WASHINGTON — The White House has been in spike-the-football mode since President Donald Trump signed his sweeping tax and domestic policy agenda into law. But the jubilation was interrupted Tuesday as the president and his Cabinet members faced questions on the administration’s trade policy and response to deadly Texas floods.

The ...Read more

If Congress this month approves the White House’s request to cancel $1 billion in federal funding for the United Nations system, experts say it will further exacerbate an already crisis-level financial shortfall for the global intergovernmental organization that the U.S. worked over decades to sustain.

The Trump administration included $1 ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump move ahead with plans to dramatically reduce the size of the federal government, lifting a court order that had blocked 19 federal departments and agencies from slashing their workforces.

Granting a Trump request over one dissent, the justices on Tuesday cleared the administration to implement ...Read more

President Donald Trump vowed to push forward with his aggressive tariff regime in the coming days, stressing he would not offer additional extensions on country-specific levies set to now hit in early August while indicating he could announce substantial new rates on imports of copper and pharmaceuticals.

The posturing on social media and at a...Read more

CHICAGO — A Champaign abortion provider accused in a lawsuit of perforating a patient’s uterus and leaving half a fetus inside her body has been reprimanded and fined in connection with that case by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, according to records obtained by the Tribune.

Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle of ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — By the time Chantal had reached central North Carolina on Sunday, July 6, it had already been downgraded to a tropical depression.

The storm, which made landfall Sunday in South Carolina as a tropical storm, brought heavy rain to central North Carolina, with areas in Alamance, Orange, Durham and Chatham counties seeing the ...Read more

The tax break of up to $7,500 on new or leased electric vehicles, as well as the $4,000 credit for used EVs, will be gone after Sept. 30.

To clean energy advocates around the country, that means consumers will pay more and the environment will suffer.

The credit for used EVs in particular is a “lost opportunity to reduce transportation ...Read more

Antisemitism is a “pervasive and escalating problem” in local K-12 schools, according to a Bay State commission that’s issuing recommendations for districts to address the growing issue.

The Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism is out with its initial findings and recommendations when it comes to K-12 education in ...Read more

Search crews slogged through thick mud and debris Tuesday in central Texas, where more than 100 people are confirmed dead after catastrophic flooding.

Authorities described the search as grueling and slow-moving, with unstable rubble piles and high water complicating recovery efforts along the Guadalupe River. Governor Greg Abbott, visiting ...Read more

MIAMI — As Ohad Fisherman sat clasping his newlywed’s hand in a law office with a stunning bay view high above downtown Miami just a day after his rape charge was dismissed, one thing was abundantly clear: His defense team believes the state charged Fisherman and the Alexander twins for a sex crime that it made little effort to prove.

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The New Jersey city of Newark began enforcing a nightly curfew this week, which runs from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. every night for anyone under age 18.

The curfew will remain in place until school starts again in September, WCBS reported. Prior to Monday, the curfew had been limited to the weekends, covering Friday through Sunday nights.

“When we ...Read more

A Delta flight traveling from Atlanta to San Diego made an unplanned landing in Texas after a passenger began disrobing and had to be restrained.

One witness on the flight told San Diego’s NBC 7 she suspects drugs or alcohol may have been a factor in Saturday’s incident.

“He kept saying ‘I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna see my...Read more

CHICAGO — Less than 10 months after reporting to federal prison, Edward Burke was released to begin spending the rest of his sentence in the Chicago area Tuesday, according to federal officials.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons released a statement verifying the release.

“Edward M. Burke transferred on July 8, 2025, from the Federal Correctional...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would not offer any extensions for the implementation of increased tariffs on many goods imported into the U.S., pledging that new rates would hit at the beginning of August.

“TARIFFS WILL START BEING PAID ON AUGUST 1, 2025. There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change,” ...Read more

President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at Russia’s Vladimir Putin for “throwing bulls–t at us” and claimed he didn’t know who ordered a brief pause in defense assistance to Ukraine last week.

In a dramatic shift in tone, Trump accused Putin of spewing double talk on Ukraine and sounded far more supportive of embattled Kyiv.

“We ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities said Monday that they expect to identify, by Wednesday, the remains of seven people likely killed in last week’s fireworks warehouse explosion near Esparto.

But, nearly a week after the blast, local officials offered few new details about why the facility in the farmlands of western Yolo County burst into ...Read more

On “Liberation Day” on April 2, Donald Trump gushed about how trade was finally going to tilt in America’s favor after decades of its workers and companies being “plundered.” For the president, unfettered tariffs would soon make the U.S. “an entirely different country.”

Spelling out his policy of so-called reciprocity with ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Someone pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio used AI-generated voice technology and a fake Signal account to contact foreign officials and at least one member of Congress, the latest case of impostors mimicking senior U.S. officials.

A State Department cable dated July 3 said an unknown person left voice and text ...Read more

All passengers will soon be able to keep their shoes on during TSA airport security screenings, the White House confirmed Tuesday.

TSA offices nationwide received an unexpected memo last week informing them of the change, sources told ABC News. The memo said the new policy was to begin on July 6.

“Big news from [the Department of Homeland ...Read more