National News

11:17 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The wife of a U.S. Army sergeant is being held at an immigration detention facility in El Paso, Texas

9:38 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Oregon for the death of his then-girlfriend in a 1980s cold case that was recently reopened

7:24 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A U.S. appeals court says Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms

6:50 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The owner of the gun that was used by a gunman to kill eight children in Louisiana on Sunday says the firearm was stolen from his truck, according to court documents

4:16 PM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump is nominating University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan as the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers

4:07 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas issued in the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan, with officials asking for voluntary interviews instead of testimony before a grand jury

2:22 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Southern Poverty Law Center has been charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants

11:43 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico’s iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the deadly 1999 shooting at Columbine High School

11:34 AM on Tuesday, April 21

A college student from China has been charged with illegally taking photos of U.S. military planes in Nebraska during a multistate road trip

9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 21

A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year

7:36 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has resigned, doing so just moments before the start of a hearing that could have led to a recommendation that she be expelled from Congress

7:08 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Apple has announced that John Ternus will become the next CEO, taking over from Tim Cook on September 1

4:17 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The former civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.K. ambassador to Washington says he felt pressure from the prime minister's office to rush through the appointment despite security concerns

4:11 AM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump says the United States is indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from the Islamic Republic

1:13 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea at the end of his four-nation African trip

12:41 AM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump says he is extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request while awaiting a “unified proposal” from Tehran, even as the U.S. military maintains its blockade of Iranian ports

12:03 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S. House seats in this year’s midterm elections

12:01 AM on Tuesday, April 21

A Florida man who set his neighbor on fire when she came upon him burglarizing her home has been executed

11:38 PM on Monday, April 20

South Korean police are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investment fraud investigation

1:37 PM on Monday, April 20

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend