PHILADELPHIA — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will join Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at Independence National Historical Park on Friday in preparation for the July 4, 2026, celebration of the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, according to two people familiar with the event.

Burgum will be setting foot in the park just days ...Read more

House Republican leaders overcame a key procedural hurdle Wednesday evening, paving the way for floor consideration of the short-term stopgap funding measure they will need to pass with GOP votes later this week due to near-uniform Democratic objections.

The chamber adopted the rule for floor debate on the bill on a 216-210 party-line vote. For...Read more

A Republican lawmaker revealed for the first time Wednesday that there is a quasi-list of suspected clients of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that can be compiled from a series of witness statements and other evidence gathered by the FBI.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) told the House Judiciary Committee that he thinks the FBI has the names of at ...Read more

A Sunday memorial service honoring slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will feature speakers including President Trump, Vice President Vance, pundit Tucker Carlson and Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk.

A total of 12 people — which also include National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Health and Human ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will formally designate antifa as a “MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” as the White House begins to fulfill its pledge to investigate what it calls left-wing extremism in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Trump telegraphed such a move earlier in the week, saying he would support ...Read more

China and South Korea’s top diplomats pledged to deepen their strategic partnership in their first meeting since Seoul’s leadership change earlier this year.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with China’s Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday, urging Beijing’s cooperation to bring North Korea back to the dialogue table. South Korean ...Read more

LONDON — King Charles III urged the defense of Ukraine and the environment as he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump and top tech and finance executives for a lavish state dinner at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.

“Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine to deter aggression,” the...Read more

Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student detained for more than three months before being freed, has been ordered deported to Syria or Algeria by a U.S. immigration judge, his lawyer said.

Khalil, who was born in Syria and is Palestinian, became a symbol of the Trump administration’s crackdown on campus protests over ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s decision to label alleged drug-runners in the Caribbean as “narco-terrorists” has spurred fresh debate over the legality of his strategy — and prompted speculation he could step up other controversial efforts to pursue enemies at home.

Trump’s team has dismissed criticism of the killings this ...Read more

A man with a reported history of directing anger toward Muslims pleaded guilty Wednesday to setting fires on successive days that damaged two Twin Cities mosques.

Jackie Rahm Little, 38, of Plymouth, admitted in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to one count each of arson and damage to religious property, the latter considered a federal hate ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The source of a security footage leak of Bryan Kohberger in an Idaho prison cell remains undiscovered a month after videos of the man convicted of killing four University of Idaho students published online in direct violation of Idaho Department of Correction policy.

Prison leaders pledged in August to root out the individual �...Read more

WASHINGTON — For the second day in a row, the House passed legislation that would counteract local D.C. crime and policing laws, angering local advocates.

A number of Democrats crossed the aisle to vote with their Republican colleagues this week, ignoring pleas from D.C. leaders. Some described a sense of betrayal.

“(Minority Leader) ...Read more

Former President Barack Obama condemned the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, calling it an “inflection point” for the nation, while declaring political violence a “threat to us all.”

“Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy,” he said, per The...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took a final procedural step Wednesday to speed up consideration of President Donald Trump’s lower-level nominees, setting up the confirmation of dozens of appointees as early as this week.

The chamber voted 47-52 on a procedural question over the votes needed to invoke cloture on an executive resolution to ...Read more

University of California police will be replenishing and increasing their stockpile of military-grade weapons and equipment — including drones, bullets and thousands of pepper-ball rounds — as part of an annual request approved Wednesday by the governing board of regents.

As UC's handling of protests and campus security comes under scrutiny...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Heading into the final months of this year, residents in the San Diego area should prepare for a potentially combustible peak wildfire season.

“The outlook is not good,” Cal Fire/San Diego County Fire Chief Tony Mecham said Wednesday, citing a lack of rain in recent months that has left vegetation parched. “The fuels are ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Adams Wednesday called on the City Council to pass legislation that would wind down the carriage horse industry in New York, while instructing city agencies to prepare for a ban of the iconic symbols of Central Park.

“I’m calling on the City Council to do what they should have done long ago: end the horse carriage ...Read more

Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced Wednesday he is running for governor, becoming the 10th Republican to enter the race.

Taylor resigned his post as attorney general last month after serving in the position since 2021. He is the second former member of Gov. Mike Dunleavy's cabinet to enter the race.

Dunleavy is termed out ...Read more

DENVER — The 18-year-old Evergreen High School student who was wounded during a shooting at the school last week warned fellow students about the attack as it unfolded, his uncle said in a video statement released Wednesday by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Matthew Silverstone remains in critical condition after the shooting and may...Read more