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Two new reports from the Brookings Institution reveal the Department of Government Efficiency made significant cuts to tribal communities
Two men are set to be executed in the United States, one in Oklahoma for the fatal shooting of his girlfriends estranged husband and the other in Texas for the stabbing and beheading of the three young children
Gazas Health Ministry says an Israeli strike on a hospital killed 6 people
The House has passed a major package of veterans bills on Veterans Day but not without confusion and controversy
Three Black University of Mississippi students who shared a now-viral Ring camera video of two white students making monkeylike sounds and gestures outside their front door say they only received an apology from one person
When New York wildlife officers euthanized a couples pet squirrel, Peanut, two years ago, Republicans including JD Vance slammed the critters killing as another example of government overreach from meddling Democrats
A missing 11-month-old infant was rescued after being buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina
Joe Biden says he didn't know he had cancer while he was president and wouldn't have sought a second term if he'd already been diagnosed
Authorities say a man who said he had a bomb while aboard a flight bound for New Orleans on Monday has been arrested
An ocean liner that once was the fastest on the seas is headed to its final home on the floor of the Gulf Mexico as the worlds largest artificial reef
Authorities say a minivan crashed into people outside a metro station in Los Angeles during rush hour, killing three and critically injuring the driver and at least two others
In the wake of midterm elections, President Donald Trump said his immigration crackdown may have been too tough and suggested it was time to sit down with the Democrats
An Idaho man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for attempting to support the Islamic State group
Tennessee is seeking to block Christa Pikes attorneys from accessing the pentobarbital used in the 50-year-old inmates botched execution on the grounds that it would reveal the supplier
U.S. authorities have charged three men with plotting a campaign of nearly 20 attacks targeting Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S., along with a British military base, RAF Fairford
A former Massachusetts police detective has been convicted of murdering a pregnant woman to keep her from revealing he had sexually abused her when she was 15
A New York City sightseeing helicopter on a maintenance flight has made an emergency landing at a New Jersey cargo port after the pilot reported possible engine trouble
The United States is to become the first country to skip a regular review of its human rights record at the U.N.'s Human Rights Council
China says its trade surplus exceeded $1 trillion for a 2nd straight year, as exports in October surged 35%
The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Western District of Washington says it no longer has the staffing to defend every habeas corpus case and will let judges rule without government opposition
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to resume border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas
A fraternity at Ohio State University has been temporarily suspended while authorities investigate a video that appears to show two people engulfed in flames
Democrats in Congress are gearing up to challenge President Donald Trump's education policies, including the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department
Former Washington Post opinion writer Karen Attiah has decided not to return to her old job
Kyle Larson becomes first back-to-back NASCAR Cup Series champion since 2010
Students in Vallejo, California, faced a challenging start to the school year as they adjusted to a new school after their previous one closed
President Donald Trump said he thinks his administration was too aggressive on deportations
A Florida chimpanzee sanctuary briefly had to deliver food to one of its 200 apes by drone this week because the property was swamped by heavy rain
It is too early to tell whether the shootings were connected, police say.
Israels president officially gives opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form the next government
Record rainfall in the U.S. Southwest is providing rare relief to the region's depleted reservoirs
The tiny U.S. government division charged with assessing the safety of new artificial intelligence offerings doesnt have a permanent leader and has stopped publishing its research
Melania Trump is set to travel to Louisiana to announce a partnership with Louisiana State University to provide scholarships for students who were once in foster care
Teslas Cybertruck, the hulking, stainless-steel pickup that inspired devotion and derision with its science-fiction looks, will cease production next year
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Pena has formed in the Pacific Ocean
Residents are cleaning up from catastrophic flooding along the Tennessee-Georgia border that forecasters are calling a once-in-a-1,000 year event
The father of the co-pilot who died along with eight others when her Learjet crashed in Florida feels immense pride when he listens to his daughters heartbreaking final radio transmissions to try to figure out why it plunged from the sky
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has met with nonprofits in Puerto Rico as officials announced a $280,000 partnership to help the U.S. territory confront emergencies
Former NFL star Antonio Brown has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with a 2025 shooting in Miami
Two iconic rock formations that long attracted tourists and photographers to a remote part of New Mexico have collapsed
Closing arguments are set to begin in the case of a former Massachusetts police officer accused of killing a pregnant woman to keep her from revealing they had an illicit sexual relationship when she was 15
Pope Leo XIV is returning home to the continent where he spent two decades as a missionary priest and learned to be a pastor, visiting Uruguay, Argentina and his second homeland of Peru
Matthew Martinez has lived nearly all his 60 years on a piece of property on the Navajo River and never saw severe flooding until now
Four men named in a former Cornell University students lawsuit are joining a co-defendants effort to block New Yorks attorney general from leading a reopened criminal investigation into the womans gang rape allegations
Kenya has released five Ebola patients after they tested negative for the virus and showed no symptoms
Arizona Cardinals left tackle Jayden Williams is among a growing number of NFL players who have worn Guardian Caps during games
Doctors say Pope Leo XIV is eating regularly and has begun walking and doing respiratory exercises, and his post-operative tests are normal following surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his lung

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