Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the Vatican defends recent cuts to US foreign aid
President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the Vatican defended many of the administration’s foreign-aid cuts at a Senate hearing Tuesday, even while saying Catholic charitable ...
Nuggets fire coach Michael Malone, GM Calvin Booth, AP source says
Michael Malone, who coached the Denver Nuggets to the NBA title in 2023 and has led the team to eight consecutive winning seasons, was fired Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of the ...
RI State Police seek video related to woman’s suspicious death
The remains of 56-year-old Michele Romano were found last month in a wooded area off Plainfield Pike in Foster.
Homeland Security waiver allows feds to bypass environmental rules to build border wall
A waiver issued Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security allows the federal government to bypass environmental regulations and begin construction immediately on ...
Trump meets with the House GOP as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts teeters
House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself in a familiar jam on Tuesday: Conservative Republican holdouts are stalling action ...
Netanyahu-Trump meeting reveals unexpected gaps on key issues
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington this week for a hastily organized White House visit bringing a long list of concerns: Iran’s nuclear ...
Florida’s run to the national title lifts the Gators to No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 men’s poll
Florida is No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll of the 2024-25 season after winning the national championship. The Gators (36-4) received all 61 ...
Joe Rogan and Dave Portnoy are among the Trump backers now questioning his tariff policies
As President Donald Trump’s tariffs roil global markets, some of the thought leaders and influential podcasters who backed ...
Kris Jenkins, the Villanova hero in 2016 national title game, sues NCAA for money he could have made
Kris Jenkins, who made the winning shot for Villanova in the 2016 college basketball championship game, is suing the NCAA and ...
Dow rallies 1,300, S&P 500 jumps 3.7% as hopes for tariff negotiations deliver some relief
The bounce was global. Stock indexes rallied 6% in Tokyo, 3.5% in Paris and 1.6% in Shanghai. The price of crude oil also ...
Congo repatriates 3 Americans facing life in jail over a failed coup plot, official says
The three Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States days after the country ...
House Republicans and Democrats say the US must maintain its troop totals in Europe
Republican and Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee voiced sharp bipartisan criticism Tuesday about ...