U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his assertion that the U.S. needs Greenland for national security, urging NATO to back his efforts to gain control of the Arctic territory before a meeting of top diplomats in Washington.

“NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES,” Trump said in a ...Read more

The Iranian government continued its crackdown on protests that have swept the nation despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of action over mounting fatalities.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported that 2,571 people had been killed from late December through Wednesday, up from about 500 at the start of the week. ...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will call a snap election early in the parliamentary session starting later this month, in a bid to shore up her leadership and secure a mandate for the new ruling coalition.

Takaichi told officials from the ruling bloc that she will give more details of the dissolution on Jan. 19, according to Liberal ...Read more

NASA gave the go for the SpaceX Crew-11 mission to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday headed for an overnight splashdown back on Earth in the Pacific Ocean.

The four crew of NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, commander, and Mike Fincke, pilot, along with JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, both mission ...Read more

In the chaotic moments after he fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7, bystander video shows ICE agent Jonathan Ross approach her SUV, peer inside, then briskly walk away.

“Hey, call 911!” he yells to other agents before adjusting his mask. The SUV he arrived in then drives away amid a growing crowd of distraught neighbors.

“Don’t let him ...Read more

As part of its deportation efforts, the Trump administration has ordered states to hand over personal data from voter rolls, driver’s license records and programs such as Medicaid and food stamps.

At the same time, the administration is trying to consolidate the bits of personal data held across federal agencies, creating a single trove of ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Andrea Paola Hernández has one sister in Ecuador and another in London. She has cousins in Colombia, Chile, Argentina and the United States.

All fled poverty and political repression in Venezuela. Hernández, a human rights activist and outspoken critic of the country's authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, eventually left, ...Read more

VANDALIA, Mo. — Kathy Briggs slipped her arms through the thick straps of a brand-new baby carrier, tugging it over her beige shirt as two other women stood beside her, tightening buckles and adjusting the padded waistband.

The carrier was still stiff from its packaging, and Briggs shifted her feet as one of the women gently lifted then-6-...Read more

Thailand is gearing up for a general election Feb. 8, which could usher in the fourth prime minister in three years. The snap vote is expected to produce a coalition government, heightening the risk of continued political instability.

Political upheaval has become the norm over the last two decades. A series of short-lived administrations have...Read more

CHICAGO — In Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood on the city’s West Side, a sandwich shop on North Avenue stands as it has for more than 20 years — menu prices taped over and over again on the wall, a door that squeaks and sticks in its groove, a bulletproof service window separating servers slinging Philly subs with a pile of fries and...Read more

DENVER — President Donald Trump’s ongoing pressure campaign against Colorado has left the state’s mostly Democratic leaders on the back foot as they’ve tried to fend off threats to nearly $1 billion in federal funding, financing for a drinking water pipeline, the future of a celebrated research center and more over the past month alone. ...Read more

After escalating incidents of violence involving federal agents taking part in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, officials are looking to create "ICE-free" zones in L.A. County.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to bar immigration enforcement officers from county-owned spaces.

Lindsay ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case challenging an Idaho law that bars transgender women and girls from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.

The case began in 2020, when Idaho became the first state in the nation to pass such a sweeping law targeting trans athletes. Shortly after Gov. Brad ...Read more

Venezuela’s acting president plans to send an envoy to Washington to meet with senior U.S. officials on the same day that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be in town for her own talks in the wake of Nicolas Maduro’s ouster.

Ambassador Felix Plasencia, the chief of mission at Venezuela’s embassy in the U.K. and a former foreign ...Read more

The dark fleet of tankers shipping illicit oil around the world is rushing to seek the perceived protection of the Russian flag after the U.S. started seizing vessels involved in the Venezuelan trade.

At least 26 ships have switched registration to Russia since the beginning of last month, with the bulk of those happening after the U.S. ...Read more

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday went out of his way during his final State of the State speech to the Florida Legislature to tout his wife’s signature initiative, Hope Florida, despite a year of controversy about the program and its related charity.

In a speech that boasted of his last seven years of accomplishments, DeSantis singled out the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — About 1.4 million fewer people have signed up for Obamacare plans so far compared to last year as a federal tax credit expires and consumers confront significantly higher premiums.

While the dropoff is less severe than projections by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and others, experts warn more attrition is likely in...Read more

The damage from December's storms and flooding will cost between $40 million and $50 million, Washington transportation officials say.

The estimate, which has yet to be finalized, came Monday, on day one of the legislative session, minutes into the first House Transportation Committee meeting.

The legislators heard from John Himmel, the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested early Monday after police said he assaulted a ride-share driver in Hollywood.

Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of criminal threats after officers responded to reports of an assault on a driver in Hollywood in the early hours of Monday.

The “24” and “Stand by Me” actor, 59, was ...Read more