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Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to...
Suspect in Canada shooting is identified as an 18-year-old with history of police visits to her home
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The suspect in a Canada school shooting was an 18-year-old who had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the attack that killed eight people in a remote part of British Columbia. Police...
FBI combs desert terrain for clues in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearanceVideo
RIO RICO, Ariz. — Fresh surveillance images from Nancy Guthrie’s porch the night she went missing, coupled with intense police activity across Arizona and the detention of a man had raised hopes that authorities were nearing a major break. But then the man was released after questioning, leaving it unclear...
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna names 6 men in Epstein files, calls for tech elite who visited island to be investigated
Congressman Ro Khanna stood on the House floor Tuesday and revealed the names of six powerful men — most of them not widely known — he implied were implicated but improperly blacked out from newly released case files on late financier and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Khanna, a Silicon...
Report: Grand jury rejects indictment against Deluzio, other lawmakers over ‘illegal orders’ video
Federal prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democratic members of Congress, including U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio of Fox Chapel, who released a video last year telling servicemembers they have an obligation to refuse illegal orders, The New York Times reported Tuesday night, citing four unnamed people familiar with...
Why the words ‘Armenian genocide’ matter after JD Vance social media reference is deleted
U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s team posted and then deleted a message on social media about the Republican’s visit to a memorial paying tribute to early 20th century Armenians killed by the Ottoman Empire. The issue was the post using the term “Armenian genocide,” a designation the U.S. government historically...
Trump-appointed judge dismisses attempt to obtain Michigan voter data in latest rejection of DOJ
LANSING, Mich. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the Department of Justice that sought to obtain Michigan’s voter rolls, marking the latest judicial rejection in President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging attempts to gain access to voter data from states. The Justice Department has sued at least 23 states...
Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday. The news is the latest sign of the FDA’s heightened scrutiny of vaccines under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., particularly...
Trump administration takes down rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument
NEW YORK — The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument, angering activists who see the change as a symbolic swipe at the country’s first national monument to LGBTQ+ history. The multicolored flag, one of the world’s most well known emblems of LGBTQ+ rights,...
U.S.-Canada bridge brouhaha deepens as White House says Trump could amend a permit for the projectVideo
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Donald Trump has the right to amend a permit for a new bridge between Canada and Michigan, prolonging the latest dispute between the U.S. and its northern neighbor hours after its prime minister signaled there could be a detente. The Gordie Howe International...
FBI search of Georgia offices relied on years-old claims of fraud, affidavit shows
ATLANTA — The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday that shows the investigation began with a referral from an administration official who tried...
U.S. to expand passport revocations for parents who owe child support, AP sources say
WASHINGTON — Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made, three U.S. officials told The...
King Charles III seeks ‘moral high ground’ with pledge to help police as Epstein scandal deepensVideo
LONDON — In an earlier era, Britain’s royal family might have tried to bury the scandal surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Not during the reign of King Charles III. Since October, the king has stripped his younger brother of the right to be called prince, forced him to...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claimsVideo
WASHINGTON — Under questioning from Democrats on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after the late financier’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Lutnick’s previous claim that he had cut ties with him after 2005. Lutnick again downplayed his...
Health care workers want ICE out of hospitals, and blue states are responding
Last month, the parents of a 7-year-old girl whose nose wouldn’t stop bleeding took her to Portland Adventist Health in Portland, Oregon, for urgent care. Before the family could get through the doors, federal immigration agents reportedly detained them in the parking lot and took them to a detention center...
Governors won’t hold Trump meeting after White House only invited Republicans
WASHINGTON — The National Governors Association will no longer hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when the group of state leaders meet in Washington later this month after the White House planned to invite only Republicans. “NGA staff was informed that the White House intends to limit invitations...
A person has been detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy GuthrieVideo
TUCSON, Ariz. —A person has been detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, according to two people familiar with the matter. The people said the person was detained Tuesday in an area south of Tucson. They did not immediately provide additional details, and it wasn’t clear if the...
Man convicted of killing a traveling salesman scheduled for 1st Florida execution of 2026
STARKE, Fla. — A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a robbery is set to be executed Tuesday evening in the first lethal injection this year in Florida. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near...
Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule rescinding a...
Syria joining anti-IS coalition ‘marks a new chapter’ in global security, U.S. envoy says
BEIRUT — The U.S.-led international coalition to fight the Islamic State group has welcomed Syria in the fight against the extremists, saying that the priorities include the swift transfer of IS detainees to Iraq and third-country repatriation of families linked to IS held in two camps in Syria. The State...
ICE chief defends his officers’ actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters
WASHINGTON — Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president’s mass deportation plans. Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing...
Russia can’t attack NATO this year but plans to boost its own forces, an intelligence chief says
LONDON — Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine, a senior European intelligence official said. Speaking in an online briefing with journalists, Kaupo Rosin,...
Israeli drone strike kills 2 cyclists in Gaza as death toll mounts despite ceasefire
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Two Palestinians on bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday, hospital officials said, marking the latest deaths since an October ceasefire that hasn’t halted deadly attacks in the Gaza Strip. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said the two men were hit near the ceasefire...
When conflict meets competition: Trump’s immigration agenda roils opening days of Winter Olympics
LIVIGNO, Italy — As the Winter Olympics opened in Milan, Vice President JD Vance hailed the competition as “one of the few things that unites the entire country.” That unity didn’t last long. The early days of the Milan Cortina Games have been roiled by the tumultuous political debate in...
How Americans’ optimism about their future has changed, according to new polling
WASHINGTON — Americans’ hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling. In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to evaluate how good their life will be in about five years, the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking this...
