One of the world’s biggest genetic databases comprises DNA data donated over the years by more than a million retired military service members. It’s part of a project run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The initiative, dubbed the Million Veteran Program, is a “crown jewel of the country,” said David Shulkin, a physician who ...Read more

MIAMI — From Panama to Singapore, President Donald Trump is deploying an unprecedented number of Floridians to represent the United States as he transforms the country’s approach to diplomacy.

One out of every three nominees to ambassador-level positions in the Trump administration hails from the president’s adopted home state of Florida,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sonia's son has been anxious lately, crying and asking why their neighbor had been picking him up from preschool instead of his mom. She doesn't know what to tell him. At just 4 years old, he's too young to understand the truth.

Sonia has lived in the U.S. without legal status for 25 years, harvesting squash, cilantro and ...Read more

Doctors, hospitals, and health insurers for weeks issued dire warnings to Republican lawmakers that millions of people would lose health coverage and hospitals would close if they cut Medicaid funding to help pay for President Donald Trump’s big tax and spending bill.

But Republicans ignored those pleas, made even deeper cuts, and sent the ...Read more

With hurricane and wildfire season well underway across much of the country, state and local emergency managers say they have little idea how much support the federal government will provide if disaster strikes. And the recent deadly floods in Texas have shown just how dire the need can be.

President Donald Trump has imposed severe cuts on the ...Read more

On his way to an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stopped by the home of podcaster Gary Brecka. The two spent time in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and tried some intravenous nutrition drips that Brecka, a self-avowed longevity and wellness maven, sells and promotes on his show, “The...Read more

Turkey’s most popular opposition politician Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was sentenced to nearly two years in prison on Wednesday, after a court found him guilty of “threatening” Istanbul’s chief prosecutor.

The sentence falls short of banning Imamoglu from politics, which would have dealt a serious blow to President Recep Tayyip ...Read more

President Donald Trump has dialed down his confrontational tone with China in an effort to secure a summit with counterpart Xi Jinping and a trade deal with the world’s second-largest economy, people familiar with internal deliberations said.

Six months into his second term, Trump has softened his harsh campaign rhetoric that focused on the U...Read more

Facing worsening economic prospects, the Cuban government will allow joint ventures between state enterprises and local private companies, as well as what it calls “selective swap” operations with foreign companies, involving hotels and real estate, the country’s prime minister said in a speech before the National Assembly on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON — Capitol Police officers who were spread thin in recent weeks amid security concerns, an unpredictable congressional schedule and the July 4 holiday say they’re in danger of missing out on money owed to them as they bump up against pay limits.

The busy period has resurfaced debates about how best to meet the staffing challenges ...Read more

The daughter of former FBI director James Comey has been ousted from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York, according to people familiar with the matter.

During her time with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York, Maurene Comey worked on high-profile sex-trafficking cases, including against Jeffrey Epstein, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department urged a judge to reject statements from Salvadoran officials suggesting the Trump administration kept legal authority over Venezuelan migrants it sent to a Salvadoran prison.

El Salvador’s statements were included in a U.N. report disclosed earlier this month by attorneys seeking the return of some ...Read more

The Trump administration has canceled billions of dollars in funding for California's high-speed rail project after the state agency rejected the federal government's assessment of the project's failings.

The Federal Railroad Administration pulled $4 billion in funding on Wednesday that was intended for construction in the Central Valley, ...Read more

Immigration lawyers who say they have exhausted all efforts to try to speak with the detained immigrants in Alligator Alcatraz are now looking to the federal courts to aid them in a newly filed lawsuit.

Detainees, who’ve described unsanitary and inhospitable conditions, are asking a federal judge to compel the Everglades detention center to ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento County man, who was convicted for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol and later pardoned by President Donald Trump, was convicted on Tuesday of possessing child pornography.

After a one‑day trial, a jury in federal court found Kyle Travis Colton, 37, of Citrus Heights, guilty ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee approved, 55-2, its version of the annual Pentagon policy bill late Tuesday night after a nearly 14-hour markup during which lawmakers waded through hundreds of amendments on topics including Ukraine, abortion rights and the renaming of military bases, among other contentious issues.

Only ...Read more

Elon Musk is once again raging against the Trump administration for its handling of the investigation into deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Amid the billionaire entrepreneur’s explosive social media feud with Trump in June, he alleged the Justice Department was withholding information about the disgraced financier because the president ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators began voting Wednesday on amendments to a large foreign aid and public broadcasting rescissions package even as some Republicans acknowledged their discomfort with how the Trump administration might implement the funding cancellations.

The $9.4 billion rescissions package is expected to be modified with a GOP-backed ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California city councilwoman who drew national headlines and public backlash after posting a TikTok video in which she appeared to call on street gangs to stand up against federal immigration sweeps has apologized for the post, which she said was meant to be "satirical."

Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez made the ...Read more