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Newly unsealed documents give one of the most detailed views yet of the evidence gathered on the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
President Donald Trump says he thinks last week’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter wouldn't have happened if the U.S. had a more modern air traffic control computer system.
An Alabama inmate convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas.
Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information.
A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Trump’s birthright citizenship order.
The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives.
Ippei Mizuhara, who was supposed to bridge the gap between the Japanese athlete and his English-speaking teammates and fans, was sentenced in federal court in Santa Ana, California, after pleading guilty last year.
There are more registered Republican voters than Democrats in Nevada for the first time since 2007.
The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday.
One U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed Thursday.
Federal authorities say the burglary at Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow's home in December was similar to many others around the country, including some break-ins of other star athletes' houses.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to root out “anti-Christian bias” in the U.S., announcing that he was forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians.
Kendrick Lamar aims to infuse his Los Angeles hip-hop flavor into New Orleans while staying true to his storytelling roots during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime performance.
Utility says its equipment may have started a small blaze that erupted during January’s LA firestorm
A California utility said Thursday that its equipment likely sparked a wildfire in Los Angeles.
Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during four-plus decades as principal owner, has died.
The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday alleging that ‘sanctuary’ laws in the nation’s third-largest city “thwart” federal efforts to enforce immigration laws.
Panama's president has rejected the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing U.S. warships to transit the Panama Canal for free.
The heist of 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer in Pennsylvania has become a whodunit that police have yet to crack.
The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January.
Police say a second employee has died following a shooting at an Ohio warehouse and four others remain hospitalized as the co-worker accused of the attack is expected in court.
The Palestinians and much of the international community have rejected Trump’s proposal, fearing Israel will never allow the refugees to return and that it would destabilize the region.
A shallow grave holding remains was discovered at the family's former home while the landlord was preparing it for new tenants.
It's the second deal that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reached during his trip to Central America.
Marco Rubio on Wednesday delivered a robust defense of the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Steven Lawayne Nelson was to be put to death Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson.
Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday.
Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside buildings in Philadelphia and at state capitols in Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin and Indiana to protest the actions of Trump's administration.
As attorney general Bondi will oversee the FBI, which is in turmoil over the scrutiny of agents involved in Trump-related investigations.
Wednesday's order marks another aggressive shift by the president’s second administration in the way the federal government deals with transgender people and their rights.
Thousands of USAID employees already had been laid off and programs worldwide shut down after the president imposed a sweeping freeze on foreign assistance.
The suspect in a shooting at a cosmetics warehouse in Ohio is now in police custody.
Thousands of FBI employees participated in investigations related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Trump’s executive order seeks to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally.
A figure skating tribute will take place in Washington, D.C., in early March to support victims of the midair collision.
The head of the union representing NFL officials called allegations that officiating crews are biased in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs or any other team “insulting and preposterous.”
With the price of eggs soaring, more people are looking into keeping backyard chickens.
Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, has died.
The sheer volume and variety of the China-made merchandise sold in the U.S. means residents would probably see the prices of many typically inexpensive items tick higher.
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met for talks in Washington.
FBI agents are suing over the Justice Department's effort to identify agents in Trump-related investigations that could lead to firings.
The first U.S. military flight deporting migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay landed in Cuba on Tuesday.
The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as the U.S. attorney general. It gives the longtime Trump ally power to reshape the Justice Department.
A U.S. official said after Rubio spoke that the Trump administration had no plans to try to deport American citizens but that the offer was significant.
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.
Officials say the remains of all 67 victims of the midair collision near Reagan National Airport have been recovered.
Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday.
The 10% tariff that Trump ordered on China was set to go into effect Tuesday, though Trump planned to talk with the Chinese president in the next few days.
The United States has a new secretary of veterans affairs.
