National News

5:40 PM on Friday, August 21

The Trump administration has notified Congress of its plans to pay more than $800 million of the several billion it owes to the United Nations

4:52 PM on Friday, August 21

The 250th anniversary of U.S. independence was just months away when National Park Service employees received a directive from Washington

4:33 PM on Friday, August 21

Ed Martin, a loyal White House ally who held multiple Justice Department posts despite unconventional tactics that sometimes rankled his superiors, is leaving President Donald Trump’s administration

4:23 PM on Friday, August 21

U.S. stocks rose and trimmed their losses from a shaky week

4:19 PM on Friday, August 21

In his most recent challenge to the results of the 2020 U.S. election, President Donald Trump this week cited a report claiming to show that thousands of noncitizens voted, a practice studies have found to be extremely rare

3:12 PM on Friday, August 21

U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened people in 15 states

1:24 PM on Friday, August 21

Philanthropist Nancy Kissinger, the wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, has died

1:11 PM on Friday, August 21

Nearly 200 activists in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump's promotion of coal to power artificial intelligence data centers

1:04 PM on Friday, August 21

Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx co-owner Marc Lore has agreed to sell his controlling stake in the franchises to limited partner Marc Stad at a $4.5 billion value barely a year after his purchase was finalized, according to a person with knowledge of the deal

12:20 PM on Friday, August 21

President Donald Trump has announced his administration will temporarily allow more beef imports into the U.S. without triggering higher tariffs

12:20 PM on Friday, August 21

Ukrainian officials say Russian drones have hit a shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih, killing at least 15 people and wounding scores more

12:02 PM on Friday, August 21

Federal investigators have pulled intact data cards from a state police helicopter and Cessna aircraft that collided near a runway in central Pennsylvania

11:20 AM on Friday, August 21

A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a court order that would have granted thousands of athletes an extra year of eligibility

11:02 AM on Friday, August 21

The mother of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed after Israeli forces fired on her family’s car wants an independent inquiry into her death

10:33 AM on Friday, August 21

Cleanup efforts and damage assessment are underway in Delaware's capital and on Long Island, New York, after tornadoes touched down

7:20 AM on Friday, August 21

Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay 9.5 million pounds to the publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail

12:01 AM on Friday, August 21

Vice President JD Vance has returned to his hometown to campaign for Republican candidates at a steel plant where his grandfather worked

12:01 AM on Friday, August 21

President Donald Trump's administration is touting a crushing financial campaign against Iran

7:03 PM on Thursday, August 20

Two former organizers of Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted in a national security case

7:41 AM on Thursday, August 20

The premier of a Canadian province launched a blistering attack on U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, calling him a “bad person” and “not to be trusted” and urging Canada to keep fighting rather than rush to make concessions in trade talks with Washington