 South Carolina women’s bodies found in wooded area
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Authorities in South Carolina are investigating the "suspicious" deaths of two women as homicides after their bodies were found in rural…
Trump nominates Bureau of Labor Statistics critic to head agency
Economist E.J. Antoni appears with President Donald Trump in the White House. On Monday, Trump nominated him as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…
Gold will not face tariffs, Trump says in social media post
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady briefing room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday,…
At least 1 dead, dozens hurt in U.S. Steel plant blast near Pittsburgh
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- At least one person is dead and several are injured, including those trapped in rubble, after an explosion at the U.S.…
Release of Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts denied by judge
1 of 2 | On Monday, a New York judge rejected a request by the federal government to unseal grand jury records in the federal…
Trump urges China to buy more U.S. soybeans amid shortage
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump urged China to increase its purchase of American Soybeans fourfold. "China is worried about its shortage of soybeans.…
AOL to shut down dial-up internet in September
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- AOL announced it plans to end dial-up Internet service after 40 years in operation by the end of September. The company…
CDC union calls on Trump officials to condemn vaccine misinformation
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. Union representing thousands of CDC workers is calling on the Trump administration to…
Fire officials deploy more tankers to battle western wildfires
A emergency vehicles races north on the Pacific Coast Highway as thousands of structures were reduced to rubble by four Southern California wildfires in Los…
One person killed and a 5-year-old girl wounded in Baltimore shooting
The Pimlico Race Course Sign is seen in Baltimore, Maryland in May. One person was killed and five others, including a five year old girl,…
Federal judge bans commercial fishing in sensitive Hawaii ecosystem
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Hawaii has outlawed commercial fishing in the Pacific Islands Heritage marine national monument, a protected and fragile…
Flash flooding, severe weather pummels Wisconsin, closes State Fair
Record rainfall and life-threating flash flooding prompted road closures, emergency declarations and closure of the Wisconsin State Fair Sunday. Photo courtesy of City of Milwaukee…
Trump expected to formally announce plan to take over Washington, D.C.
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he would hold a press conference at the White House on Monday to present his…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens indefinite special sessions
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbot is threatening to call a series of rolling special legislative sessions to push the Trump administration's…
Trump taps Tammy Bruce to be next deputy representative to U.N.
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Tammy Bruce, the former conservative radio host and Fox News contributor who now serves as the spokesperson for the U.S. State…