The Trump administration will be overhauling the SNAP program in two major steps, forcing Pennsylvania to pay more for the federal food program and jeopardizing those in need, according to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office.

The first phase begins Oct. 1, when states will have to pay for 75% of the expense of administering the Supplemental Nutrition ...Read more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump plan to meet in Gracie Mansion Monday, as world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly — marking the latest episode in the unusually friendly odd-couple relationship between the two polar-opposite pols.

City Hall confirmed the meeting Sunday, saying in a statement, �...Read more

The Puget Sound region is heating up; there’s no doubt about it.

The years 2025 and 2026 saw warmer-than-usual temperatures across Western Washington, from Olympia to Bellingham. It’s not just here. NOAA recently reported that 2026 was the warmest summer on record for the contiguous United States.

And not just in the air. Puget Sound’s ...Read more

The Missouri Attorney General’s office is cracking down on prediction markets that compete with the state’s licensed sports betting operators — and don't pay state taxes on the bets.

Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s office announced Friday that it has sent cease-and-desist letters to companies like Polymarket, Kalshi and Robinhood, ...Read more

Friedrich Merz said he would stay put as German chancellor even after his party suffered its worst-ever result in a state election, with a projection showing the conservatives poised to be expelled from a regional assembly for the first time in the country’s post-World War II history.

The Christian Democratic Union won 4.9% of the vote in the...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested he would modify plans for a large triumphal arch in the capital by including staging areas for U.S. military snipers and to launch drones.

The idea appears to be Trump’s latest attempt to sell the idea of building a towering arch, which has spurred questions about whether it would dwarf Washington, U.S.’s ...Read more

Friedrich Merz said he would stay put as German chancellor and conservative leader even after his party suffered its worst-ever result in a state election, as he moved to counter pressure mounting in his ranks for him to step aside.

The Christian Democratic Union won 5% of the vote in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Sunday, ...Read more

As the Liberal Democrats gather for their annual conference in Brighton this weekend, leader Ed Davey is under pressure to answer a simple question: Why isn’t Britain’s third-largest political party doing better?

Despite winning more than 70 seats at the last general election, a Lib Dem record, the centrist party’s poll ratings have been...Read more

A key suspect in the July 7, 2021, assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse was flown out of Haiti on Sunday by U.S. authorities, along with a group of 17 jailed Colombian commandos accused of taking part in the brutal killing.

A U.S. military aircraft arrived on the tarmac at Port-au-Prince’s international airport shortly before 11 ...Read more

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives posted their worst-ever result in a German state election, where exit polls showed his party with single-digit support in a northeastern Baltic coast region and trailing a far-left party in Berlin.

The Christian Democratic Union won 5.5% of the vote in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on ...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested he would modify plans for a large triumphal arch in the capital by including staging areas for U.S. military snipers and to launch drones.

The idea appears to be Trump’s latest attempt to sell the idea of building a towering arch, which has spurred questions about whether it would dwarf Washington, D.C.’s ...Read more

Friedrich Merz’s chancellorship has never been more at risk as two regional elections on Sunday threaten to destabilize his 16-month tenure as German leader.

In the Baltic coast state of Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania, Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats risk missing the 5% electoral threshold to enter state parliament — which would ...Read more

The Moscow Oil Refinery was hit during drone attacks that were part of the largest overnight Ukrainian barrage this year, as Russia entered the final day of voting in its parliamentary elections.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it downed 1,110 Ukrainian drones across 19 regions of Russia as well as in Crimea, which the Kremlin annexed in 2014....Read more

Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said Gulf states must work together to restore stability in the region and help find a settlement between the U.S. and Iran.

“We are hoping this war is a wake-up call for everyone,” Al-Thani said at the Qatar Economic Forum in New York on Sunday. “We have to act together...Read more

U.S. and Chinese officials began talks in New York to lay the groundwork for a high-profile summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to maintain — and potentially extend — a fragile trade truce.

The negotiators, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China’s Vice Premier...Read more

DENVER — St. Mary’s Glacier is gone.

And it may never return to its glory days as an iconic snowfield above 10,000 feet in Clear Creek County, where it drew year-round skiers and graced postcards mailed home by thousands of tourists who visited Colorado’s mountains.

The remaining bits of snow and ice melted away this past week, leaving ...Read more

Ismael and Guadalupe never imagined they would have to watch their teenage daughter’s funeral from 2,000 miles away. But last month, the parents gathered with their three younger children in the front room of their St. Paul home to say goodbye to Kimberly, a 16-year-old daughter who dreamed of a life in the U.S.

Flowers and candles formed a ...Read more