SEATTLE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lowered detention standards at the Northwest ICE Processing Center under a new short-term contract, even as newly released internal records reveal more than 170 reported incidents of sexual abuse and assault occurred there over a roughly ten-year period, according to a new report by the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military campaign that launched the war with Iran, Operation Epic Fury, “is over,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, telling reporters that a new defensive phase had begun to secure the Strait of Hormuz — though President Donald Trump later said he was pausing the effort to allow more time for a deal ...Read more

Gunfire awakened Haiti’s first lady Martine Moïse at 1 a.m. on a summer night nearly five years ago. As the popping sound drew closer to her family’s hillside home above Port-au-Prince, her initial concern was the safety of her two children, prosecutor Jason Wu said during the Miami federal trial of four men accused of plotting to kill her ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would pause a U.S.-led effort to help stranded ships exit the Strait of Hormuz to see if an agreement with Iran to end the war could be reached.

“Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can ...Read more

A federal employee in New Hampshire was arrested after emailing a death threat to the White House and conducting Google searches related to killing President Trump, the U.S. Attorney for the district of New Hampshire announced.

Nashua-resident Dean DelleChiaie, 35, a Federal Aviation Administration employee, appeared in federal court Tuesday on...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army on Tuesday shot a Tomahawk missile from its Typhon Mid-Range Capability launcher system in the Philippines during a military exercise, marking the first time it has fired such a weapon since the system’s arrival in the country two years ago, which drew a rebuke from China.

Built by Lockheed Martin Corp., the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would pause a U.S.-led effort to help stranded ships exit the Strait of Hormuz to see if an agreement with Iran to end the war could be finalized.

“Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Pentagon’s internal watchdog will conduct an evaluation “to determine the effectiveness” of President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago and other U.S. cities within the past year — moves the president said he made to either crack down on crime or assist immigration enforcement ...Read more

The Department of the Air Force is offering developers an opportunity to build artificial intelligence data centers on bases around the country, including in Alaska.

The plans stem from President Donald Trump's executive order to boost artificial intelligence in the U.S. It allows the Air Force to use "its real estate portfolio for ...Read more

Kash Patel is blaming Arizona police for botching the Nancy Guthrie investigation.

The controversial FBI director claims that his agency was blocked from assisting the Pima County Sheriff’s Department for four days after the mother of NBC personality Savannah Guthrie was reported missing from her Tucson home on Feb. 1. Patel told Fox News ...Read more

Minnesota is set to ban kiosks that sell virtual currencies like Bitcoin later this year under a bipartisan bill Gov. Tim Walz signed into law on Tuesday.

Local law enforcement and state regulators urged the Legislature to ban the kiosks because of what they described as a growing problem with scams, particularly against older adults. There are...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — After a little less than three hours of deliberations, a jury in Fort Worth has sentenced former FedEx driver Tanner Horner to the death penalty by lethal injection for the capital murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand.

The jury’s verdict was unanimous on both questions and found that Horner is a future danger to society ...Read more

More than 70 dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles were trapped and seized by police on the Bay Bridge, even as some riders abandoned their vehicles and tried to flee on foot, authorities said.

Sunday’s police action was the result of a two-month operation targeting a group of riders and organizers who police said took over city streets and ...Read more

Contending that all schools receiving Florida taxpayer support are not treated equally, the Florida Education Association and seven parents, including one from Tampa, have asked a Leon County court to find the state’s education voucher and charter school systems unconstitutional.

In their 39-page lawsuit, filed Tuesday, they argue the current...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. said offensive operations against Iran are over as it shifts to protecting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, but the targeting of another cargo vessel after a day of strikes signaled that the conflict is dragging on.

“Operation Epic Fury is concluded,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters at the White House...Read more

A South Florida man faces federal charges after allegedly posting death threats against President Donald Trump and other Cabinet officials on his social media, federal prosecutors said.

Nathaniel Sanders II, 32, of Miami Beach, is charged with threatening the president of the United States and transmitting threats in interstate commerce.

The ...Read more

A suspected outbreak of hantavirus, a rare but deadly disease that attacks the lungs, has left three people dead and several others severely ill aboard a luxury cruise ship.

Here's what we know about the voyage and the virus that also made headlines last year after it killed Gene Hackman's 65-year-old wife, Betsy Arakawa.

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military campaign that launched the war with Iran, Operation Epic Fury, “is over,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, telling reporters that a new defensive phase had begun to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

The declaration of an end to offensive operations comes as President Trump continues to threaten a new...Read more

WASHINGTON — Even if a recent flareup of military skirmishes in the Middle East merely continues but does not escalate, the clashes cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s formal assertion to Congress on May 1 that hostilities between American and Iran have “terminated.”

The renewed fighting has put intense strain on a tenuous ceasefire ...Read more