MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals of life-changing, high-risk medical devices reportedly slowed to a 10-year low for the January to March period, as sources say recent layoffs have had devastating effects.

Federal data show the regulatory agency — which has fired hundreds and rehired an unknown number of device ...Read more

Though little evidence exists suggesting northeast Nevada’s Ruby Mountains hold potential for oil production, the Trump administration canceled a Biden-era effort to rule out new leases there for 20 years.

It had only been about three months since protections were proposed when President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14154. The order ...Read more

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A man who admitted to stealing $40 from two children operating a lemonade stand outside their family’s home pleaded guilty last week to a felony theft charge.

Under an agreement Estaban Santillan reached with prosecutors, the court will hold off on entering a guilty finding for a year.

If Santillan adheres to all terms of...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is revoking legal status for migrants who entered the U.S. through a Biden-era app called CBP One and signaling plans to impose daily fines of $998 on people with deportation orders who don’t leave the country.

The Department of Homeland Security sent formal email notifications to people covered by CBP...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump spent the final hours before his tariffs were set for full implementation lining up negotiations with U.S. allies, but his insistence on pushing forward with sweeping 104% tariffs on many Chinese goods dimmed optimism that a brutal trade war would be avoided.

Trump and top administration officials on ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson plans to plead guilty in a federal public corruption case tied to allegations that she stole thousands of dollars from taxpayers in a kickback scheme that took place in City Hall, court records show.

Fernandes Anderson has signed a plea deal and intends to plead guilty, according to a ...Read more

In mid-March, the Trump administration sent more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador, using an archaic wartime law to deport many of them without any legal review or due process.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s order to send the Venezuelan nationals to a mega prison in...Read more

Over the past few weeks, as negotiations for a ceasefire in Ukraine drag on, I’ve thought back to Feb. 28, 2025: the day of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s heated visit to the Oval Office.

Zelenskyy has called the tone of the meeting “regrettable” as he tries to salvage support for Ukraine. But in some ways, he has stood by his decision...Read more

The damage from the Eaton Fire wasn’t indiscriminate. The blaze that ravaged the city of Altadena, California, in January 2025, killing 17 people and consuming over 9,000 buildings, destroyed Black Altadenans’ homes in greatest proportion.

About 48% of Black-owned homes sustained major damage or total destruction, compared with 37...Read more

“Avoid screens before bed” is one of the most common pieces of sleep advice. But what if the real problem isn’t screen time − it’s the way we use social media at night?

Sleep deprivation is one of the most widespread yet overlooked public health issues, especially among young adults and adolescents.

Despite needing ...Read more

A powerful storm system that stalled over states from Texas to Ohio for several days in early April 2025 wreaked havoc across the region, with deadly tornadoes, mudslides and flooding as rivers rose. More than a foot of rain fell in several areas.

As a climate scientist who studies the water cycle, I often get questions about how ...Read more

WASHINGTON — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House Monday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

“They will discuss El Salvador’s partnership on using their super max prison for Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members and how El Salvador’s cooperation with the United States ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office proposed major rollbacks to the state’s child labor laws earlier this year, saying changes made last year to loosen working restrictions for minors “did not go far enough,” records show.

The governor’s office crafted this year’s legislation, which would allow teenagers to work ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Jurors in the trial of Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, a Salvadoran national charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 killing of Bel Air mother Rachel Morin, were shown more graphic crime scene photos Tuesday and heard testimony from the doctor who performed Morin’s autopsy.

Forensic pathologist Dr. Zabiullah Ali ...Read more

Marjorie Taylor Greene took her DOGE agenda on the road Tuesday, but the tour didn’t go far. The Delivering on Government Efficiency Oversight Subcommittee held a field hearing on federal real estate holdings from the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, the home of the U.S. Agency for Global Media located just three blocks west of the Capitol.

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NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s hardline tariffs are rattling New York’s economy and have drawn widespread condemnation from local elected leaders, but Mayor Eric Adams refrained Tuesday from criticizing them and said he actually doesn’t “understand them” despite spending last weekend researching the issue.

“I must have spent,...Read more

Elon Musk Tuesday called White House economic adviser Peter Navarro a “moron” as rifts deepen among President Donald Trump’s supporters over his sweeping plan for tariffs.

The world’s richest man also used the R-word to insult the intelligence of Navarro, an economic populist who is one of the most outspoken advocates for higher import ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order from a federal judge in California that had required the Trump administration to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary federal workers at six agencies.

In an unsigned 7-2 order, the justices wrote that the national nonprofits who brought the case — and served as the basis of the ...Read more

Iran said it will start high-level talks with the U.S. in Oman this weekend, confirming Donald Trump’s announcement that they’ll discuss a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program.

“The talks will be held on Saturday in Oman,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday, adding that sanctions relief was Iran’s main goal. �...Read more

BALTIMORE — Tuesday morning testimony in the trial of Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, a Salvadoran national charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 killing of Bel Air mother Rachel Morin, began with more graphic crime scene information from Detective Michael Wilsynski, of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.

“It was obvious this ...Read more