WASHINGTON — Several Arab nations joined Pakistan in trying to push for a resolution to the Iran war as they urged President Donald Trump to allow more time for negotiations.

While there were some indications of progress in talks to end the conflict, Axios and CBS News reported that Trump was preparing for a possible fresh round of strikes, ...Read more

RIO DE JANEIRO — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is leading Brazil’s presidential election as Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro suffers from his ties to the man at the center of a massive banking scandal, a new poll showed.

Lula leads Bolsonaro by 4 percentage points, 47% to 43%, in a hypothetical runoff election, according to a Datafolha survey ...Read more

A top Pentagon official’s remarks that the U.S. had halted arms sales to Taiwan to ensure sufficient munitions for the Iran war are the latest sign that the conflict has sapped American military readiness, including for a potential confrontation with China.

“We’re doing a pause in order to make sure we have the munitions we need for Epic...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Pop crooner and "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Girardi quietly put an end to a long and splashy legal battle over her ex-husband's now-defunct law firm on Thursday, settling a $25 million bankruptcy lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court.

The suit alleged the singer should have known she was profiting off embezzled ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The contract for management and operation of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be opened up to a competitive bidding process for the first time in its history, the space agency announced Friday.

The action forces the California Institute of Technology to compete for control of the La Cañada Flintridge institution it has ...Read more

NEW YORK — Lawyers for Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil said Friday they would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Trump administration from deporting him after a federal appeals court declined to rehear his case.

In a 6-5 decision, the Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals denied Khalil�...Read more

A Washingtonian who was convicted after participating in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 had his judgment overturned Thursday by an appellate court.

Ethan Nordean, an Auburn man and member of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison in 2023 after a jury convicted him of seditious conspiracy, ...Read more

SpaceX’s debut of its next-generation version of Starship managed to take flight Friday after an issue on the launch tower forced a scrub on Thursday night, but did face some engine headaches after liftoff.

The first flight of Version 3 of Starship and Super Heavy lifted off near the opening of a 90-minute launch window just after 5:30 p.m. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — If Minnesota lawmakers have their way, children 15 and under would need parental permission to have social media accounts, and the features available to them would be sharply limited.

A bill limiting youth access to social media sites won broad support from both parties, but its fate is uncertain. Gov. Tim Walz has not yet ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A leaking chemical tank is going to fail or explode in an “unprecedented” event that saw officials order thousands of Orange County residents to evacuate parts of six cities until it happens, authorities announced Friday afternoon.

“At that point, we know the tank is going into thermal runaway,” Orange County Fire ...Read more

NEW YORK — ICE agents arrested more than 5,000 people in New York City between January 2025 and March 2026, even using deception in pursuit of their efforts to take people into custody, according to a new City Hall audit that documented the extent of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the five boroughs.

The dramatic ...Read more

DENVER — Tens of millions of federal dollars will finally flow to an effort by a coalition of Western Slope governments to purchase some of the largest and most senior water rights on the Colorado River.

For more than a year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has withheld $40 million awarded to the Colorado River District for the purchase of the...Read more

NEW YORK — A fire at a Staten Island dockyard sparked a massive explosion that left 16 people — including 13 firefighters and two emergency medics — hospitalized on Friday, according to the FDNY.

The blaze ignited in the basement of a metal building at the rear of the coastal facility in Mariners Harbor around 3:30 p.m., fire officials ...Read more

The Trump administration has announced a new policy that requires most people seeking permanent residency in the U.S. return to their home countries to apply, one of the biggest blows President Donald Trump has dealt to legal migration since returning to the White House.

In a memo issued Thursday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — Even before Memorial Day Weekend marked the beginning of Yosemite National Park’s high season, many visitors experienced hours-long wait times at entrance gates that led to jam-packed parking lots before mid-morning.

Known for its soaring views and rushing waterfalls nestled in the Sierra Nevada, California’s most visited...Read more

A federal judge in Tennessee dismissed the human smuggling case against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant, after concluding the government had brought the case as retaliation for his legal fight against being deported.

U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. said in his 32-page ruling Friday the evidence showed the government ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For much of President Donald Trump’s second term, Republican senators have largely stayed in line, wary of the consequences of defying a president with a history of targeting those who cross him. This week, that dynamic noticeably shifted.

Senate Republicans blocked two of Trump’s legislative priorities, angered by the push ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — An attempt to cap debate early on redrawing the state’s congressional maps for 2026 failed in the South Carolina Senate, making it more challenging for the General Assembly to pass the redistricting bill before in-person early voting begins.

GOP state Sen. Larry Grooms asked to suspend typical Senate rules in order to limit...Read more