Deal to end government shutdown passes Senate, heads to House
The Senate passed a bill to reopen the federal government Monday evening, taking the next step toward ending the longest...
Financial apps designed for kids are booming. How do they work?
When Ashley Millwood’s phone kept buzzing, she knew there was a problem. Her two teenage daughters were spending the afternoon...
House to vote on reopening government after 7-week recess
The House will return to Washington on Wednesday to vote on a bill to end the longest shutdown in U.S....
The health care battle behind the shutdown roils North Carolina politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Lea Charlton and her husband had grown used to finding ways to offset the “huge amount of...
U.S. strikes two more alleged drug boats, pushing death toll past 75
U.S. forces killed six alleged drug smugglers in the waters off Latin America on Sunday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote...
Trump pardons Giuliani, other allies who sought to overturn 2020 election
President Donald Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani and a host of other prominent allies involved in his efforts to overturn...
Supreme Court to decide if mail-in ballots may arrive after Election Day
The Supreme Court announced Monday it would decide whether laws that allow states to count mail-in ballots that arrive after...
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to landmark gay marriage ruling
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a challenge to its landmark 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in SNAP fight again
The Trump administration on Monday again asked the Supreme Court to block lower-court decisions requiring it to pay full food...
Trump says staunch ally Greene has ‘lost her way’
Simmering tension between President Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) burst into public view on Monday after the...
Venezuela orders massive mobilization as U.S. aircraft carrier approaches
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier has entered waters near Latin America, prompting Venezuela to put the entire country’s...
Trump wants Europe to defend itself but that’s proving tough to do
BRUSSELS — European leaders have promised to unite and build up their militaries as never before, to take charge of...
How federal agents sent by Trump helped slow crime in Memphis
MEMPHIS — Since late September, nearly 2,000 state and federal law enforcement officers have surged onto the streets here, helping...
Kennedy grandson Jack Schlossberg announces 2026 congressional bid
Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, announced he will run for Congress next year. In a...
‘Not an easy call’: The Democrats who struggled with their shutdown vote
Sen. Raphael G. Warnock opposed Monday’s vote to reopen the federal government, calling it “unacceptable” that the compromise deal did...
