U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House Tuesday as the U.S. leader sought to avoid renewed bombing in Iran and instead laid the ground for further diplomacy after both sides paused tit-for-tat strikes.

“I think we have a very strong position right now,” Trump told Fox News on Tuesday...Read more

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is urging Sen. Mitch McConnell to either release more details on his health condition or resign from office.

In a letter sent to McConnell’s office Monday and obtained by the Herald-Leader, Beshear called for McConnell to “directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to ...Read more

U.S. Coast Guard crews intercepted a boat off the Bahamas on Saturday that was hauling almost 100 bales of marijuana, the service said.

Small boat crews from the Cutter Charles Sexton, along with Royal Defense Force crews, intercepted the boat off about 80 miles southwest of Inagua, an island off the eastern tip of Cuba, the Coast Guard said in...Read more

WASHINGTON — The late Sen. Lindsey Graham returned to the Capitol a final time Tuesday morning for a congressional tribute surrounded by his family, colleagues, staff and members of the Trump administration.

The South Carolina Republican’s casket sat at the center of the Capitol Rotunda, underneath the Apotheosis of Washington fresco 180 ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Last week, a Russian-crewed ship skirted past MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, the home of U.S. Central Command.

It continued east of the base to stop at Port Tampa Bay’s Citgo terminal, where it docked about six miles from the base. The 600-foot-long oil tanker, the Pyxis Lamda, drew attention for its size. And in a Facebook ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday ordered every NYC agency to find savings cuts of 2.5% as the city is projected to face a multi-billion-dollar budget gap in the upcoming fiscal year.

Chief Savings Officers, who were appointed earlier this year, will be heading these efforts. The officers have found $1.77 billion, or 1.5% in savings ...Read more

DETROIT — The number of cyclosporiasis cases reported in Michigan since the outbreak began in late June rose to 9,680 on Tuesday, a 5% increase over Monday's total.

Health officials continue to investigate the state's worst-ever outbreak of the parasitic illness, which usually only affects around 50 people each year. As of Thursday, 160 ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The state spent more than $111 million on 55 disaster support sites after Helene caused widespread flooding and destruction across western North Carolina, according to a new auditor’s report.

That averaged out to more than half a million dollars a day over a seven-month period, according to the report released Tuesday by the...Read more

You’ve been planning your dream beach vacation for months, only to arrive and find the shoreline covered in large piles of smelly, brown seaweed, with even more floating offshore. It’s disappointing, for sure – and increasingly common.

Since 2011, summer scenes like this have played out on beaches in South Florida and throughout...Read more

A recent decision by a French court requires a major European oil and gas company to report not only its own climate-warming emissions and those of its contractors but also those of its customers, who burn the oil and petroleum products the company sells.

The court’s ruling against TotalEnergies, under a French law passed in 2017, ...Read more

In recent years, a growing number of elected officials have questioned or outright denied the results of elections, sought to undermine freedom of speech, and attempted to bend electoral rules to benefit themselves.

Only a sliver of Americans say they support these kinds of antidemocratic actions. For example, just 8% of Americans ...Read more

Whether in an Oval Office proclamation signing about commercial fishing or during a Fox News interview while discussing Iran, President Donald Trump finds opportunities to share his views on transgender people.

During a June 2026 signing event, Trump claimed, in response to a question about proposed legislation regarding election ...Read more

As you may have seen in news headlines or social media memes, there’s explosive diarrhea going around. Understanding how the immune system responds to the parasite that causes the unfortunate disease called cyclosporiasis can help explain why the infection is mild in some people but can cause severe or long-lasting illness in others.

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John Jones knows about voter suppression. Currently the president of Dickinson College, Jones – nominated in 2002 by President George W. Bush and confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate – served for almost two decades as a federal court judge.

In that role, Jones presided over a case, filed just prior to the November 2020 ...Read more

World leaders, U.S. politicians from across the political spectrum and other officials gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn Lindsey Graham, a prominent lawmaker from South Carolina who died suddenly earlier this month.

Graham’s D.C. memorials began in the U.S. Capitol rotunda Tuesday morning.

Graham’s remains were carried into the U.S. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — This fog-shrouded patch of coastal forest in the heart of Northern California's Yurok Country was tended by the tribe for millennia.

But in the Gold Rush era it was taken away and, later, used by the logging industry, reshaping the landscape.

Now, as the land heals from the scars of a long-running lumber mill, it has been ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Immigration agents who descended on Los Angeles last summer referred to Latinos using slurs like "tonk" and "wet," according to body camera footage and text messages detailed in a court filing asking a federal judge to bar agents from making stops based on racial profiling.

After a June raid at Home Depot in Hollywood, body ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he’d prefer to avoid another escalation in the war with Iran and urged Tehran to make a deal, laying the ground for further diplomacy after both sides paused tit-for-tat strikes.

“I think we have a very strong position right now,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. He reiterated threats ...Read more

A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission, responsible for ...Read more