The State Department is freezing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to clamp down on applicants it deems likely to become a public charge....
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The Pentagon has a new pitch for young adults: skip the Army, and write code instead. Undersecretary of Defense Emil Michael said on the No Priors podcast...
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The sun was already beginning to set as Portlanders in weatherproof jackets and fleeces lined up around Revolution Hall. It wasn't yet 5PM on a Wednesday but the crowd was gathering well before the to...
Immigration officers are in Minnesota as part of Operation Metro Surge. UCG/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The AFL-CIO called on ICE to leave Minnesota before "anyone else is hurt or ...
Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks. Al Drago/Getty Images The world's most senior bankers have rallied around embattled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell....
Sen. Mark Kelly said his lawsuit is about fighting back on the Pentagon's crackdown on speech. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon's spe...
Forget the road to Damascus; Trumpās conversion has happened on the jet to Davos...
US hedge fundās acquisition of Venezuela-owned refinery at risk of entanglement in talks over nationās future...
Donald Trump has announced that the second phase of the plan to end the war in Gaza has started. With key elements of phase one still unfulfilled - like a complete ceasefire - the announcement of the ...
Internet access was partially restored in Iran after two weeks of blackout during the anti-government protests which authorities violently cracked down on. This partial access allowed thousands of vid...
The House Oversight Committee voted to advance resolutions to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with their subpoenas relating to Jeffrey Epstein....
Donald Trump has again doubled down on threats to seize the autonomous territory. Foreign ministers from Denmark and Greenland are in Washington DC for talks on easing the tensions over the Arctic isl...
New York City's law mandating an option to tip when customers pay for their order takes effect on January 26. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images A New York City law requiring a tip prompt...
Russia carried out another large-scale overnight assault on Ukraineās energy infrastructure early Saturday, triggering explosions across Kyiv and cutting power to around 1.2 million properties nationw...
A Quinnipiac poll found 53% of voters said Good's shooting was not justified....
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The US just lowered Taiwan's tariffs in exchange for a massive domestic chipmaking promise, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday . Under the deal, tariffs on goods from Taiwan will decrease f...
The board was initially conceived as a mechanism to bring stability to post-war Gaza, but has since morphed into a broader conflict resolution platform....
The Syrian government Sunday announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country and dismantling the Kurdish-led forces that controlled the northeast for...