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Steve Witkoff, right, and Jared Kushner, left listen to JD Vance, not pictured, speaking.

Trump administration to push Russia to accept NATO-like security guarantees for Ukraine from US

Mike Brest · November 9, 2026 4:20 pm

A portion of border wall is under construction in the Big Bend region in Texas.

Supreme Court lifts block on Big Bend border wall construction lawsuit

Vice President JD Vance is seen from a lowered angle looking up at him as he speaks at a midterm campaign rally at CHI Aviation.

Trump Jr. says Vance being criticized by Karl Rove ‘couldn’t be a bigger endorsement’

Wind turbines can be seen from Patterson Pass Road in Livermore, California.

Measure to overhaul California’s bedrock environmental law fails

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a campaign rally with President Donald Trump at Alico Arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University.

US likely to lose its measles elimination status this week

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) gestures to supporters during the Republican National Convention, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee.

Abbott signs billion-dollar Texas school choice bill into law

Elaine Mallon May 3, 2025 3:37 pm

A demonstrator waves a flag on the Columbia University

NYPD shared a Palestinian protester’s info with ICE. Now it’s evidence in her deportation case

The Associated Press May 3, 2025 11:28 am

Army plans parade to celebrate 250th anniversary on Trump’s birthday

Jack Birle May 3, 2025 11:22 am

The US has more than 900 measles cases and 10 states have outbreaks. Here’s what to know

The Associated Press May 3, 2025 10:36 am

Jewish faculty defend Northwestern despite antisemitism investigations

Elaine Mallon May 3, 2025 10:27 am

Corbin Aoyagi, a supporter of gay marriage, waves a rainbow flag during a rally at the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 28, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Utah teachers will be free to display LGBT pride flags and other social, political or religious imagery after the state House blocked a bill Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, that would have banned teachers from using their position to promote or disparage certain beliefs.

Utah law restricting pride flags brings free speech debate into focus

Emily Hallas May 3, 2025 7:00 am

Several Social Security cards on a $100 bill. Social Security is a system of benefits for retired elderly people.

First round of May Social Security payments goes out in 11 days

Elaine Mallon May 3, 2025 6:00 am

A student protest about the Israel-Gaza war takes place at the University of California, Berkeley's, Sather Gate, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

CCP officials and Chinese state entities poured donations into UC Berkeley: Report

Robert Schmad May 3, 2025 6:00 am

TikTok's loading screen atop a background of the Chinese flag and binary code.

TikTok’s $600 million European fine is a reminder US national security concerns are still unresolved

Mike Brest May 3, 2025 6:00 am

Transgender activists and allies take to the streets of Washington, D.C., during the National Trans Visibility March on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.

Washington family at center of fight over trans athletes heartened by federal OSPI investigation

Carleen Johnson | The Center Square May 2, 2025 9:12 pm

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) speaks during an event on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Defense hawks take aim at military funding in Trump’s budget

Brett Rowland | The Center Square May 2, 2025 8:55 pm

The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is pictured, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia, near the wreckage of a mid-air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet in the Potomac River.

Two DC flight landings aborted over nearby military helicopter despite new restrictions

Elaine Mallon May 2, 2025 6:29 pm