U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, that a Trump Administration-brokered deal between Ukraine and Russia to end the war is “closer in general” than it’s ever been, but that diplomatic work continues.

“And as I said, and he has said and others have said, [...Read more

Martinelli’s recalled about 173,616 bottles of apple juice sold in the company’s signature glass jars in 28 states because they might be contaminated with the toxin patulin.

Patulin’s commonly found in rotting apples.

This recall gained broader knowledge this week when the FDA classified this as a Class II recall and put it in its daily ...Read more

Zeynep Portway knows the issue of “homelessness” won’t be solved in a day, a month or a year. There are too many obstacles to success, too many people in need.

But as the CEO of the Samaritan Resource Center, a drop-in facility in east Orlando, Portway is making sure that each needy person she encounters is treated like an individual, not...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year, as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda.

Trump has previously argued that tariff revenue could replace income taxes, though economists have questioned those claims.

“When Tariffs cut in, ...Read more

An alleged “serial offender” has been arrested in connection with the theft on Easter Sunday of U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handbag, the Secret Service said.

The suspect was taken into custody in the District of Columbia without incident, according to a statement Sunday from Matt McCool, special agent in charge of the ...Read more

Alani Rose was overseeing a tax-preparation clinic for low-income households in San Antonio, Texas, when she was called into a meeting, let go, and told to make her way thousands of miles back home as soon as possible.

That’s how Rose, who graduated from the now-defunct University of the Arts in 2023, ended up back on the East Coast, couch ...Read more

Jaden Magnuson began homeschooling her 9-year-old son last fall instead of sending him back to elementary school in the Elk River district.

“It is a leap of faith, but one that a lot of other families are taking,” said Magnuson, whose worries ranged from school bus bullying to ideology overshadowing academics.

The number of homeschool ...Read more

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says he’s “trying to stop a dictatorship.” Less than 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, Ellison and fellow attorneys are litigating against him on more than a dozen fronts — and the list of lawsuits is growing.

Since taking office in January, Trump has issued a deluge of ...Read more

Russia hasn’t received a U.S. proposal to give up control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine, and a change to the facility’s ownership isn’t conceivable, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

His comments were consistent with the foreign ministry’s declaration in March that Moscow won’t cede control of the ...Read more

As the faithful across the globe mourned the life of Pope Francis last week, the focus now shifts to selecting the 267th pope to lead the nearly 1 billion Roman Catholics worldwide.

That decision lies with the conclave, consisting of about 140 eligible cardinals who must convene 15 to 20 days after the death of a pope, according to Canon Law.

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President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year, as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda.

Trump has previously argued that tariff revenue could replace income taxes, though economists have questioned those claims.

“When Tariffs cut in, ...Read more

Some days when Sally Schuster goes to work at her office in Northeast Philadelphia, she and her coworkers light boots on fire.

Other days, they test camouflage visibility at different wavelengths. And sometimes, they simply make sure uniform colors match.

“Basically we ensure troop safety,” said Schuster, a chemist at a Defense Logistics ...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year, as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda.

Trump has previously argued that tariff revenue could replace income taxes, though economists have questioned those claims.

“When Tariffs cut in, ...Read more

The number of people booked into the Orange County jail on immigration detainers four months into the year nearly eclipses last year’s total and looks likely to keep rising as the Trump administration cracks down on people without legal authority to remain in the country.

From Jan. 1 to April 15, 800 people were booked into the Orange County ...Read more

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein’s nearly four months in office has been defined by the aftermath of Helene. It’s been where the Democrat has found common ground with, and support from, Republicans in the General Assembly.

Now, like state lawmakers, he is appealing to Washington to ensure there’s enough money for Western North Carolina’s ...Read more

CRISFIELD, Md. — Jan Sterling didn’t answer right away, squinting as she concentrated on a response.

“Is there anything President Donald Trump could do to lose your support?”

It’s a complicated question in Somerset County Precinct 08-002 as Trump approaches his 100th day in office this week. The precinct, arguably the Trumpiest in ...Read more

Voter discontent with President Donald Trump’s economic stewardship is sinking his popularity as he approaches the symbolic 100-day mark of his second term, ratcheting up pressure on congressional Republicans to pass his tax plan.

A flurry of polls in recent days from NBC, CNN, New York Times/Siena, ABC News and Fox News, among others, each...Read more

It was just 10 years ago.

Former President Bill Clinton, standing in the scorching Haitian sun next to the pool of Haiti’s newest internationally branded hotel, looked around the foliage-lined courtyard and smiled.

There were toasts, there was chatter — and there was hope. As Haiti’s then-president Michel Martelly welcomed Clinton and U....Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 1936, a Central Valley teenager made an incredible discovery.

Gustine High School student Allan Bennison dug up the fossilized remains of a hadrosaurus — a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, The Fresno Bee reported in 2013.

The bones, which Bennison found in Del ...Read more