Nurses’ association voices concern over Kennedy’s CDC firings, departures
After the recent firing of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Nurses Association is expressing serious concerns about public…
Missouri’s Republican governor orders redraw of U.S. House districts as redistricting fight expands
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of…
U.S. offers military funeral honors to Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was killed at 35 by an officer in the Jan. 6,…
Decorated Vietnam pilot, convicted congressman ‘Duke’ Cunningham dies at 83
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a decorated Vietnam War pilot and U.S. House member convicted of corruption, has died. He was 83. Cunningham,…
Coco Gauff credits Simone Biles with inspiring U.S. Open match win
Coco Gauff was struggling for the second time in as many matches this week at the U.S. Open.At one point during her second-round match against…
Washington’s Oil Chessboard: Why Venezuela Matters in U.S. Geopolitics
American warships edging closer to Venezuelan waters earlier this year barely made global headlines, overshadowed by louder crises in Ukraine and the South China Sea.…
Appeals court rules most of Trump’s appeals are illegal
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- An 11-member appeals court on Friday struck down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign goods, declaring they are illegal.…
U.S. revokes visas of Palestinian officials ahead of U.N General Assembly
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of a number of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization officials ahead of next month’s annual…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott OKs new congressional map in move to add 5 House seats
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed legislation for a new congressional map in the state in an attempt to…
Anthropic to start training AI models from users’ chat conversations
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Anthropic plans to start training its artificial intelligence models with user data, one day after announcing a hacker used Claude to…
Crisis Brewing in the Caribbean? U.S. Power meets Venezuelan Resistance
Background Relations between Washington and Caracas have long been tense, marked by U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan officials, accusations of narco-trafficking, and disputes over democracy and…
South Korea president charmed Trump. Will the bromance last?
SEOUL — The first summit between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and President Trump was a picture of easy chumminess.On Monday, the two leaders bonded…
Trump looks to recoup $4.9B in foreign aid with pocket recession
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump is attempting to recoup around $5 billion in federal funding already approved for distribution to the State Department…
July PCE: Core inflation rose to 2.9%, highest since February
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Inflation rose in July, according to the Personal Income and Outlays report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Fed's preferred…
DOE finds Denver schools’ all-gender bathrooms violate Title IX
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Education has said Denver Public Schools violated Title IX's prohibition against sex discrimination by having all-gender bathrooms,…
Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to fire VOA director
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge has prohibited the Trump administration from dismissing Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, handing President Donald Trump a…
Two children killed in Minneapolis church shooting identified
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The two children killed in Wednesday's church shooting in Minneapolis have been identified by their families. The two children were killed…
2nd criminal referral filed as Lisa Cook sues Trump over firing
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The Trump administration Thursday night announced a second criminal referral against Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud, as…
Atlanta Journal-Constitution switches to digital-only product
The front page of The Atlanta Constitution (L) -- which later became The Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- is on exhibit of newspaper front pages from 1969…
U.S. diplomat apologizes for using the word ‘animalistic’ in reference to Lebanese reporters
BEIRUT — A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a news conference in…