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May 22, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer to reality with an announcement late Tuesday by the U.S. Interior Department that it would evaluate a request from...

May 22, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Target cuts annual forecasts as tariff pressure mounts

May 22, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

GAZA — Father of four Mahmoud al-Haw and other Palestinians crowd around a soup kitchen in war-ravaged Gaza, surging forward and frantically waving pots.

May 22, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is ending efforts to secure agreements for federal oversight of police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, despite a prior governme...

May 22, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month intercepted messages from a broader swathe of A...

May 22, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Major airline CEOs on Wednesday called on Congress to approve billions of dollars in funding to modernize the United States’ aging air traffic control system, saying i...

May 22, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The United States has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar and the Air Force has been asked to find a way to rapidly upgrade it for use as a new Air Fo...

May 22, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white genocide and land seizures during a tense Wh...

May 21, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday issued new, temporary restrictions on flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey after disruptio...

May 21, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of U.S. government workers have chosen to resign rather than endure what many view as a torturous wait for the Trump administration to carry out its threat...

May 21, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

The Food and Drug Administration will permit use of COVID vaccines by adults older than 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, but will require additional studies before app...

May 21, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Biden did not receive prostate cancer diagnosis before last week

May 21, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had selected a design for the $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense shield and named a Space Force general to head the ambitious...

May 21, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — For two decades, the federal government has rejected states’ efforts to ban purchases of sugary drinks using food stamps, hesitant, in part, to cross an unusual coalit...

May 21, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

New intelligence obtained by the United States suggests that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing multiple U.S. officials familia...

May 21, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A maintenance worker has been arrested and charged with helping 10 inmates carry out a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail last week, bolstering the suspicion among investigators that the es...