The war in Ukraine must end and the shooting stop immediately, said President-elect Donald Trump in a statement Sunday.

Trump, in late night social media postings that came following the apparent demise of President Bashar al-Assad’s Russian-backed regime in Syria, said that now is the time for an end to the war in Ukraine.

“There should ...Read more

In his first network news appearance since his nearly unprecedented political comeback and election victory, President-elect Donald Trump said he’s planning to undo part of the U.S. constitution via executive action and that he hopes to see several sitting and former members of Congress locked up.

Trump, during a pre-recorded interview with ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump announced that his personal lawyer Alina Habba will join his White House team and serve as counselor to the president.

“She has been unwavering in her loyalty, and unmatched in her resolve —standing with me through numerous ‘trials,’ battles and countless days in Court,” he said in a statement Sunday.

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Australia has signed a treaty with the Pacific nation of Nauru which gives Canberra a veto over security and infrastructure partners, dealing another blow to China’s efforts to expand its strategic presence in the region.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the new pact alongside Nauru’s President David Adeang in ...Read more

Red flag warnings will go into effect early Monday for large swaths of Southern California, from Los Angeles to San Diego, due to strong Santa Ana winds, according to the National Weather Service.

The strong dry winds combined with warm temperatures and low humidity will bring fire weather to the San Gabriel and Santa Monica mountains as well ...Read more

Minnesota is reporting the highest number of whooping cough cases in more than a decade, the state Department of Health says.

As of last Wednesday, 2,324 cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, were reported by health care facilities, medical labs and schools and child care centers, with the majority in the Twin Cities metro. That’s ...Read more

Members of the Democratic Governors Association chose Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to serve in leadership of the national organization for the next two years.

America’s Democratic governors voted Saturday in Los Angeles for Beshear to be vice chair in 2025 and chair-elect in 2026, according to a news release from the DGA.

Beshear secured his ...Read more

Immigrant rights organizations in the Valley are in a mad dash to alert immigrant families of their constitutional rights as President-elect Donald Trump promises to carry out the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history.

Trump pledged during his presidential campaign that he would pursue mass deportations of immigrants. He’s also ...Read more

Key allies of Emmanuel Macron are heaping pressure on the French president to name a new prime minister quickly, with time running short to pass a stopgap spending bill before the end of the year.

Francois Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician who’s been cited as a possible premier, warned over the weekend that “we can’t continue like ...Read more

The New York Police Department released two new photos Saturday night of the man suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

First reported by NBC News and the New York Post, the images are the latest update in the search for the man sought in the Dec. 4 killing of Thompson, a Maple Grove resident who worked at the ...Read more

A moose was illegally shot in Anchorage's Kincaid Park in 2020. The next year, three Dall sheep were killed in the McHugh Creek area of Chugach State Park and another moose was shot illegally in Bear Valley on the city's Hillside.

Several years later — and with the help of a wildlife photographer and another witness — three men were charged...Read more

Frank Bisignano, the chief executive officer of financial-technology company Fiserv Inc., has long had the reputation as a fixer on Wall Street. Now, he’s being tasked with fixing one of the biggest issues the U.S. faces: Social Security.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Bisignano to lead the Social Security Administration, an almost ...Read more

American Airlines is no longer resuming its daily service out of Miami into Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport as of early February.

A spokesperson for the U.S.-based carrier told the Miami Herald that it will evaluate a possible resumption in late 2025 of the only daily service out of Miami International Airport into...Read more

The San Diego Unified School Board is weighing recommendations to build 1,000 income-restricted apartments on five of its properties across the city, with a goal of housing 10% of its employees within the next decade, in what would mark a significant expansion of the district’s decade-old real estate strategy.

“The time has come for us to ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in a yearslong legal battle over a contentious proposed railroad that could send tens of millions more gallons of crude oil along the Colorado River, including near the critical water source’s headwaters in Colorado.

Opponents of the 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway — led by Colorado’s ...Read more

U.S. airstrikes hit dozens of Islamic State targets in central Syria on Sunday as President Joe Biden cautioned that Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power could open the door to a resurgence of Islamic extremism.

“We’re clear-eyed about the fact that ISIS will try to take advantage of any vacuum to reestablish its capabilities and create a ...Read more

U.S. President Joe Biden hailed a “moment of historic opportunity” for Syria and the broader Middle East after the Syrian regime was toppled.

The early morning ouster of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president whose country has suffered from a complicated and multilayered civil war since the Arab Spring protests of 2011, is “also a moment ...Read more

KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, shortly after a meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, claiming Kyiv ‘’would like to make a deal’’ to end the more than 1,000-day war.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump claimed that Moscow and Kyiv have ...Read more

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government has fallen after a stunning territorial advance by opposition groups over the past few days.

Assad and his family arrived in Moscow, where they were granted asylum by the Russian government, Russian state agency TASS reported Sunday.

Earlier, Syrian state television announced the “triumph of ...Read more