President Donald Trump plans to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary — and his own 80th birthday — in June by watching bare-chested and bloody UFC fighters kick, punch and choke each other on the storied South Lawn of the White House.

Later, during the administration's summer-long festival to commemorate the signing of the Declaration ...Read more

MIAMI — The Trump administration deported a longtime Marathon, Florida, resident with temporary protected status to Haiti despite a federal judge’s order that has kept the protections in place — and then allowed him to come back to the U.S. two weeks later.

Law enforcement agents picked up Brulan during a routine traffic stop on April 12 ...Read more

Over his decades as a marine biologist, Randall Davis’ research has taken him across the world. He’s studied otters in Alaska, sea turtles in St. Croix and sperm whales in the remote Ogasawara Islands hundreds of miles south of Japan.

But in recent weeks, Davis’ science has taken him to a place few career researchers want to be: at the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump “remains in excellent health,” according to the White House doctor, after undergoing a physical earlier this week that included a cognitive test.

A memorandum by the physician, Capt. Sean Barbabella, concluded that Trump, who turns 80 next month, “is fully fit to carry out all duties of the commander ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said it will appeal a judge’s authority to order across-the-board refunds of all tariffs ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court, potentially injecting legal chaos into a claims process that’s already underway.

The Justice Department filed notice on Friday that it will appeal a court order compelling ...Read more

ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana’s parliament passed a Draconian anti-LGBTQ bill Friday, months after it was reintroduced in parliament.

The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill prescribes prison sentences of as much as three years for people who identify as LGBTQ. It compels anyone who knows someone to be gay to report them to authorities, and ...Read more

After eating a lot of fast food, some of it on roller coasters, YouTuber Allen Ferrell has been banned by Six Flags from all of its amusement parks nationwide. For life.

McDonald’s chicken nuggets were apparently an ultra-processed food item too far for the folks at Six Flags’ Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

“This guest has been banned ...Read more

Even though Blue Origin suffered a massive explosion of its New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday night, two other launch providers pushed forward with missions Friday on the Space Coast.

The second launch of the day was a United Launch Alliance Atlas V, which lifted off at 7:53 a.m. Eastern time on the Amazon Leo 7...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a $1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court.

In an order on Friday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams gave the ...Read more

LONGVIEW, Wash. — Minutes before he died, Jared Ammons texted his wife from his job at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. Hardly an hour ever passed that the two weren’t sending messages back and forth.

“He texted me that he loves me and that I’m beautiful,” Mackenzie Ammons, 32, said in an interview with The Seattle Times on Friday, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man accused of attacking multiple female UCLA students overnight and attempting to kidnap or sexually assault them was arrested Friday, authorities said.

The suspect was identified as Olumuyiwa Akindahunsi, a 29-year-old homeless man not affiliated with the university, according to the University of California, Los Angeles ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The mother of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro — who claimed her son had been kidnapped, kicking off a frantic search in Southern California's Inland Empire region — now faces a lengthy prison sentence after admitting to charges related to her role in the infant's disappearance and death.

Rebecca Renee Haro, 42, had initially ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis on Friday again vetoed a pro-union bill aimed at making it easier for organized Colorado workers to negotiate with their employers.

Widely supported by Democrats in the state legislature since its predecessor was introduced in the 2025 session, House Bill 1005 would have repealed a section of Colorado law that ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Will Gov. Ron DeSantis’ tax plan eliminate property taxes for Floridians who own the home they live in?

Even the plan itself isn’t clear.

DeSantis’ long-awaited property tax amendment contradicts itself, leaves key details vague and goes much further than what he pitched to the public on Wednesday, such as extending...Read more

The future of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts once again hangs in the balance after a ruling handed down Friday by a federal judge ordered the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the exterior of the building within two weeks and a halt to the Trump administration's planned two-year closure of the venue.

The 94-page ...Read more

BOSTON — After public outcry, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city is restoring her proposed $724,000 cut to the veterans’ services office through a new $1 million public-private partnership with Brighton Marine.

Wu announced Friday that Brighton Marine, a local nonprofit, has committed $1 million to the City of Boston to support veterans...Read more

WASHINGTON — A framework agreement to end the U.S. war with Iran is all but settled, pending sign-off from the presidents of the two warring sides, President Donald Trump said Friday, projecting optimism that a deal could finally be at hand.

Yet doubt cast a shadow over the diplomatic process entering the weekend as Trump faced a politically ...Read more

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — With all evacuation orders lifted and the threat of a catastrophic blast averted, city and county officials are working another problem: How much will the response to the malfunctioning chemical tank in Garden Grove cost, and who will pay for it?

Nearly 50,000 people were displaced from their homes over Memorial Day ...Read more