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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is calling for the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. Rubio is in Athens on Wednesday to discuss deepening economic, energy, and security cooperation with Greece and deliver a speech overlooking the ruins of the Acropolis.

Israeli politicians, family members of victims, and residents of southern Israel on Wednesday marked the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. Mourners gathered at a memorial on the site of the Nova music festival in Reim, where partygoers were killed and kidnapped.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Russia should share more information about the death of a plague laboratory worker who died last week, an incident that he said Washington is watching "very closely.”

"I think it's incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world," Rubio told reporters in Iceland. "We're watching it very closely, hour by hour."

Paramount Skydance on Tuesday completed its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a Hollywood heavyweight called Skydance and handing CEO David Ellison control of one of the world's largest entertainment companies.

The deal brings together the studios behind "Mission: Impossible," "Harry Potter" and DC Studios alongside major television and streaming networks such as CBS, CNN, Paramount+ and HBO Max—forming an entertainment company spanning film, TV and news.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 5 regarding a lawsuit from Boulder, Colorado, demanding compensation from energy companies for local weather damage allegedly caused by global greenhouse gas emissions.

The question before the court, however, is not whether global warming theories hold water. It’s whether local courts throughout the United States should have the authority to extract billions of dollars from energy companies for damage allegedly caused by global emissions.

The energy companies argue that giving such power to local courts would allow municipalities to effectively impose a massive nationwide carbon tax with the potential to bankrupt the U.S. energy industry.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Californian woman at Los Angeles International Airport on Oct. 4 on suspicion of acting as an unregistered agent for Beijing and surveilling a close relative of a Taiwanese government official, officials said.

“Heather” Zhang Wanying, 34, who lives in Irvine, Orange County, was taken into custody by FBI Los Angeles when she attempted to leave the United States for China, according to first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bilal Essayli.

President Donald Trump visited the southeastern Oklahoma City of Durant on Thursday, spurring Republican voters to turn out and vote in the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Hundreds spent the drizzly, dreary day in the rain, clad in red ball caps, American flag shirts, and cowboy hats, waiting to hear from the president.

“Thirty-three days from now the people of Oklahoma are going to defeat the radical left again,” Trump told the cheering crowd.

Hiring momentum slowed in September following the previous month’s blockbuster jobs report, U.S. government data show. The economy added 29,000 new jobs last month, from the downwardly revised 133,000 in August, according to a report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.

President Donald Trump travels to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday to begin a 32-day campaign blitz aimed at bolstering Republican candidates. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are heading to heavily Republican areas to boost party enthusiasm ahead of next month’s midterm elections.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he expects investigators to soon determine whether a man who allegedly attempted to hijack an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday had accomplices or links to Iran. Saudi authorities are questioning the co-pilot. Netanyahu told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday that Israel will be following the investigation closely.

A FlyDubai flight carrying Israeli passengers from Dubai to Israel diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a suspected hijacking attempt that Israeli security officials said authorities were treating as a terrorist attack.

The airline confirmed that flight FZ 1073, bound for Ben Gurion Airport, experienced an incident and landed safely in Tabuk, in northwestern Saudi Arabia.

President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he will begin a 32-day tour to support Republican nominees in their campaigns ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, when voters will decide control of the House and Senate.

President Donald Trump launched a new website powered by AI, designed to make it easier for U.S. citizens to access federal services. The president spoke at an event on Tuesday, with Vice President JD Vance and prominent tech leaders, including Jensen Huang of NVIDIA, Elon Musk of SpaceX, and others.

Lindsay Clancy will return to court on Tuesday for a key hearing, as prosecutors weigh whether to retry the Massachusetts woman on murder charges for killing her three young children in 2023 and her lawyers push for the case's dismissal.

Judge William Sullivan in Plymouth, Massachusetts, scheduled the hearing after declaring a mistrial on Sept. 4, which occurred after a single juror prevented the 12-member jury from reaching a unanimous verdict on whether to convict Clancy or find her not guilty by reason of insanity.

President Donald Trump met Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Sunday night, ahead of a Sept. 29 meeting with AI industry leaders. Speaking to reporters on Sunday after arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Trump said the dinner with Amodei was scheduled for 10 p.m. on Sept. 27.

The United States and China on Sunday released lists of products covered by a $30 billion reciprocal tariff reduction deal reached following Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s three-day state visit to Washington last week. The White House released a list covering 77 types of U.S. imports from China that will be subject to tariff cuts, including fireworks, tableware, artificial flowers, blankets, bed linens, highchairs, child safety seats, toys, fish hooks, and holiday decorations.

U.S. President Donald Trump made clear during candid talks at the White House with Chinese President Xi Jinping that Chinese help for Iran is unacceptable, U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said on Friday.

"We made it very clear to them weeks ago that, you know, any help that they would give Iran, whether it be direct or indirect, whether it be intelligence or parts or military equipment, was totally unacceptable. President Trump made that very clear again yesterday. This is an ongoing drumbeat," Perdue said in an interview with CNBC.

Actresses Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder and two Democratic politicians were among 30 people arrested on Thursday as they protested outside the U.N. headquarters in New York, before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech to the General Assembly.

Darializa Avila Chevalier—who was endorsed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani when she won the Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District in June—was also arrested, along with New York City Council member Chi Ossé.

Faith and human rights leaders are holding a peaceful protest with more than 300 Falun Gong practitioners on Sept. 24 to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong and its human rights violations against the Chinese people.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a traditional spiritual discipline of meditative exercises and moral teachings. Dr. Shan T. Lai, president of the Falun Dafa Association of Washington, DC said: “For more than 27 years, Falun Gong practitioners in China have faced imprisonment, torture, and forced organ harvesting simply for practicing their beliefs.”

A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to temporarily restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico while they challenge the revocation of their press passes in court.

Federal Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a temporary restraining order against the White House ban, reinstating hard pass access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico in the early hours of Sept. 24.

The wife of a U.S. expert on North Korean nuclear tests who has been imprisoned in China since late 2024 said on Tuesday that the White House has assured her that President Donald Trump will ask Chinese leader Xi Jinping to free her husband when the two meet this week.

Yufang Rong said she feared that Beijing planned to try her Chinese-born husband, Youlin Chen, on fabricated espionage charges even though his U.S.-funded research was openly published, used publicly available data, and was done in collaboration with Chinese scientists.

The Department of Justice has defended Trump’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House and asked a court to deny their bid to restore their access.

Trump announced the ban on Sept. 18, accusing the news outlets of constantly reporting “fiction and lies” about the government. As a result, reporters from the three organizations were denied access to the White House, while some had their press passes revoked.

President Donald Trump and other world leaders address the 193-member U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. The morning session begins at 9 a.m. ET, with Brazil scheduled to speak first and the United States second. Coverage begins at 8 a.m. ET.

Trump will also sign a deal on Tuesday with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark that will allow a larger U.S. military presence in the key Arctic territory.

The U.S. president will meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen at the U.N. General Assembly in New York for the signing ceremony.

Media outlets President Donald Trump recently banned from the White House said on Sept. 21 that they will sue the government over the ban.

“This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” Politico, CNN, and MS NOW said in a joint statement.

In response, Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social: “The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish. It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had spoken with Trump and that the pair had agreed to a meeting in New York that “could change a lot.”

The Ukrainian leader announced the Sept. 21 meeting in an X post on Sunday evening, saying that he and Trump had held “an important conversation,” during which they “got through a lot.”

Warren Buffett said on Friday that he is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, handing the role to his son Howard while remaining on the board of the company he has led for more than six decades.

The U.S. Postal Service chief said on Thursday that the agency has stopped developing an online portal central to President Donald Trump’s effort to tighten rules on mail voting.

U.S. President Donald Trump says that if Canada joining the European Union as a proposed associate member is intended as a “hostile act” against the United States, he may impose tariffs on the EU.

“I think it’s laughable,” Trump said, while calling Canada a “terrible trade partner.” He added that if the intention behind the initiative is a “hostile act,” he would impose consequences.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a measure put forward by Republicans that would provide a federal blueprint to ensure data centers pay for their use of local energy grids. It was adopted in a 417–3 vote.

AI and other data centers draw huge amounts of electricity from local power grids, straining supplies and leading to utility bill shocks for households across the nation.

The family of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk plans to sue a Utah university over his fatal shooting there, alleging inadequate security contributed to his death, according to a notice of claim sent by the family's lawyers. A Sept. 9 letter from the family's law firm notified Utah Valley University and the state of Utah of its intent to seek damages over Kirk's Sept. 10, 2025, assassination, according to a copy of the document sent to media outlets.

Tyler Robinson, 23, a former electrical apprentice, is accused of shooting Kirk from the roof of the university's student resource center. Utah prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Robinson has pleaded not guilty. ​A trial date is expected to be set at an Oct. 23 hearing.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that she wanted to open the door for Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member.

The move to strengthen ties comes amid an ongoing trade dispute between Canada and the United States. Washington imposed 50 percent tariffs on certain Canadian exports after trade talks collapsed on Aug. 21, prompting Canada to impose counter-tariffs on U.S. steel, aluminum, dairy, and other goods.

FBI Director Kash Patel faces the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. He’s likely to be pressed on his leadership, arrests related to the 2020 election, and probes into attempts to overturn that election. It’s Patel's first appearance before the Senate since May.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday on the economy. It comes as the Treasury Department targets banks that are supporting Iran financially under Operation Economic Fury, as trade tensions between the United States and Canada persist, and as the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield reached its highest level since 2023.

New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent that scenario.

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind Claude, said on Saturday that the industry needed to slow down, warning that a swarm of AI agents might take over the internet in six months to a year unless companies devoted more time to building safeguards.

The national average price of diesel climbed to a fresh record of $6.23 per gallon on Monday as President Donald Trump once again called on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, saying the attacks were worsening a global fuel shortage.

That was up from $6.20 the previous day and $5.90 a week earlier, according to the American Automobile Association.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance attended ceremonies on Friday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001. The events honor the 2,977 people killed after al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon, while one plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field.

Consumer inflation was stable in August despite the war in Iran upending global energy markets and reviving price pressures across the economy. August’s annual inflation rate was unchanged at 3.4 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics—a government agency tracking jobs, inflation, and wages—released on Friday.

President Donald ‌Trump says he will issue a $5,000 ⁠payment to every adult citizen in the United States if Republicans secure a majority in Congress.

“Here is my promise,” Trump said on Wednesday at the first of its kind Republican Midterm Convention. “If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of ‌them ... ⁠because of our tremendous strength and ‌success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.”

It’s been one year since Turning Point USA founder and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University. Prosecutors allege that Tyler Robinson, 23, fatally shot Kirk. Robinson pleaded not guilty at a hearing on Sept. 1 to a murder charge that a judge ruled could carry ‌the death penalty. Republicans at the midterm convention on Wednesday broke out in chants of “Charlie, Charlie,” in recognition of Kirk after Trump acknowledged that Thursday is the one-year anniversary of his death.

A first of its kind, the Republican midterm convention kicks off for two days in Dallas on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump delivering the keynote address on the first night and closing remarks on the second night.

Trump administration officials are set to dominate the other keynotes. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be among the featured speakers, along with former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.

U.S. Central Command said all attacks from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have failed, pushing back against IRGC claims that Iran struck two U.S. Navy destroyers in the Middle East. The U.S. military said U.S. forces have successfully destroyed 10 Iranian tankers in the past week.

Nearly 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, President Trump honors 9/11 first responders and officials at the White House, where a steel beam recovered from the original World Trade Center that was attacked is on display.

Canada’s tariffs on American goods, ranging from seafood to furniture and worth $20 billion, went into effect just after midnight on Tuesday as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sought to counter Trump’s tariffs on Canada following after trade talks collapsed last month.

Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the tariffs on Aug. 25, following the collapse of trade talks between Washington and Ottawa on Aug. 21.

Trump immediately imposed tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian exports to the United States beginning on Aug. 22.

President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Sept. 7 that he loved the idea of renaming New Mexico as “New America.”

“Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico, one of the great vote-cheating states of all time, to NEW AMERICA. So much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State. Wow, I Love It!!!” Trump wrote.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham rejected the idea in a post on X.

“New Mexico’s name isn’t up for debate—it’s been ours since before the United States existed,” Grisham, a Democrat, wrote.

NTSB has launched an investigation into Sunday's Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami that killed at least five people.

Arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, the jet overshot a runway at Miami International Airport, hitting multiple vehicles.

U.S. payrolls accelerated in August as the economy unexpectedly created 162,000 new jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This marks the best monthly employment gain since March. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent for the second straight month.

Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that the United States has the tools to increase pressure on Iran to stop it from firing ships in the Middle East. He said that “everything that could happen is on the table.”

“Economic pressure, military pressure, diplomatic pressure, covert pressure ... these are tools in the president's toolkit,” he said.

Vice President JD Vance holds a press briefing, the first since Karoline Leavitt stepped down as press secretary. Leavitt had her final day in the role last week and will continue to advise the president at MAGA Inc. super PAC.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will campaign hard for Republican candidates ahead of November's midterm elections, saying he has planned extensive travel to states with high-stakes races. At a White House dinner for congressional Republicans, Trump touted his success campaigning for the party and promised a busy schedule of appearances in the final month.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed reports that he seeks to force Iran into negotiations following the latest strikes against Tehran, saying the United States is currently in a better position. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the U.S. military has almost complete control of the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway for global oil and gas shipment that Iran has sought to control.

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial resumed deliberations Wednesday, a day after telling the judge they couldn’t agree on whether the Massachusetts mother was criminally responsible for killing her three children.

A former labor and delivery nurse, Clancy doesn’t deny strangling her three young children at the family’s home in 2023, but she says postpartum psychosis led to her actions. Prosecutors argue that she knew what she was doing. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.

The U.S. military said it began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran at 12:00 PM Eastern on Tuesday. "The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region," the U.S. military's Central Command said in a statement on X.

A Bank of America vice president is the woman killed in a stabbing attack in New York City’s Times Square. The NYPD identified 32-year-old Erin Piacenti of Chester, New Jersey, as the victim. The attack happened Monday in the heart of Times Square.

U.S. President Trump told Fox News’ Trey Yingst on Monday that there will be a response to Iran’s strikes on U.S. bases in Jordan. "We're going to hit them hard,” Trump said. U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak Island on Sunday, ​a U.S. official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since ‌late July. The strikes were an attempt to protect operations in the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. Central Command completed the clearing of sea mines from the strait’s international shipping routes last week.

One person is dead, and others are missing after flash flooding in the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service said on Aug. 30. The body of a 46-year-old man was found near Crystal Rapids along the Colorado River, the service said late Sunday. A local medical examiner was on site. The service said there was no additional information to share about the death at this time.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that farmers and ranchers will, in the future, be able to process food they produce.

“For years I have heard that they have had a tremendous problem with the Big Processors, who many say are a nasty Monopoly,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media website.

A district judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing parts of a rule that aim to tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston issued a temporary restraining order at the behest of some states and voting rights groups, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Aug. 24 ruling that led to the lifting of earlier injunctions blocking Trump’s plans to ensure only U.S. citizens receive and cast ballots.

Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal–China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.

Videos of the disaster showed people running, before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges. More than 350 people were killed, police said, and more than 1,000 were missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims. Hundreds of others have been displaced across the Himalayan region.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer charged with shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was released from a Texas jail Thursday, after a judge declined to order his return to Minnesota.

The ICE officer, Christian Castro, was released in the morning from a detention center in Brownsville.

Meta Platforms agreed to pay a maximum of $16.68 billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram to resolve claims by states across the United States that the company designed those platforms to addict children, misled consumers about their safety, and improperly collected children's personal data.

The settlement resolves claims brought by 29 U.S. states, and will end a federal trial that had been one of the highest-profile tests yet of allegations that social media companies harmed young users.

Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday defeated Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) in the South Carolina Republican Senate runoff for the seat held by the late Sen. Lindsay Graham.

The candidate, backed by President Donald Trump, won with around 52.4 percent of the vote to Norman’s 47.6 percent, with 91 percent of the votes counted, when The Associated Press called the race at 9:01 p.m.

Canada is set to announce retaliatory trade measures on Tuesday in response to the United States’ latest tariffs, with the finance minister and senior officials unveiling the moves in Ottawa.

The Trump administration is working to revoke the visas of foreign nationals who entered the United States as short-term visitors and then sought asylum. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said on Monday that the department will work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the process but did not say how many visas would be revoked.

Iran’s currency hit a record low on Aug. 24 as Washington prepared to announce new sanctions it said would add further pressure on an economy already battered by previous sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is due to hold a press conference later on Monday.

The Trump administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify a fee of more than $100,000 on certain H-1B visa petitions.

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Aug. 21 that he will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported with no out-of-quota tariff for 90 days, as he attempts to reduce beef prices for American families.

The U.S. military said on Aug. 20 that eight people were killed when a charter plane crashed at a remote military radar site in western Alaska.

The aircraft was carrying eight people when it crashed near Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, about 450 miles west of Anchorage, which is managed by the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center, according to the military.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned of economic consequences against any country that supported Tehran or provided "any type of lifeline" to the country.

"ANY country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will itself face TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

A Missouri judge cleared the way Wednesday for the new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump to be used in the November midterm elections. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green threw out an effort to force a statewide referendum on the Republican-drawn map. The decision represents a win for Republicans as they try to keep their slim majority in the House.

Democrats are split on the future of their party as a swell of candidates linked to democratic socialist policies have seen a series of primary victories in blue seats and a handful of key swing races.

A split between two core factions of Democrats—progressives, left-wing populists, and democratic socialists on one side; and centrists, moderates, and establishmentarians on the other—has simmered just beneath the surface of Democratic Party politics since 2016.

President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 18 that he would delay an additional 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian goods following last-minute talks between the two countries. The tariffs were originally set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 19.

Trump announced on Truth Social that the two countries have reached a deal.

“I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” he wrote.

President Donald Trump has said the United States has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz, while Energy Secretary Chris Wright has said U.S. military efforts have helped push oil flows through the critical waterway to nearly 9 million barrels per day—far above levels indicated by publicly available shipping data.

Voters in Florida, Alaska, and Wyoming head to the polls on Aug. 18 to cast their ballots in key primary races that could determine control of Congress. In California, a special election is being held to replace Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned his seat in April.

President Trump reiterated on Monday that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon amid a lack of progress ‌in diplomatic efforts to resolve the Middle East conflict.

"The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Actress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles in popular television series such as “Heroes” and “Nashville,” has died at age 36.

Her father, Skip Panettiere, confirmed her death in a statement to ABC News on Sunday.

“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her—and to the millions who watched her onscreen,” his statement said.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Aug. 13 told reporters the U.S. military has the capability to maintain its naval presence to enforce its retaliatory blockade of Iran, which has inflicted severe economic damage on the country. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States planned to inflict more financial damage on Iran.

"Watch this space for more announcements coming next week because we are going to apply measures like have never been seen in the history of economic isolation on a country," he said in an interview on Newsmax's "Rob Schmitt Tonight" program.

The Trump administration on Aug. 14 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to continue construction of the $400 million White House ballroom after an appeals court ruled the project lacked the necessary approval from Congress. It asked the justices to keep the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on hold while it prepares a full appeal to the Supreme Court.

Oil prices declined on Thursday as investors assessed prospects for weaker global demand this year and higher U.S. crude stocks, though prices found support from a lack of progress in talks over the blockaded Strait of Hormuz and disruptions to supply.

Brent futures were down $2.20, or 2.47 percent, at $86.78 a barrel by 13:24 GMT, trimming gains accumulated over the previous six sessions.

Karoline Leavitt, the youngest White House press secretary in history, will depart her role at the end of the month, President Donald Trump announced Aug. 12.

“Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trusted aides, Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party, as we work to defy History, and conclusively win the Midterm Elections.”

A candidate aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America has been defeated in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary, marking a major upset in a race the candidate had been expected to win.

At 3:34 a.m. ET on Aug. 12, the Associated Press called the race for Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who beat state Rep. Francesca Hong by the thinnest of margins, 39.8 percent to Hong’s 39.4 percent.

Falling energy prices helped inflation pressures ease last month, new government data released on August 12 show. July’s U.S. annual inflation rate slowed to 3.4 percent, from 3.5 percent in the previous month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Wisconsin Democrats will head to the polls on Tuesday to make their picks for governor in the latest race to pit a self-proclaimed democratic socialist against a candidate favored by moderates and the national party.

Democratic socialist Francesca Hong has dominated polling in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary against her closest rival, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.

Two Republican senators on Aug. 10 released text messages from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s government-issued cellphone that showed him discussing potential COVID-19 vaccine risks for pregnant women.

The messages, released by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), date to January 2021, when Fauci headed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. They were among more than 34,000 messages obtained from the device.

U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States is “low-keying” negotiations with Iran as economic pressure builds on the regime. The U.S. military had launched strikes against Iran every day for about two weeks straight before Trump announced a stop in the attacks, saying that they would lead to more negotiations. A U.S. naval blockade is still in effect against the country’s ports.

“We are low-keying it,” Trump told Axios about talks with Iran. “We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money.”

A major earthquake struck the western portion of Colombia on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), with local officials reporting damage and injuries.

The quake registered at 7.4 magnitude on the Richter scale, the USGS reported. It hit about 3 miles east of San José del Palmar in the western portion of the country, roughly 250 miles to the west of Bogota, the capital.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Aug. 7 she will not support Todd Blanche for attorney general, putting Blanche’s nomination in jeopardy. Murkowski said in a post on X that she believes the country needs an attorney general “who will check the worst impulses of this administration” and that she’s not confident that person is Blanche.

Murkowski also said she is concerned that if Blanche is confirmed, the government will proceed with a fund of nearly $2 billion to award people who bring forth claims they were targeted unfairly by the government.

The U.S. labor market stalled last month as the economy unexpectedly lost jobs, new government data shows. Payrolls fell by 23,000 in July, from a downwardly revised 20,000 in the previous month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This fell short of the average monthly gain of 34,000 over the last 12 months.

A Senate committee on Aug. 6 voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in contempt of Congress. The full Senate could consider the matter before making a referral to prosecutors, but Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has said that might result in a negative vote.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday called Iranian negotiators "extraordinarily difficult people" and said any nuclear deal would take time.

Speaking to Fox News, Vance acknowledged American frustration with the stop-start nature of diplomatic progress but said Iran's "fractured system" includes both those wanting peace and "crazy radicals who want the war to continue."

Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, defeating U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in a massive victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state. El-Sayed will face Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman who ran unopposed for the GOP nomination, in November.

President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be announced within days, as Iran reported progress in talks with Oman on a safe shipping corridor and Qatar said mediators were circulating proposals between Washington and Tehran.

Oil prices fell as low as 5% on Tuesday to a three-week low after comments by Qatar and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent raised hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the Middle East conflict, which would improve oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

Senate Republicans are expected to advance acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to be the next attorney general on a permanent basis. It had been delayed over concerns about the “anti-weaponisation” fund from two GOP members on the panel.

Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) previously threatened Blanche’s bid to lead the Justice Department over the $1.77 billion fund, which would be used to compensate people who suspect they were unfairly prosecuted by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

President Donald Trump told reporters on Aug. 2 that he called off planned military strikes on Iran the night before at the urging of regional allies. The president said negotiations with Iran would begin on Monday. “I was asked to by Saudi Arabia, by UAE, and by Qatar, and by Iran,” he said aboard Air Force One on Sunday. “We were all set to go.”

In Michigan, voters will this week pick their nominee for a key Senate race in the fall. In a trend sweeping the nation, a moderate democrat is facing off with a progressive candidate. They are vying to fill the seat of retiring Democrat Sen. Gary Peters. The winner of Tuesday's primary will face former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers in November.

President Donald Trump convenes a Cabinet meeting on Friday at his Camp David retreat. The agenda for the meeting will likely focus heavily on foreign policy.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the 13th such meeting of the president’s second term will be “a lot of fun and something different for the cabinet to experience together.”

About 60,000 illegal immigrants have crossed from Morocco into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory in the past 24 hours, Ceuta’s president said Friday, a figure that is equivalent to 70 percent of the population of the self-governing city in North Africa.

“The situation that Ceuta is going through is absolutely unsustainable,” Ceutan President Juan Jesús Vivas told journalists. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Ceuta on Friday and condemned the border breach, which he described as “a violation of Spain's territorial integrity.”

The U.S. economy expanded 1.5 percent during the April–June period, down from the 2.1 percent gain in the first three months of 2026, according to data released on July 30 by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Economists had projected growth of 2.1 percent.

President Trump ordered a new wave of strikes against Iran after Iran attempted a surprise attack on U.S. forces. It comes as the U.S. continues to squeeze the regime economically through a naval blockade and sanctions.

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday declined to answer questions from senators following the release of a diary he compiled while working in government. The Fifth Amendment says no person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” Fauci received a preemptive pardon in 2025.

U.S. and Saudi forces hit Iran-backed terrorist sites in Iraq. Central Command said U.S. and Saudi fighter aircraft struck multiple terrorist logistics and weapons sites across eastern Iraq in response to more than 30 aerial drone attacks by the Iranian regime in the past 72 hours. It said the attacks against U.S. forces were not successful.

Sen. Lindsey Graham will be eulogized Tuesday during memorial services across Washington. Graham's remains will arrive at the U.S. Capitol, where the Republican served for more than 30 years. Later, a funeral service will be held at Washington National Cathedral with lawmakers and foreign leaders, a testament to his stature on the global stage.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to hold separate meetings with President Trump on Tuesday. Senator Graham was a supporter of both Ukraine and Israel.

Oil prices dropped more than 5 percent on Monday after the United States and Iran paused attacks for a second straight day, following weeks of strikes that had pushed Brent crude prices to above $100 per barrel.

A wildfire in France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight on Sunday, bringing the total number forced out of their homes to 250,000. Major fires are raging in the Gironde and Landes regions in southwest France, with fire crews aided by water bombers and helicopters, according to the French Ministry of the Interior.

Spain announced that wildfires have forced the evacuation of nearly 60,000 people in Madrid.

President Donald Trump will attend the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Friday, nearly three months after a shooting abruptly ended the event. The suspect fired a shotgun outside the ballroom where Trump and members of his Cabinet were taking their seats. He pleaded not guilty in May to charges including attempting to assassinate the president.

Trump has said the rescheduling of the dinner was “a sign of strength and fortitude.”

The United States imposed new tariffs between 10 percent and 12.5 percent on Friday on imports from more than 60 trading partners, citing concerns that they had failed to prevent goods made with forced labor from entering U.S. supply chains. Countries around the world have pushed back.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday will attend a ceremony for four U.S. service members killed in the Middle East, who will return to American soil in flag-draped caskets.

Republican voters in Tuesday's Arizona primaries nominated conservative candidates for high-profile races for governor and a U.S. House seat, as Democrats rallied behind moderates leading up to the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

President Donald Trump is set to meet with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House on Tuesday, after Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement in Washington last month following U.S.-mediated talks aimed at ending fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists.

Voters are going to the polls on Tuesday in Arizona to choose Republican and Democratic nominees for the U.S. Congress and governor, with races that will set the tone for November's midterm elections.

Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester and new leader of the Labour Party, took the final steps on Monday to succeed Keir Starmer and become the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade.

The Department of War on Monday identified two U.S. soldiers who were killed in Iranian strikes in Jordan. First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, were killed during Friday's attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

The Department of Homeland Security is set to hold a press conference on Friday on election security. President Donald Trump revealed on Thursday that DHS identified more than 250,000 potential noncitizens illegally registered to vote in just four U.S. states.

The U.S. military said early Friday that it had ended its latest round of airstrikes targeting Iran, the sixth night in a row of strikes on the Islamic Republic, as fighting over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies. The U.S. military's Central Command said it hit dozens of targets in its latest airstrikes, which concluded at dawn Friday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a summit on Thursday focused on combating political terrorism and strengthening international cooperation. The State Department says far-left political terrorism is resurgent, manifesting in violent terrorist acts across the world.

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration, David Cummins, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a confirmation hearing on Wednesday to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general of the United States.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue using traffic stops as a key enforcement tool, defending the practice after a string of deadly encounters involving immigration officers, including a recent fatal shooting in Maine of a Colombian illegal immigrant.

Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan are set to testify on Tuesday on the proposed $228 million 2027 budget. The nation’s highest court is seeking a total of $228.4 million for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, a $20.6 million increase over the current year.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed Iraq's new prime minister to the White House. Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman with no political background, emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections. The issue of Iran is likely to loom large in the discussions. Iraq has been under pressure to disarm a network of Iran-backed militias operating in the country, some of which launched attacks on U.S. bases and diplomatic facilities after the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran in February.

President Trump said on Monday the U.S. is “taking over” the Strait of Hormuz from Iran. Speaking to ‘Fox & Friends’ the President saying: “We're taking over the strait. They have nothing. They've got nothing.” He said the U.S. held meetings with Iran for 11 hours on Sunday “and everything was agreed to” but Iran later demanded changes.

EU countries have yet to reach agreement on a broad 21st package of sanctions against Russia, but may decide on Monday (July 13) to add 250 individuals and entities to their Russia sanctions list, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

President Donald Trump says he will not sign the housing bill into law. Posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, the president wrote, “I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.”

Prosecutors in Utah are presenting final evidence against Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of murdering Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Friday marks the final day of the five-day preliminary hearing.

Graham Platner, the U.S. Democrat senate candidate and self described progressive from Maine has resigned from the race. It comes after mounting calls from within his own party after sexual and assault allegations.

Vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appears to have ground to a near-halt after the latest escalation of hostilities between the United States and Iran, after Tehran attacked ships trying to pass the strait using the non-Iran-controlled southern Oman route, triggering a fresh cycle of escalation as Washington responded with a flurry of strikes.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States will probably strike Iran again after saying an initial ceasefire deal with the Islamic Republic was "over.” Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump criticized Iranian officials for what he described as not sticking to the deals they negotiated. "I'll give a little warning: We're going to hit them hard tonight," Trump told reporters.

Trump said Wednesday that the United States will give a license to Ukraine to manufacture Patriot air defense systems to help counter Russian missile attacks, a big win for Ukraine, which has badly needed the technology for the war now in its fifth year.

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara on Tuesday for a summit with NATO leaders. The U.S. president announced that Washington would lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey that were imposed in 2020 over Ankara's purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system, while expressing a willingness to sell the fellow NATO ally F-35 fighter jets.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said on Tuesday he would quit as a member of the UK Parliament to trigger a by-election in his parliamentary seat, which he says he will stand in.

Farage is under investigation by the standards watchdog over whether he should have declared a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) donation from a cryptocurrency billionaire he received ​before entering parliament.

His spokesperson said, "No parliamentary rules have been broken." Farage's Reform UK party has led in almost every opinion poll in the UK for more than a year.

U.S. President Donald Trump marked the launch of Trump Accounts in the Oval Office on July 6. Under the program, parents can open special investment accounts for any child born during Trump’s second term and automatically receive $1,000 from the government.

Trump will travel to Ankara, Turkey, to attend the NATO summit on July 7 and 8, where leaders are expected to review progress on the alliance’s defense spending commitments and burden-sharing goals. Hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the summit brings together the leaders of NATO’s 32 member states.

A day before America’s 250th Independence Day, Mount Rushmore will serve as the majestic backdrop for a speech from President Donald Trump—capped by a show-stopping $700,000 fireworks display.

A dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the eastern United States, with extreme temperatures expected through the July 4th weekend. Forecasters warn the heat and humidity could be life-threatening.

U.S. applications for jobless aid inched down last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 27 fell by 1,000 to 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

U.S. employers slowed hiring last month and added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total and a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook.

New York City is preparing for one of its busiest Fourth of July weekends in years under dangerous heat and heightened security. The challenges come as a major heat wave expands across much of the country.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States was getting along very well with Iran and that recent meetings in Qatar went well. "The denuclearization of Iran is moving along well," Trump told reporters. "They've had very good meetings, and we'll see."

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros was declared victorious over longtime Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in a major political upset in the Colorado Primary elections on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court makes decisions on birthright citizenship, transgender participation in women’s sports, and campaign finance. It comes after the nation’s highest court released several more decisions in landmark cases on Monday, including gun rights, voting laws, and Fourth Amendment protections.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser to the president Jared Kushner are traveling to Doha for talks with Qatari mediators on the U.S.–Iran peace process, but there will be no high-level meeting between American and Iranian officials, Qatar’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.

The Supreme Court issued a major ruling on the fate of mail-in ballots received after Election Day. Find out how President Donald Trump is responding.

The president also said Iran had requested a meeting with the United States after the two sides agreed to halt military strikes. NTD has the details on peace talks set to resume as soon as Tuesday.

Additional U.S.-funded mobile field hospitals are expected to become operational in Venezuela within the next 24 to 48 hours in response to the earthquakes there.

The death toll from two back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to around 589, with close to 3,000 people injured, interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Friday. She also said that the government has decided to militarize the state of La Guaira after the earthquakes.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that after strikes on Iran, the United States is negotiating from a stronger position.

“We knocked the hell out of them, and now we're negotiating from a position of pure strength,” he said at a dinner with American farmers in the White House Rose Garden.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said U.S. search-and-rescue teams were being deployed to Venezuela following deadly earthquakes. Two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around the capital, Caracas, trapping people beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and setting off powerful aftershocks.

Oil prices fell to their lowest levels since before the outbreak of the Iran war on Thursday as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continued to recover, signaling that crude exports from the Gulf are steadily returning to normal and easing prolonged supply disruption fears.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday canceled a planned signing of bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up the construction and availability of more affordable housing. "Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Brent crude oil has reached its lowest price since the Iran war began. The global benchmark dipped below $76 a barrel early Wednesday. It’s still higher than before the conflict started on Feb. 28, but lower than the closing price on any trading day after that. West Texas Intermediate is fluctuating near a similar milestone.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran has agreed to allow nuclear inspections for the foreseeable future.

"Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!)," he wrote in a social media post. "This will insure 'Nuclear Honesty.' If they did not agree to this, there would be no further negotiations!"

Iran has denied that it had begun discussions on its nuclear program or agreed to invite International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors back to the country.

Voters head to the polls on Tuesday for the primary elections. They include Democratic battles in New York, Maryland, and Utah, as well as key Republican races in South Carolina.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would resign as leader of the Labour Party, bowing to pressure from within his own party to step down. It opens the door to a leadership contest to replace him as Britain’s next leader.

Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing U.S. Federal Reserve chair who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devastating financial crisis, died on Monday. He was 100.

The next phase of U.S.–Iran talks scheduled for June 19 have been postponed, according to the Swiss Foreign Ministry. Negotiations had been scheduled to take place at the Bürgenstock mountaintop resort overlooking Lake Lucerne.

Outgoing National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, on June 18, released documents exposing Dr. Anthony Fauci’s alleged role in directing U.S. funding for “dangerous gain-of-function research” at a Wuhan lab linked to the origin of the COVID-19 virus.

Vice President JD Vance holds a briefing at the White House and is likely to face questions on the details of the U.S. framework deal with Iran. President Donald Trump signed the deal in Versailles on Wednesday.

Gas prices fell below $4 per gallon Thursday for the first time since March, bringing Americans some relief, after more than three months of elevated prices as a result of the Iran war.

President Donald Trump is holding a news conference on the final day of the G7 summit in France.

Trump said Wednesday's Senate hearing on Jay Clayton's nomination to become the next U.S. intel chief was canceled and would not go forward until James McDonald is confirmed as a U.S. attorney.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the text of the U.S.-Iran interim deal would be made public soon, as he met G7 leaders in France. Trump said the text of the deal states clearly that Tehran will not have a nuclear weapon, and the full agreement would be made public in a formal setting in a few days.

The FBI disrupted “planned attacks” that were intended to target the White House’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on Sunday evening, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to France on June 15 for the G7 summit, just hours after announcing a deal with Iran. Leaders of the world’s seven largest advanced economies are meeting from June 15 to June 17 in the French spa town of Evian-les-Bains to discuss global trade, immigration, geopolitical conflicts, and other key issues.

Oil prices slipped to a three-month low on June 15 after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran's deputy foreign minister said they had reached an initial deal to end the war and to resume traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 11 that a U.S.–Iran deal is close and will be signed in the coming days. “We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,” Trump said at the beginning of an Oval Office event. “And we’re going to be, subject to finalization of documents, which should get done over the next few days, probably have a signing, maybe in Europe.”

Elon Musk's SpaceX is is set for its IPO on June 12 making history as the largest initial public offering on record with a value of US$1.77 trillion, According to SEC filings, SpaceX plans to sell 555.6 million shares at an initial $135 a share.

The United States is going to be striking Iran “very hard tonight,” President Donald Trump said on Thursday, adding, “At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday announced the indictments of three illegal immigrants who allegedly took part in a wide-ranging conspiracy to smuggle more than a dozen children into the United States.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Iran of dragging out negotiations with Washington and warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for delaying a deal that he earlier signaled was nearing a breakthrough.

Rising energy prices from the three-month-old war in Iran lifted inflation in May to its highest level in three years. The U.S. annual inflation rate surged to 4.2 percent last month, from 3.8 percent in April, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on June 10.

President Donald Trump said Iran shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz overnight. He has vowed to respond. Both U.S. pilots involved in the incident are safe and uninjured.

Voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday for primary elections in Maine, South Carolina, Nevada, and North Dakota. And in the Los Angeles mayoral race, Nithya Raman is projected to advance to a November runoff against incumbent Karen Bass.

NASA announced four astronauts for the Artemis III mission. Find out who they are, and what the objective of the lunar mission will be.

The Senate passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement package on Friday after an overnight vote-a-rama on Capitol Hill. The Senate voted 52–47 to approve the legislation, with no support from ‌Democrats. The bill funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s second term, and now heads to the House. The legislation follows months of partisan clashes over immigration enforcement and Homeland Security funding.

The U.S. labor market remained hot in May, with hiring momentum continuing heading into the summer. New government data released on June 5 show the economy added 172,000 jobs last month, from the upwardly revised 179,000 in April. Economists had penciled in a reading of 85,000.

President Donald Trump announced late Wednesday evening that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general.

“We are going to make him permanent attorney general,” Trump said at a Rose Garden event.

Blanche was tapped as acting attorney general after Trump announced on April 2 that Attorney General Pam Bondi was transitioning to an important role in the private sector.

Israel will continue its operations on the ground in southern Lebanon despite agreeing to a ceasefire, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on June 4.

His comments were made a day after Lebanon and Israel agreed to implement a ceasefire during talks in Washington, with the deal dependent on a halt in strikes from the Hezbollah terrorist group.

President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon and that he would probably meet with Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei at some point if things "work out."

Republican Steve Hilton and former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra held onto early leads in the open primary race for California governor on June 3, positioning them to potentially advance to the Nov. 3 general election.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will sit before House and Senate committees this week to make the State Department’s annual budget request. The focus is likely to shift quickly to the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran.

Rubio, who also serves as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, will testify at hearings over two days. Following his appearances on June 2 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Appropriations subcommittee responsible for the State Department, Rubio will return to the Hill on June 3 to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the equivalent Senate Appropriations subcommittee.

Trump appointed federal housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence on June 2. Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's first director of national intelligence, announced plans to leave the post in May.

The United States said on Sunday it conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and drone control sites in response to aggressive actions from Tehran. The sites are located on Iran's Goruk and Qeshm Islands.

The Department of Commerce has issued new guidance to prevent Chinese companies from obtaining advanced U.S. artificial intelligence chips, such as Nvidia’s most sophisticated Blackwell processors, through overseas subsidiaries.

Oil futures fell 2 percent on Friday and were on track for their steepest weekly decline since early April. It comes after reports that the United States and Iran could reach an agreement to extend the current ceasefire.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing questions today from House Oversight investigators about the Jeffrey Epstein files. The appearance follows a dispute with the Justice Department, which argued Bondi should not be required to testify after leaving office.

The U.S. military says Kuwait intercepted a ballistic missile Iran launched toward the country Wednesday night. It comes after the U.S. targeted a site that posed a threat to U.S. forces and commercial traffic. In response, Iran's military launched an attack targeting an American air base in the area.

The Treasury launches 'Trump Accounts' on app stores nationwide, advancing a policy initiative that aims to create millions of investment accounts for children. It seeks to encourage long-term investing from an early age through government-backed starter accounts.

President Donald Trump hosts a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday. The meeting comes as the administration weighs its next steps with Iran.

The results are in from the Texas primaries. The most-watched race was in Texas, where Attorney General Ken Paxton unseated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) with Trump’s endorsement.

U.S. President Donald Trump lays out three possible paths for dealing with Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium as negotiations continue over a broader peace deal.

Voters are finalizing their choices for several key congressional races in Texas on Tuesday. All eyes will be on the Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate, where Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).

President Donald Trump will participate in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Trump said on Monday that it should be mandatory for countries, including Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey, to join the Abraham Accords en masse as part of an effort to reach a deal with Iran.

"I stated that, after all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords," Trump wrote in a May 25 post on Truth Social.

Incoming Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will be sworn in as the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday in a ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump.

Kyle Busch, a generational talent who won two NASCAR Cup Series championships, has died at 41, his family announced on Thursday.

President Donald Trump will make an announcement in the Oval Office with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday at 11 a.m. ET.

U.S. National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya is testifying before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies in a hearing on the agency’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request.

President Donald Trump will participate in the 145th commencement ceremony of the United States Coast Guard Academy at 10:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered to forge a new relationship between the United States and Cuba on Wednesday in a video message to the Cuban people, proposing $100 million in aid and blaming Cuba's leaders for shortages of electricity, food, and fuel. "I want to tell you what we, in the U.S., are offering to help you not only alleviate the current crisis, but also to build a better future," Rubio said in a May 20 statement.