A planned joint U.S.-Canada ceremony Friday celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is no longer expected to take place after President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on most Canadian goods.

Lake Mead and Lake Powell have fallen to their lowest combined levels on record, underscoring the growing strain on the Colorado River as the Trump administration prepares a long-term plan to address worsening water shortages across the West.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that the nationwide Cyclospora outbreak is under control, even as infections rise and federal officials caution that reported illnesses will continue increasing amid reporting delays."We have the...

War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the U.S. war against Iran has cost $37.5 billion, so far, as he is facing questions and protests at a Senate hearing ahead of a $95 billion GOP budget package to fund the military.

An illegal alien serving decades in prison for the 2024 murder of a Michigan woman has filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump, claiming he exploited his case for political purposes during the presidential campaign, the New York Post reported on Tuesday.

The director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History pushed back Tuesday against a recent White House report that branded the institution's leadership as radical activists who cannot be trusted.

The Justice Department accused the University of California San Diego School of Medicine of illegally using race in its admissions process.

More than 50 Republican lawmakers are urging acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to launch a federal investigation into the deaths of five babies recovered from a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic in 2022, arguing the case has gone unexamined for years, the Daily Wire reported on Tuesday.

New Jersey officials said Tuesday that a Motor Vehicle Commission software error improperly registered about 6,600 noncitizens to vote over a one-year period, with fewer than 400 ultimately casting ballots before the registrations were removed.The error occurred between...

The Gates Foundation on Tuesday said it will strengthen its governance and oversight policies after an independent review of its past interactions with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein found no evidence that the foundation had paid the disgraced financier any money.

The White House Correspondents' Association will honor the Secret Service officer who helped stop the alleged gunman at the group's dinner in April.

The Trump administration is pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota "because of suspected fraud and noncompliance," U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ​said on Tuesday."If those states want that money they need to ⁠provide...

The Justice Department is proposing to move biological male transgender inmates currently housed in federal women's prisons into a segregated unit at a Texas prison.The move is an effort the Trump administration said would protect the inmates while complying with competing...

A U.S. soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade, according to a military statement Tuesday and his family. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, will ...

The Trump administration has reinstated a broader "public charge" policy that will allow immigration officials to consider an applicant's use of certain public assistance programs, including Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, when deciding whether to...

President Donald Trump denied 5,908 pending federal clemency applications this month, rejecting thousands of requests submitted through the Justice Department's traditional review process.

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a lower court's 2025 ruling that ordered the Trump administration to release ​pro-Palestinian advocate Mohsen Mahdawi from immigration detention.Mahdawi was one of ⁠several noncitizen students who were placed ​in deportation...

A father and his adult son have been charged with kidnapping two U.S. Forest Service biologists at gunpoint in a remote Northern California forest, where authorities said the victims were held hostage for hours before being released following an overnight standoff.

A father and his adult son have been charged with kidnapping two U.S. Forest Service biologists at gunpoint in a remote Northern California forest, where authorities said the victims were held hostage for hours before being released following an overnight standoff.Joseph...

The late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda next Tuesday before services at both the Washington National Cathedral and the senator's Baptist church in South Carolina.