4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (962+ words) DALLAS -- Republicans opened their midterm convention Wednesday in Dallas afternoon, a "Trump-a-Palooza" that is putting the president at the center of this fall's midterm elections -- whether the candidates running like it or not. Many party members, including those facing tight…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (400+ words) BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Monday sought to reassure a jittery Greenland with the promise of a stronger partnership and hundreds of millions of euros in investment following repeated threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to take control of the island....

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (356+ words) WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail ballots in time for the midterms. The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1063+ words) KYIV, Ukraine -- U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held "encouraging" talks in Kyiv on Sunday in their first official visit to Ukraine, but made no breakthrough toward ending Russia's full-scale invasion. The Trump administration's push to end the fighting has…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (462+ words) CAIRO -- Iran said Sunday it struck an unmanned U.S. vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim that the U.S. military dismissed as a "total lie." The purported attack came a day after the U.S. military said forces struck three Iranian…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (310+ words) The Columbia County Quorum Court will consider Tuesday establishing a federal partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow county funds to be used for immigration control efforts. Justices of the peace will also mull appropriating $355,116 from multiple areas in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (670+ words) The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity. The numbers come from the Education…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (975+ words) NEW YORK -- Nearing the six-month mark of the Iran war and facing diminishing stockpiles of key weapons, the Trump administration is touting a crushing financial campaign against Tehran, promising an "economic D-Day" against a country that has withstood nearly five…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (772+ words) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will impose "the toughest sanctions in history" on Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday, a focus on economic measures he suggested would lessen the need for new major military operations against Tehran. His statement followed President Donald…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (684+ words) WASHINGTON -- Total U.S. debt has topped $40 trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, drawing fresh warnings that a fiscal crisis is brewing as ballooning costs for social safety-net programs and interest payments far outstrip revenues held back by…...