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2:10 PM on Thursday, January 8

A federal judge has directed the Trump administration to stop purging words it associates with diversity, equity and inclusion from Head Start grant applications and barred it from laying off any more federal employees in the federal Office of Head Start

2:10 PM on Thursday, January 8

President Donald Trump is causing some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week

2:03 PM on Thursday, January 8

A new study finds that some gifted dogs can learn the names of new toys by eavesdropping

2:02 PM on Thursday, January 8

Officials say severe storms moving through Oklahoma kicked up high winds and two possible tornadoes

1:40 PM on Thursday, January 8

Investigators say a shooting outside a church in Salt Lake City that killed two people and injured six others grew out of a dispute between people who knew each other and were attending a funeral

12:31 PM on Thursday, January 8

The head of Venezuela's national assembly says a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners will be released from prison as a gesture to “seek peace.”

11:59 AM on Thursday, January 8

A judge has disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James

11:50 AM on Thursday, January 8

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman in a moving vehicle in Minneapolis this week, sparking renewed questions about use-of-force rules

9:43 AM on Thursday, January 8

The head of Minnesota’s state investigations agency says the U.S. attorney’s office has barred it from taking part in the investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman

9:02 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela

8:46 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere

8:22 AM on Thursday, January 8

The White House is planning to to share details of President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom at a monthly meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission

8:05 AM on Thursday, January 8

As a shooting unfolded at Brown University on Dec. 13, students turned to the anonymous app Sidechat to document fear, confusion and grief in real time — often before receiving official alerts

7:49 AM on Thursday, January 8

New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan unveiled by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani

7:16 AM on Thursday, January 8

Denmark has welcomed a meeting with the U.S. next week to discuss the Trump administration's renewed interest in acquiring Greenland

4:56 AM on Thursday, January 8

Protests have erupted in Iran's capital following a call by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for mass demonstrations

2:13 AM on Thursday, January 8

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to deliver his final State of the State address to lawmakers in Sacramento on Thursday

12:24 AM on Thursday, January 8

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen and mother of a 6-year-old

11:40 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Modest moves for Wall Street overall are masking big gains underneath the surface for makers of weapons and other military equipment

10:28 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Protesters have confronted federal officers in Minneapolis the day after a woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer