WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told senators Tuesday that “I have nothing to hide” in relation to his interactions with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in his first appearance before Congress since the emergence of new details about their communications.

At a Senate Commerce-Justice-Science ...Read more

Investigators released surveillance photos and a video showing a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation Tuesday, marking a major update in the unusual case.

The images were circulated less than a day after a ransom deadline to pay Guthrie’s abductors $6 million in bitcoin passed with no sign of the 84-year-old.

The ...Read more

The FBI released video and photos Tuesday afternoon showing a person who may be involved in the disappearance of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie, from her home in Tuscon, Arizona.

FBI Director Kash Patel released the previously unseen images, which appear to have come from the missing woman’s doorbell camera, along ...Read more

NASA’s plans to get the first human spaceflight of the year off the pad have to hold off until at least Friday because of weather constraints along the flight path needed in case of emergency. That delay, though, opens the door for a national security mission aiming for liftoff on Thursday morning.

The SpaceX Crew-12 mission is now looking at...Read more

Arizona authorities are taking another look at “new leads” in the suspected abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s elderly mother, Nancy, who has been missing for over a week, as the deadline for an alleged $6 million ransom passed without payment.

The 84-year-old matriarch was last seen at her Tucson home on the evening of...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A new bill that would allow university employees to be removed for financial reasons passed out of a Kentucky House subcommittee on Tuesday morning.

House Bill 490 would add provisions to state law allowing universities to remove employees for “bona fide financial reasons,” including financial exigency, low enrollment in ...Read more

Investigators have released surveillance photos showing a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation on Tuesday, marking a major update in the unusual case.

The images were circulated less than a day after a ransom deadline to pay Guthrie’s abductors $6 million in bitcoin passed with no sign of the 84-year-old.

The FBI ...Read more

The FBI released video and photos Tuesday afternoon showing a person who may be involved in the disappearance of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie.

FBI Director Kash Patel released the previously unseen images along with a plea for tips from the public.

“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — The EPA said Tuesday it would rescind the agency’s 2009 endangerment finding and all regulations based on its determination that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to public health requiring regulation under the Clean Air Act.

The final rule is still under interagency review and hasn’t been made public or signed by ...Read more

NEW YORK — A rainbow pride flag has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village because of a directive from the Trump administration — outraging LGBTQ New Yorkers and local elected officials who feel the move will “erase our history.”

Apparently following orders from a Jan. 21 memo from the U.S. Department of ...Read more

BOSTON — New staffing cuts proposed by Boston Public Schools’ FY27 budget may be felt across hundreds of current school employees in the coming year, hitting positions like general education teachers, bilingual education teachers and certain aides hard in a plan drawing early criticism from the district teachers union.

“The proposed BPS ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Two top Michigan Republicans defended President Donald Trump's threats to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, arguing it was appropriate leverage in negotiating a deal with the Canada.

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, and U.S. Rep. John James, a frontrunner in the Michigan GOP ...Read more

As Christian clergy across the United States participate in ongoing protests against harsh immigration enforcement actions and further funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, many are still pondering the words of Rob Hirschfeld. On Jan. 18, 2026, Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, encouraged clergy in ...Read more

If you told me a decade ago that I’d become an expert in mapping cemeteries, I would’ve laughed and been very confused about the dramatic turn my professional life must’ve taken at some point.

I’m an environmental scientist who specializes in geospatial technology, which involves analyzing the Earth and how geography plays a ...Read more

When it comes to national politics, Americans are fiercely divided across a range of issues, including gun control, election security and vaccines. It’s not new for Republicans and Democrats to be at odds over issues, but things have reached a point where even the idea of compromising appears to be anathema, making it more difficult to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sen. Bernie Sanders, a political hero among liberals and populists, next week will formally kick off the campaign to place a new tax on billionaires on California's November ballot.

The controversial proposal, which would impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets of the state's wealthiest residents, is critical to backfilling ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYPD will soon have the power to disable and take out rogue drones — and will be sending more cops to the Bronx, which was responsible for a third of the city’s shootings in 2025, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Tuesday.

The White House is expected to give the NYPD the authority to take out unauthorized drones ...Read more

Keir Starmer brushed aside divisions within the U.K.’s governing Labour Party, saying his main battle is with Nigel Farage’s poll-leading Reform U.K.

A day after surviving a call from Labour’s Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, for him to quit, Britain’s prime minister sought to move on from the drama within his own party with a pledge that ...Read more