New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders are rallying with nurses in Manhattan during the ninth day of their strike
January 20, 2026
Israeli forces have targeted two United Nations facilities as part of their crackdown on the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees
January 20, 2026
New court doc asserts former Obama WH counsel advised Jeffrey Epstein during critical reputational and legal battles
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump is fighting a two-front war at the outset of this year’s midterm campaigns, working to prevent Democratic victories while also attempting to purge the Republican Party of the few remaining members who have defied him
January 20, 2026
With Trump’s backing, Rep. Julia Letlow launches a primary challenge against Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy
January 20, 2026
With a very offbeat style of play and even more unique body art, Oleksandra Oliynykova stood out in her Australian Open loss to defending champion Madision Keys
January 20, 2026
The British government is defending its decision to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the move
January 20, 2026
What are the Chagos Islands and why does Trump think Britain would be stupid to give them up?
January 20, 2026
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party says that violence against Kurdish groups in Syria risks undermining reconciliation efforts with Kurdish militants in Turkey
January 20, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland poses a “deep crisis” for NATO and raises questions about the alliance’s preservation as a single military-political bloc
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump has commanded attention during his second term
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump has shared private messages from world leaders about Greenland, revealing softer tones behind public criticism
January 20, 2026
Severely burned firefighter to get workers' comp after outrage over denied care
January 20, 2026
New Jersey students to learn cursive in school under new law
January 20, 2026
NYC Mayor Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders join striking nurses on picket line
January 20, 2026
Fact check: The false claims in Trump’s extraordinary message to Norway
January 20, 2026
An Israeli official says the nation has been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan
January 19, 2026
President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without his big tax and spending cuts bill
January 20, 2026
Britain approves ‘mega’ Chinese embassy in London despite national security fears
January 20, 2026
Supreme Court doubts constitutionality of Hawaii’s ‘default’ ban on guns on private property that’s open to the public
January 20, 2026
With eyes on House majority, Democrats face Trump impeachment dilemma
January 20, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed a vice premier over issues in a factory modernization project
January 20, 2026
Trump officials investigate protesters who interrupted Minnesota church service, targeting ICE official
January 19, 2026
Black landowners from a Georgia island community founded by freed slaves have won their latest property dispute with local officials at the ballot box
January 20, 2026
Hackers have disrupted Iranian state TV to air footage supporting the exiled crown prince
January 19, 2026
10-foot-tall replica of Trump’s alleged birthday message to Epstein appears on National Mall
January 20, 2026
How the US treats its allies has been a crucial question for every president. What evolved over the centuries into an official embrace of friendly nations is now being reversed by Donald Trump.
January 19, 2026
Even some Trump advisers are wary of a military pursuit of Greenland. Is an off-ramp possible?
January 19, 2026
A federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring members of Congress to give a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities
January 19, 2026
Communities across the U.S. held parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 19, 2026
Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion renovation of its headquarters in Washington, DC.
January 19, 2026
Walz was also asked about foreign ties during Harris vetting, sources tell CNN
January 19, 2026
Mexico is showing sensitivity to U.S. military movements since the attack earlier this month on Venezuela
January 19, 2026
In the wake of spiraling tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s violent crackdown of protests, analysts warn that internal upheaval or a potential collapse of the Iranian government could carry nuclear risks
January 19, 2026
The Swiss town of Davos hosts the annual meeting of elites from business, government and culture this week
January 19, 2026
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev says he is stepping down from the mostly ceremonial job
January 19, 2026
Activist keeping Martin Luther King Jr.'s message at Girard College alive 6 decades later
January 19, 2026
The Democrats’ 2028 calendar fight: 12 states apply for a spot at the front of the line
January 19, 2026
Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and observers are converging on the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting
January 19, 2026
European shares mostly fell and U.S. stock futures skidded Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% extra tariff on imports from eight European countries because they oppose having America take control of Greenland
January 19, 2026
Trump ties failure to win Nobel Peace Prize to efforts to acquire Greenland in message to Norway
January 19, 2026
European Union leaders are using strong language like "intimidation" and "blackmail" to describe U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of new tariffs over Greenland
January 19, 2026
Government offices, the stock market and many schools are closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but most businesses are open
January 19, 2026
Three U.S. Catholic cardinals have urged the Trump administration to use a moral compass in foreign policy
January 19, 2026
Syria’s military has seized swaths of Kurdish-held territory. Here’s what we know.
January 18, 2026
After decades of fighting the Iranian regime, Kurds see victory edging closer
January 19, 2026
Putin invited to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Kremlin says
January 19, 2026
Prince Harry vs. the Daily Mail: Royal takes on tabloid publisher over unlawful information gathering
January 19, 2026
A shooting at a town hall in northern Czech Republic on Monday has left one person dead and six others wounded
January 19, 2026
Shapiro says Harris’ vetting team asked whether he was ‘an agent of the Israeli government’
January 19, 2026
A year into Trump’s second term, Iowa voters offer clues for the midterm elections
January 19, 2026
Iraq announces full withdrawal of US forces from its federal territory
January 19, 2026
Will the Supreme Court continue to protect the Federal Reserve from Donald Trump?
January 19, 2026
Vietnam’s Communist Party has opened a meeting to decide the country's top leadership and policies for the next five years
January 19, 2026
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza to require $1 billion payment for permanent membership
January 18, 2026
Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo has declared a state of siege after suspected gang members in Guatemala’s capital killed seven police officers
January 18, 2026
Aftermath video of latest ICE shooting involving a man officials say assaulted an officer contradicts officials’ account
January 18, 2026
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation
January 18, 2026
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says sending active duty soldiers to Minnesota for an immigration crackdown is ridiculous and unconstitutional
January 18, 2026
What sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video
January 18, 2026
The Syrian government has announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country
January 18, 2026
The eight European countries targeted by U_S_ President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland have criticized the move in an unusually strong joint statement, warning that his threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.”
January 18, 2026
At least eight more countries say the United States has invited them to join President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace overseeing next steps for Gaza
January 18, 2026
Iran’s supreme leader acknowledges thousands were killed in protests
January 18, 2026
Restaurant workers detained by ICE agents who visited business for lunch
January 18, 2026
1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, source says, as state mobilizes National Guard
January 18, 2026
A U.S.-based activist agency reports at least 3,919 deaths during recent protests in Iran
January 18, 2026
The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter
January 16, 2026
A heckler yelled “leave Greenland alone!”
January 18, 2026
President Donald Trump’s new Gaza ceasefire plan includes a committee to manage Gaza's daily affairs
January 17, 2026
Mom now wearing ankle monitor, fighting to prove U.S. citizenship after ICE deportation threat
January 18, 2026
President Yoweri Museveni says his landslide victory in Uganda's election shows his party's dominance
January 18, 2026
Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump’s threats of taking possession of Greenland
January 18, 2026
CNN poll: Just 6% of Americans satisfied with how much US has released from Epstein files so far
January 18, 2026
Kremlin-installed authorities in Russia-occupied parts of southern Ukraine say Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged energy networks
January 18, 2026
Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says the holiday honoring her father's legacy is a “saving grace” amid political division
January 18, 2026
American Battleground: Demolition Man – How Trump’s first year back is changing the nation’s capital
January 18, 2026
Meet the trusted diplomat tasked with turning the US-backed ceasefire into peace for Gaza
January 18, 2026
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests
January 17, 2026
US carries out lethal strike against al Qaeda affiliate leader in Syria
January 18, 2026
The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries have formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement
January 17, 2026
Trump threatens new tariffs on European allies over Greenland until deal reached, as thousands protest
January 17, 2026
Republican Congressman Mike Flood joins The Lead.
January 16, 2026
Recent Trump investments reignite concerns around potential conflicts of interest
January 17, 2026
Kurdish forces retreat as government troops advance across northern Syria
January 17, 2026
Virginia’s governors traditionally wear morning suits for their inaugurations
January 17, 2026
Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump
January 17, 2026
Trump’s double pardon underscores sweeping use of clemency
January 17, 2026
A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria has resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader
January 17, 2026
The White House has announced that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump says he'll impose a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland
January 17, 2026
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for supporting Iranian protesters
January 17, 2026
Thousands of people have rallied in Serbia as university students announced a new stage in their struggle against President Aleksandar Vucic’s government
January 17, 2026
‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters
January 17, 2026
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won his seventh term with 71.65% of the votes
January 17, 2026
Israel’s government is objecting to a White House announcement about leaders overseeing the next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire enters its challenging second phase
January 17, 2026
A Minneapolis couple says federal officers rolled a tear gas canister under their SUV, flooding it with toxic fumes and leaving them and several of their six children, including an infant, in need of hospital treatment
January 17, 2026
Syrian government forces have entered two northern towns after Kurdish-led fighters agreed to evacuate
January 17, 2026
Former UK leader Blair joins Carney and Rubio on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza
January 17, 2026
A border crossing in Turkey’s eastern province of Van has not seen a major influx of Iranians seeking asylum
January 17, 2026
Britain’s main opposition leader has joined a protest against China’s planned new embassy in London
January 17, 2026
The NFL will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying “Choose Love” in the end zones and on helmet decals for all divisional round playoff games this weekend
January 17, 2026
911 transcripts, incident reports and videos show how an ICE agent shot a mother of 3 at ‘point blank range’
January 17, 2026
Your biggest legal questions about ICE and the Minneapolis shooting, answered
January 17, 2026
The Trump admin tried to merge DEA and ATF. After pressure, it quietly abandoned the plan
January 17, 2026
A Ukrainian delegation has arrived in the United States to discuss a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war
January 17, 2026
America’s top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump’s trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere
January 17, 2026
Longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations and freezing offshore wind projects
January 17, 2026
Anti-abortion movement seeks to escalate clashes over blue state ‘shield’ laws
January 17, 2026
Journalists and media leaders in Bangladesh are demanding protection after recent attacks on two major newspapers
January 17, 2026
Trump considering new tariffs on countries that oppose his annexation plans for Greenland
January 16, 2026
Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back in his final year in Washington
January 17, 2026
A U.S. judge has ruled federal officers in a Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren’t obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents
January 17, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration is urging U.S. aircraft operators to “exercise caution” when flying over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico, Central America and parts of South America, citing “military activities” and satellite navigation interference
January 17, 2026
Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson appears in court as defense pushes to disqualify prosecutors from the case
January 16, 2026
The Utah man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk returned to court Friday as his attorneys seek to disqualify prosecutors in the case
January 16, 2026
A judge has ruled that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC and a woman who ended up back in prison after he commuted her sentence during his first term
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump this week quietly appointed four new members to the Commission of Fine Arts, one of two federal panels reviewing his plan to build a White House ballroom
January 16, 2026
Trump’s pardon of convicted woman is the second time he’s erased her sentence in a criminal case
January 16, 2026
Brazilian President Lula da Silva and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen celebrate the expected signing of a free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur
January 16, 2026
FBI director and deputy attorney general visit Minneapolis amid ongoing tensions
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River water sharing
January 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland
January 16, 2026
New York City nurses on strike say they have restarted contract talks with another one of the major hospital systems affected on the fifth day of the walkout
January 16, 2026
Trump appoints loyalists to arts commission that will review White House ballroom plans
January 16, 2026
Republicans in Congress are supporting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as the Trump administration ramps up its pressure campaign against the central bank
January 16, 2026
Kansas City, Missouri, mayor requests investigation into city's response to concerns before Northland homicide
January 16, 2026
At its one-year mark, the Trump administration is dismantling the systems that once helped the US move toward a more open and equal democracy.
January 16, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she’s confident of her country’s eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolás Maduro
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, a White House official said
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump is thanking Iran for not following through on executions of more than 800 political prisoners
January 16, 2026
The White House has released the names of some of the leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza
January 16, 2026
Virginia Democrats set up a referendum to try to flip as many as 4 GOP-held US House seats
January 16, 2026
Local leaders chime in after reports of ICE touring south Kansas City locations for possible detention center
January 16, 2026
What we know about Trump’s ‘Great Health Care Plan’
January 16, 2026
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has met with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez
January 16, 2026
‘As far as I’m concerned, this regime has fallen’: Director Jafar Panahi on Iran’s deadly protests
January 16, 2026
A British police force chief has retired following criticism over a decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa last year
January 16, 2026
Tens of thousands of Cubans have gathered in Havana to protest the killing of 32 Cuban officers in Venezuela
January 16, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that efforts to crack down on Mexican cartels and slow migration north were showing “compelling results” in an effort to head off intervention by the Trump administration
January 16, 2026
As Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure
January 16, 2026
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has an early lead in a tense presidential election
January 16, 2026
Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support
January 16, 2026
The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations at schools and universities
January 16, 2026
Minneapolis couple says ICE released tear gas under their family vehicle with 6 children inside
January 16, 2026
Man charged with selling fentanyl pills from Georgia farmers market, authorities say
January 16, 2026
911 transcripts and an incident report reveal where Renee Good was shot and how her community faced her killing in real time
January 16, 2026
CIA director traveled to Venezuela to meet with country’s acting president
January 16, 2026
A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on some charges related to his imposition of martial law
January 16, 2026
Rightwingers of the world unite to endorse Orbán ahead of Hungary’s election
January 16, 2026
CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities
January 16, 2026
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the situation in the city “not sustainable,” as tensions flare after a federal law enforcement officer shot someone the DHS says assaulted them.
January 15, 2026
Myanmar insists its military campaign against the Rohingya ethnic minority was a legitimate counter-terrorism operation, not genocide
January 16, 2026
Taiwan’s premier has hailed a new trade deal with the United States as the “best tariff deal” enjoyed by countries with trade surpluses with Washington, while an official in Beijing condemned the accord
January 16, 2026
Canada’s leader patches things up with China as rift with Trump upends old certainties
January 16, 2026
A woman in Canada has become a global symbol of defiance against Iran's regime
January 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis
January 15, 2026
Pentagon moves to turn independent military outlet into a ‘mouthpiece,’ advocates warn
January 16, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has used her first state of the union message to advocate opening the state-run oil industry to more foreign investment
January 15, 2026
A federal judge has dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and personal data on the state’s 23 million registered voters
January 16, 2026
Small town pushes back against proposed placement of sexually violent predator
January 16, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump
January 15, 2026
A group of U.S. senators is voicing concern over U.S. Postal Service processing changes and what those could mean for voting with mail ballots
January 16, 2026
The 75-year-old pop star is part of a generation of Iranians in the diaspora who are watching, with bated breath, as their compatriots seek to topple the Islamic Republic.
January 15, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has discussed her country’s future with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House
January 15, 2026
Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It’s on shaky ground
January 15, 2026
On the verge of strikes in Iran, the US held off. What happens next is up to Trump
January 15, 2026
U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other at the U.N. Security Council, where America’s envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries
January 15, 2026
The Trump administration has identified a host of athletic competitions it classifies as “major sporting events” — aside from soccer's 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games — that athletes and coaches will be allowed to travel to the U.S. to take part in despite a broad visa ban
January 15, 2026
A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian activist
January 15, 2026
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is walking back claims of pressure and arrests he made earlier this week
January 15, 2026
President Donald Trump has announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up
January 15, 2026
The bodies of 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela have been repatriated to their homeland
January 15, 2026
Democrats across the country are proposing state law changes to rein in federal immigration officers and protect the public following the shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis and the wounding of two people in Portland, Oregon
January 15, 2026
Several Middle Eastern allies of the United States have urged the Trump administration to hold off on strikes against Iran for the government’s deadly crackdown on protesters
January 15, 2026
Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday
January 15, 2026
Senators from opposing parties are working together in hopes of finally banning members of Congress from trading stocks
January 15, 2026
Can the president use the Insurrection Act and send the military into U.S. cities? A web of legal provisions try to balance presidential power with the power of state leaders.
January 15, 2026
Elon Musk's AI assistant, Grok, is facing scrutiny from governments worldwide
January 15, 2026
Providers, state health agencies and others are feeling whiplash and confusion after the Trump administration eliminated and then abruptly reinstated grants that support substance abuse and mental health programs nationwide
January 15, 2026
Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics — including pointing rifles at demonstrators and deploying chemical irritants — actions the government says are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks and growing protests
January 15, 2026
Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed nine people, including three women, following the U.S. announcement of a second phase in the fragile ceasefire
January 15, 2026
Troops from European countries, including France and Germany, are arriving in Greenland to boost security
January 15, 2026
U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela
January 15, 2026
A top ICE official has resigned her job in a bid to oust the longest-serving woman in Congress this fall
January 15, 2026
The Defense Department says it is revamping the military newspaper Stars and Stripes to focus on “reporting for our warfighters” and eliminate woke distractions
January 15, 2026
Why the Trump administration is holding millions of dollars from Venezuelan oil sales in a Qatari bank
January 15, 2026
The Marine Corps general tapped to lead U.S. military operations in Latin America says he's ready to oversee an expanded presence but isn't sure what the Trump administration has planned
January 15, 2026
The United Nations chief is lashing out at countries that violate international law and calling the concentration of power and wealth by the world’s richest 1% “morally indefensible.”
January 15, 2026
Last month, Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson penned a first-person piece about her long year as “the federal government whisperer,” receiving tips from hundreds of federal workers impacted by President Donald Trump’s transformation of the government. On Wednesday morning, FBI agents arrived at Natanson’s home and executed a search warrant. CNN's Katelyn Polantz reports.
January 15, 2026
Possible leaker to Washington Post told officers he ‘mishandled classified information,’ DOJ says
January 15, 2026
A prosecutor has told a jury that a prison guard should be convicted of manslaughter for failing to intervene in the brutal beating of an inmate by other guards
January 15, 2026
President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful, but you wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers
January 15, 2026
Trump unveils health care framework aimed at lowering costs in latest affordability push
January 15, 2026
International journalists have been flocking to Greenland's capital, Nuuk during the geopolitical crisis triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to control the island
January 15, 2026
Minneapolis Native community works to protect each other as ICE surges in Twin Cities
January 15, 2026
A federal judge has cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction
January 15, 2026
A Kremlin official says that Moscow agrees with U.S. President Donald Trump that Ukraine is holding up a peace deal
January 15, 2026
Boise man who fled Iran shares perspective as protests escalate overseas
January 15, 2026
Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has outlined his vision for a democratic Iran on social media
January 15, 2026
‘Tip of the iceberg’: The FBI search of a reporter’s home has newsrooms bracing for more
January 15, 2026
Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to flip majority control of the Legislature and retain the governor's seat this year
January 15, 2026
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to project political influence even as his term nears its end
January 15, 2026
Press freedom advocates are concerned this week's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home will deter reporting on government actions and silence whistleblowers
January 15, 2026
Maryland woman doing humanitarian work in Philippines is in military custody, her friends say
January 15, 2026
European nations send additional troops to Greenland as US annexation threats escalate
January 15, 2026
‘Department of War’ rebrand could cost up to $125 million, CBO estimates
January 15, 2026
Forty-seven U.S. House members have announced they're not running for reelection, putting a record number of seats up for grabs at this point in the midterm election cycle
January 15, 2026
Most of the 1 million Venezuelan immigrants in the US arrived relatively recently.
January 15, 2026
The high court recognizes a person’s right to self-defense with firearms but has also upheld the government’s power to enforce limits on that right.
January 15, 2026
When fires broke out across Los Angeles in January 2025, Miguel Santana, CEO of the California Community Foundation, saw the devastation firsthand
January 15, 2026
Trump is threatening to attack a country that produces three times more oil than Venezuela
January 15, 2026
Federal agent shoots a man officials say assaulted an officer, sparking new protests in Minneapolis
January 15, 2026
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to boost production of rare earths and the other critical minerals
January 15, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and China are entering a new era of relations
January 15, 2026
Palestine Action-linked protesters end their weeks-long UK hunger strike
January 15, 2026
Major Middle East powers urge Trump not to attack Iran as US moves some personnel from key base
January 14, 2026
75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll finds
January 15, 2026
Russian authorities have ordered a British diplomat to leave the country, accusing the official of spying
January 15, 2026
Israel plans to honor the late Charlie Kirk for his efforts against antisemitism
January 15, 2026
Execution of Iranian protester Erfan Soltani postponed, family says, as Trump claims ‘killing has stopped’
January 14, 2026
The ongoing debate over health care in the U.S. remains as contentious as ever
January 15, 2026
A federal officer has shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday
January 14, 2026
Officials say emergency repair crews are working tirelessly to restore power in the Kyiv region of Ukraine
January 14, 2026
The US has officially started selling Venezuelan oil
January 15, 2026
The House GOP’s new Select Committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has held its first hearing, but it's clear the trauma of that day still lingers
January 15, 2026
Iranian officials signaled that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests, while the Islamic Republic promised retaliation if the U.S. or Israel intervened in the domestic unrest
January 14, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is blocking Louisiana's effort to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills out of state
January 15, 2026
A top Democrat is slamming the Trump administration for cutting thousands of substance abuse and mental health grants and then abruptly reversing course
January 14, 2026
Senate GOP shields Trump from limits to his war powers in Venezuela after Vance breaks tie
January 14, 2026
Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has argued for years that the Venezuelan government has intentionally orchestrated mass migration into the United States
January 15, 2026
Senate Republicans have voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela
January 14, 2026
A top Danish official says a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remains with President Donald Trump after talks in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio
January 14, 2026
Trump says ‘anything less’ than US control of Greenland is ‘unacceptable’
January 14, 2026
A demonstrator was hit in the face with a projectile fired by a federal officer at close range during a protest in Southern California
January 14, 2026
A legal memo that came out days before the U_S_ military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests."
January 14, 2026
Trump enacts 25% tariff on chips — with a caveat
January 14, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro
January 14, 2026
Epstein survivors ask inspector general to review Justice Department’s release of files
January 14, 2026
A district attorney, a state senator and a trash-hauling entrepreneur are among the 22 candidates bidding to succeed former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a Georgia congressional seat
January 14, 2026
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for their immediate release
January 14, 2026
Renee Good's family hired the law firm that represented George Floyd’s family to seek answers and accountability for the Minneapolis mother's killing by a federal immigration agent
January 14, 2026
FBI searches Washington Post reporter’s home
January 14, 2026
Greenland biathlete Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
January 14, 2026
A pop star, an aging autocrat and a crackdown: What to expect from Uganda’s election
January 14, 2026
The head of a nonpartisan group supporting Georgia prosecutors says a new state law used by Donald Trump and others to seek attorney fees is likely unconstitutional
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump says he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters
January 14, 2026
Syria’s military has announced it will open a “humanitarian corridor” for civilians to evacuate from an area in Aleppo province
January 14, 2026
DOJ wants interviews with Democrats as part of investigation into lawmakers’ ‘illegal orders’ video
January 14, 2026
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military to resist “illegal orders” have confirmed that they're under investigation from the Trump administration
January 14, 2026
The Supreme Court is reviving a Republican challenge to a law allowing the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump
January 14, 2026
New York City nurses are striking for a third day with both sides seemingly preparing for a protracted walkout
January 14, 2026
Smithsonian hands over documents as its leader tries to balance ‘principle and pragmatism’ in facing White House demands
January 14, 2026
US announces next phase of Gaza ceasefire plan as committee is formed to run battered enclave
January 14, 2026
The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States
January 14, 2026
Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers
January 14, 2026
The United States says it’s moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan involving disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs
January 14, 2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exit sets off a MAGA showdown in her old Georgia district
January 14, 2026
The Supreme Court has sided with Montana police in a case over when officers can enter a home without a warrant if an emergency might be unfolding inside
January 14, 2026
Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate
January 14, 2026
SpaceX's Starlink has dropped fees to help Iranian demonstrators share protest details globally, activists say
January 14, 2026
Milwaukee father charged with locking 6 kids in storage testifies at his own trial
January 14, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi says the search of a Washington Post reporter’s home was done at the Pentagon’s request as part of a leak investigation
January 14, 2026
Reproductive rights advocates have dropped a lawsuit against the Trump administration after officials agreed to restore millions in federal funding for family planning services
January 14, 2026
Trump wants to slash funding for federal climate and weather research. Congress is about to tell him ‘No’
January 14, 2026
Half of Americans think ICE is making US cities less safe, CNN poll finds
January 14, 2026
Ukraine's new defense minister says wide-scale desertions and draft-dodging are major challenges as Russia's invasion continues
January 14, 2026
West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey joins The Lead.
January 14, 2026
ACLU attorney Joshua Block joins The Lead.
January 14, 2026
Supreme Court revives GOP congressman’s absentee ballot suit that could spur more election litigation
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump’s threats against independent media and free speech look a lot like the actions of autocrats elsewhere intent on undermining the institutions meant to keep them in check.
January 14, 2026
In an interview with CBS, President Donald Trump commented Renee Good was likely “a very solid, wonderful person, but her actions were pretty tough.” CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil told Trump that Good’s father is a Trump supporter but is deeply upset by his daughter’s death and the administration’s portrayal of her. In response, Trump said “Well, I want to say to the father that I love all of our people.”
January 14, 2026
Trump feels obligated to take action on Iran as administration weighs risks of retaliation
January 14, 2026
Peace efforts in Sudan have resumed in Cairo, with Egypt and the United Nations urging warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce
January 14, 2026
A new poll shows most Americans believe President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries
January 14, 2026
There is no evidence that US intervention in Venezuela will lead to a meaningful reduction in drugs flowing into the United States.
January 14, 2026
The European Union plans to allocate most of a new loan program to Ukraine's military needs over the next two years
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump has said that all countries that do business with Iran will face a new 25% tariff. CNN's Paula Hancocks discusses what this could mean for trading partners such as China.
January 12, 2026
Pro-Palestinian activists are carrying out one of the UK’s longest ever hunger strikes. Their families say they won’t stop
January 14, 2026
4 ways Trump wants to make America more affordable. Will they work?
January 14, 2026
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he expects President Donald Trump to interfere with the midterm elections
January 14, 2026
A former Republican lawmaker in South Carolina has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for sending videos of children being sexually abused on social media
January 14, 2026
Why this legal expert says the Minnesota and Illinois immigration lawsuits ‘are close to completely meritless’
January 14, 2026
As election denier Tina Peters tries to overturn her conviction, Colorado’s Democratic governor signals openness to clemency
January 14, 2026
Judge deals blow to the Trump Justice Department’s use of the Civil Rights Act to ‘clean’ voter rolls
January 14, 2026
The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration
January 14, 2026
Venezuelan officials return to X in apparent end to Maduro-era ban on platform
January 14, 2026
The Ugandan opposition leader known as Bobi Wine has been campaigning for president in a flak jacket and helmet as soldiers filled the streets of the capital, Kampala
January 14, 2026
The Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to deepen cooperation between their countries before they let loose with their own surprise cultural exchange in a surprise jam session drumming to K-pop hits
January 14, 2026
Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense
January 13, 2026
Nearly 1,000 households displaced by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui in 2023 are anxiously awaiting news on federal assistance
January 14, 2026
Kavanaugh and Roberts are already looking ahead to the next major transgender controversy
January 14, 2026
New documents shed light on Renee Good’s ties to ICE monitoring efforts in Minneapolis
January 13, 2026
Edilson Torres has been buried in his hometown after dying in a Venezuelan prison
January 13, 2026
Activists say the death toll from the protests in Iran has surpassed 2,500 people
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump has once again drawn his go-to diplomatic weapon — tariffs — to coerce the Iranian government to end its bloody crackdown on nationwide protests
January 13, 2026
Frustration mounts inside White House over Pirro’s handling of Powell investigation
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump promoted his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans’ pocketbooks
January 13, 2026
The Trump administration says multiple Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been released
January 14, 2026
Activists say the death toll from Iran's protests has risen to at least 2,571, and Iranian state TV acknowledges there was a high death toll
January 13, 2026
Interim Venezuelan government frees at least 4 Americans
January 14, 2026
Pentagon to dispatch dozens of military lawyers to Minneapolis amid immigration crackdown
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump met Tuesday with his national security team to discuss the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on protesters as he looks to get a better understanding of the number of Iranian citizens who have been killed and arrested in more than two weeks of unrest throughout the country
January 13, 2026
The House gave approval to legislation aimed at loosening water efficiency regulations for showerheads
January 13, 2026
Au pair who had affair with Brendan Banfield describes alleged scheme to kill his wife and another man
January 13, 2026
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died
January 13, 2026
Fact check: Trump litters Detroit economic speech with numerous false claims about economy
January 13, 2026
A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis
January 13, 2026
Military plane part of secretive, classified fleet used in first Caribbean boat strike
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says that his administration is planning to halt federal payments to "sanctuary cities" and the states where they're located starting Feb. 1
January 13, 2026
As the Supreme Court of the United States hears arguments in blockbuster cases challenging transgender sports bans, CNN's Brianna Keilar speaks with Madison Kenyon, a former college athlete who is involved in one of the cases before the court, and Kristen Waggoner, President & CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom.
January 13, 2026
Access to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service is now free in Iran as regime continues brutal crackdown on protests
January 13, 2026
Iranian state media has aired at least 97 confessions from protesters since Dec. 28, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency
January 13, 2026
The leaders of Denmark and the country’s territory of Greenland on Tuesday offered a united front against President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to take over the strategic Arctic island
January 13, 2026
Justice Department officials have accused a federal judge of abusing his power in demanding that Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan explain why she continues to identify herself as a U.S. Attorney in Virginia despite another judge’s ruling that she was illegally appointed
January 13, 2026
Takeaways from Supreme Court arguments on transgender athletes
January 13, 2026
Thousands of New York City nurses were back on the picket lines as they walked out for a second day from their jobs at some of the city’s leading hospitals
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump is defending his tariffs, using a major economic speech in Michigan to argue that they boost domestic manufacturing despite many Americans fears about rising prices
January 13, 2026
Classified legal memo argues Trump wasn’t constrained by US or international law for Maduro capture operation
January 13, 2026
Georgia lawmakers are moving to void a Savannah ordinance that fines or jails people for leaving guns in unlocked cars
January 13, 2026
The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft
January 13, 2026
The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams
January 13, 2026
Trump steps up pressure campaign to avoid rare Congress reprimand on war powers
January 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has made an American takeover of Greenland a focus of his second term in the White House
January 13, 2026
A New York City Council employee detained in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is an asylum-seeker from Venezuela, according to a court petition seeking his release
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them
January 13, 2026
Why are there mass protests in Iran, and could the US get involved?
January 12, 2026
A jury has convicted a former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs of transporting fireworks across state lines with plans to shoot explosives at police during last year’s “No Kings” protest in San Diego
January 13, 2026
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are refusing to testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein
January 13, 2026
As Iran faces unrest, Israel waits quietly for Trump’s next move
January 13, 2026
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has returned to court to appeal an embezzlement conviction that risks affecting her 2027 presidential ambitions
January 13, 2026
Families demand proof of life as Venezuela releases only dozens of political prisoners. Here’s what we know so far
January 12, 2026
The Democratic National Committee plans to spend millions of dollars to consolidate voter registration efforts, traditionally handled by nonprofits and individual campaigns
January 13, 2026
The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants
January 13, 2026
Retired firefighter assaulted at anti-ICE rally; suspect claims stolen valor
January 13, 2026
Clintons refuse to testify in congressional Epstein probe despite contempt threat
January 13, 2026
The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration, arguing the widespread federal immigration operation in the state is “a federal invasion of the Twin Cities,” according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
January 12, 2026
Woman who was shocked on sidewalk with her dog speaks out: "Like he was being tased"
January 13, 2026
The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the potential to address racial resentment.
January 13, 2026
Rubio says US does not know whereabouts of 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act
January 13, 2026
John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Reagan in 1981, wants you to read his new book
January 13, 2026
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set to testify publicly next week about his investigations into President Donald Trump that resulted in two indictments
January 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to return to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week
January 13, 2026
The BBC says it will ask for dismissal of Trump’s lawsuit
January 13, 2026
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and his opponents have held their final rallies before the country's next election
January 13, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have agreed to enhance cooperation in economic security, defense and the search for Korean forced laborers' remains
January 13, 2026
Former British ambassador to US Peter Mandelson issues apology over friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
January 13, 2026
Central bankers from around the world have expressed full support for U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
January 13, 2026
Minnesota and Illinois are suing the Trump administration over immigration operations. Here are the lawsuits’ key claims
January 13, 2026
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is questioning whether a proposal from his own lieutenant governor to ban federal immigration enforcement actions around courthouses, schools and other locations can, or should, be done
January 13, 2026
Senegal and Ivory Coast fans who want to support their teams at the World Cup this summer have had their plans upended because of a travel ban imposed by the Trump administration
January 13, 2026
Hospital authorities in the Gaza Strip say that at least four Palestinians have died following the collapse of walls onto tents sheltering displaced during rainfall and strong winds that lashed the coastal territory
January 13, 2026
The BBC will ask a judge to dismiss U.S. President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the broadcaster
January 13, 2026
Trump ‘immediately’ imposes 25% tariffs on countries that do business with Iran. That could include China
January 12, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican
January 12, 2026
Department of Homeland Security changes story of Maryland ICE shooting after local police release contradicting details
January 13, 2026
Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome
January 13, 2026
Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith to publicly testify in House Judiciary hearing
January 13, 2026
Bessent unhappy with criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell
January 12, 2026
The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked a backlash that may undermine the White House’s goals
January 12, 2026
A man accused of steering a U-Haul truck toward a Los Angeles demonstration over the weekend in support of Iran’s protests has been released after being arrested on suspicion of reckless driving, officials say
January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump has arrived at a delicate moment as he weighs whether to order a U.S. military response against the Iranian government over its crackdown on protests
January 13, 2026
A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen later this week to show unity with Denmark amid tensions over Greenland
January 12, 2026
Trump administration strikes deal with AbbVie to cut costs of certain drugs
January 13, 2026
Trump administration under pressure to restore funding to groups supporting internet freedom in Iran
January 13, 2026
The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace
January 13, 2026
Yaxzodara Lozada has woken up freezing on a sidewalk outside a Venezuelan prison, hoping her husband, a police officer detained in November, will be released
January 12, 2026
The FBI says in a court document that it has found no surveillance or other video of a Border Patrol agent shooting and wounding two people in a pickup truck during an immigration enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, last week
January 12, 2026
A morgue overflowing with more body bags than answers amid Iran’s latest crackdown on dissent
January 12, 2026
The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing the federal government to stop an enforcement surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer
January 12, 2026
Russia killed more than 2,500 Ukrainian civilians in 2025, many of them far from the front lines
January 12, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has proposed negotiations following his threat to strike the country amid a crackdown on demonstrators
January 12, 2026
The FBI says that an arson suspect admitted to targeting a historic Mississippi synagogue because it's a Jewish house of worship
January 12, 2026
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has sued the Pentagon over attempts to punish him for his warnings about illegal orders
January 12, 2026
Colombia’s National Liberation Army called for a “national accord” to overcome political conflicts, as it faces the prospects of attacks from the governments of Colombia and the United States
January 12, 2026
Washington’s inspector general’s office has launched an investigation into the Metropolitan Police Department’s crime data reporting system
January 12, 2026
Democrats are looking to expand their hold on the nation's governorships in the midterm elections in November
January 12, 2026
Justice Department fires top career prosecutor in Lindsey Halligan-led office
January 12, 2026
Hospital officials in Gaza say an Israeli drone strike has killed three Palestinians who crossed the ceasefire line
January 12, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his administration is not in talks with the U.S. government
January 12, 2026
'All In For Our Culture Festival' bringing community together to celebrate next mayor
January 12, 2026
Plaintiffs' attorneys are asking a federal judge to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota over the weekend
January 12, 2026
Massachusetts is enacting a series of safety reforms at assisted living facilities including increase inspections following a fire that killed 10 residents last year
January 12, 2026
Carriage horse runs into traffic, hits multiple vehicles
January 12, 2026
Thousands of nurses at several major New York City hospitals have gone on strike
January 12, 2026
A top aide to Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after an online video was posted recently in which it was suggested that he and others were using their close ties to the leader to earn favors for would-be investors in exchange for cash
January 12, 2026
London's murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday
January 12, 2026
A US-based human rights group says more than 400 protesters have now been killed in two weeks as information about the victims of Iran’s bloody crackdown is starting to emerge. CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports.
January 11, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado to visit White House on Thursday
January 12, 2026
The Golden Globes were calm, scripted and largely apolitical amid a world on fire
January 12, 2026
New polling from Gallup shows that Americans are increasingly identifying as political independents and rejecting the labels of the two major political parties
January 12, 2026
Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola announces her challenge against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in this year's midterm elections
January 12, 2026
Nurses strike begins in New York City as thousands walk off jobs at major hospitals
January 12, 2026
Supreme Court leaves multibillion-dollar Boy Scouts bankruptcy settlement in place
January 12, 2026
US oil companies have never stopped investing and operating in Venezuela’s petroleum industry, despite many changes in the terms of their engagement.
January 12, 2026
Cuban leader says ‘no one dictates what we do’ as Trump tells regime to make a deal
January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country over its crackdown on protesters
January 12, 2026
Myanmar heard accusations that it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings began on Monday
January 12, 2026
Since the Supreme Court protected transgender people from discrimination, ‘The backlash has been brutal’
January 12, 2026
Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and the collapse of its currency
January 09, 2026
For thousands of Venezuelans living in the U.S., the days since the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have brought a mixture of joy and trepidation
January 12, 2026
Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into the Fed and Jerome Powell
January 12, 2026
Some celebrities have donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes ceremony in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis this week
January 11, 2026
President Donald Trump says Iran reached out to the U.S. and proposed negotiations after he threatened action in response to a crackdown on protesters in the Middle Eastern country
January 11, 2026
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Ugandan president’s military son, is not on the ballot in Thursday's presidential election
January 12, 2026
A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran
January 11, 2026
Federal agents are carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman
January 11, 2026
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed’s building renovations
January 12, 2026
Trump weighs potential military intervention in Iran
January 11, 2026
President Donald Trump's motorcade took an unusual route to the airport in Florida due to a "suspicious object
January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is “inclined” to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of former President Nicolás Maduro
January 12, 2026
A Minneapolis church opened its doors for a special Sunday service of ‘Lament and Hope’ amid the ongoing federal immigration crackdown in the city
January 11, 2026
Britain is discussing with NATO allies how to enhance Arctic security against Russia and China
January 11, 2026
References to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments have been removed from his photo portrait display at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington
January 11, 2026
Smithsonian takes down details about Trump’s impeachments from presidential portrait exhibition
January 11, 2026
Longtime New Jersey legislator and former acting governor Richard “Dick” Codey has died
January 11, 2026
First responders started entering a contested neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo after deadly clashes between government and Kurdish-led forces
January 11, 2026
There's another warning from President Donald Trump to Cuba in the wake of Nicolás Maduro's ouster in Venezuela
January 11, 2026
Anti‑ICE protests held across US after agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis
January 11, 2026
‘We hope they will give us heat’: Bitter winter cold bites for Kyiv’s residents as Russia steps up attacks
January 11, 2026
A group is teaching residents about rights they have during ICE interactions. Here's how.
January 11, 2026
Families from one of the few remaining Palestinian Bedouin villages in the dusty corridor between Ramallah and Jericho packed up and prepared to flee their homes Sunday, saying harassment by Jewish settlers living in unauthorized outposts nearby had grown unbearable
January 11, 2026
Myanmar has begun a second round of voting in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago
January 11, 2026
Kurdish fighters have been evacuated from a contested neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, after days of violent clashes with government forces
January 10, 2026
What happens when the US decides to seize an oil ship?
January 11, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel, continuing an annual tradition marking the end of the Christmas holiday at the Vatican
January 11, 2026
A Ukrainian drone strike has killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh
January 11, 2026
The German government has sharply rejected claims by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that it sidelined patient autonomy during COVID-19
January 11, 2026
The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria
January 10, 2026
Israel’s official state photos from last year portend to show history in the making
January 11, 2026
‘It could have killed me’: Minnesota shooting solidifies the anxieties of people who track ICE
January 11, 2026
Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo has been released from prison after a year and five months
January 10, 2026
Activists say the death toll in nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy has reached at least 116 people killed
January 10, 2026
Protesters in Tehran describe seeing ‘bodies piled up’ in hospitals after crackdown by authorities
January 10, 2026
Video captured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross gives a raw, up-close perspective of the tense moments surrounding his fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
January 09, 2026
President Trump says he's discussing a range of options to acquire Greenland, but he's not the first. CNN's Nic Robertson breaks down the history of US interest in the Danish territory.
January 09, 2026
Nicaragua’s Interior Ministry has announced the release of dozens of prisoners
January 10, 2026
US carries out strikes in Syria as part of ongoing retaliation against ISIS
January 10, 2026
A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021
January 10, 2026
Russia launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine overnight into Friday for the second time since the full-scale war began 2022, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh looks back at the first time it was used during a strike on Dnipro in late November 2024.
January 09, 2026
A man who is known for grabbing Nancy Pelosi's podium during the U.S. Capitol riot is running for a county office in Florida
January 10, 2026
President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order to protect Venezuelan oil revenue from judicial proceedings
January 10, 2026
President Donald Trump says he wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates
January 10, 2026
CNN’s examination of the fatal shooting of Renee Good includes newly-released footage and a 3D model
January 10, 2026
Iran has disconnected its internet and phone lines to cut off its 85 million people from the rest of the world
January 10, 2026
Greenland’s party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump’s calls for the U.S. to take control of the island
January 10, 2026
Doctors fear this week’s unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children
January 10, 2026
British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of America
January 10, 2026
US will take Greenland the ‘hard way’ if it can’t do it the ‘easy way,’ Trump says
January 10, 2026
As U.S. seizures of oil tankers linked to Venezuela surge, so do concerns in Cuba about whether the island’s government and economy will survive
January 10, 2026
A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block child care and other federal social service money from flowing to five states for now
January 10, 2026
Trump calls for a 10% cap on credit card rates in his latest appeal to affordability concerns
January 10, 2026
New York’s attorney general has sued the Trump administration for halting two major offshore wind projects expected to power more than 1 million homes
January 10, 2026
A Minnesota prosecutor is calling on the public to share with investigators any recordings and evidence connected to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as new video emerged showing the final moments of her encounter with an immigration officer
January 09, 2026
Russia has launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine, using hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles
January 09, 2026
June dragging incident could have influenced ICE officer during fatal Minneapolis shooting, experts say. Only he knows
January 10, 2026
The United States and Venezuela are exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations
January 09, 2026
Protests in Iran have continued despite threats from the government to crack down
January 09, 2026
U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea
January 09, 2026
The head of the FBI’s New York field office has been named co-deputy director of the bureau, replacing Dan Bongino following his departure last week
January 09, 2026
President Donald Trump is showing off a lapel pin he says is called "Happy Trump," featuring a cartoonish version of himself
January 09, 2026
Oregon to investigate Border Patrol shooting of man and woman who authorities say have ties to notorious gang
January 09, 2026
FBI picks career agent to replace Dan Bongino as deputy director
January 09, 2026
In an unusual move, President Donald Trump posted a graph Thursday night on social media that reflected jobs data from December that weren’t supposed to be released until the Labor Department issued the monthly employment report Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern
January 09, 2026
President Donald Trump is calling on oil executives to rush to invest in Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100 billion in private funding to revive the country's ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum
January 09, 2026
A federal judge is expected to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered legal protections for more than 10,000 relatives of citizens and green card holders
January 09, 2026
Fear of Trump’s wrath ripples through House GOP
January 09, 2026
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has asked the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis directly to her office
January 09, 2026
Opening statements began Friday in the trial of five current and former Stanford students who overtook a university building during 2024 pro-Palestine protests
January 09, 2026
ICE agent’s cellphone captures fatal confrontation in Minneapolis
January 09, 2026
DC pipe bomb suspect pleads not guilty to federal charges
January 09, 2026
Nearly 50 years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew his father, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has spurred demonstrators onto the streets in a massive escalation of the protests sweeping Iran
January 09, 2026
Why are Iranians protesting and what does it mean for the regime?
January 09, 2026
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that federal border agents are pulling out of a Louisiana immigration crackdown and heading to Minneapolis
January 09, 2026
Luigi Mangione’s federal death penalty trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could begin before the end of the year
January 09, 2026
Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, is set to dismantle its institutions effective Friday
January 09, 2026
Syria's Defense Ministry has announced a ceasefire after three days of clashes in Aleppo between government forces and Kurdish fighters
January 09, 2026
US seizes another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean
January 09, 2026
For the nation’s first president, friendliness was strategy, not concession: the republic would treat other nations with civility in order to remain independent of their appetites and quarrels.
January 09, 2026
President Donald Trump says American intervention in Venezuela will bring billions of dollars of investment in the country's infrastructure, a revival of its once-thriving oil industry and a new age of prosperity for the Latin American country
January 09, 2026
Russia has used its latest missile against Ukraine for a second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, a forceful signal to Kyiv and its Western allies as peace talks are in a crucial stage
January 09, 2026
Cold cap helped mom keep hair during chemo. Now she is trying to help others get access to treatment.
January 09, 2026
Pope Leo says ‘war is back in vogue’ in major address to global envoys
January 09, 2026
29 states allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted days after an election. A case before the Supreme Court could take that decision away from the states.
January 09, 2026
When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase.
January 09, 2026
Trump says he has canceled a ‘second wave’ of attacks on Venezuela due to country’s cooperation with US
January 09, 2026
A new U.N. rights report says that the presidential election in Uganda next week will be “marked by widespread repression and intimidation" against the opposition and others
January 09, 2026
Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships have launched a week of naval drills with host South African off the coast of Cape Town as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States’ intervention in Venezuela
January 09, 2026
White House East Wing expansion proposal includes changes dubbed ‘Upper West Wing,’ too
January 08, 2026
Health officials say at least 13 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza as U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce his Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire
January 09, 2026
Nickolay Mladenov, the man chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza, is a Bulgarian politician and former U.N. envoy to the Middle East who frequently has worked to ease tensions between Israel and Hamas
January 09, 2026
Judge halts Trump freeze of social assistance and child care funds in five Democrat-led states, for now
January 09, 2026
The United States will be providing significant aid to Thailand and Cambodia to ensure regional stability in the wake of the two nations fighting last year
January 09, 2026
What’s behind the highly unusual move to block Minnesota officials from investigating ICE shooting
January 09, 2026
Oil CEOs are meeting with Trump today. These are their demands
January 09, 2026
A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements
January 09, 2026
Venezuela has released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face drug-trafficking charges
January 08, 2026
Iran plunged into internet blackout as nationwide anti-government turmoil spreads
January 08, 2026
Anger and outrage are spilling out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer
January 08, 2026
Venezuela releases first prisoners in ‘peace’ gesture: Here’s what to know
January 08, 2026
Federal officials say an immigration officer acted in self-defense when he shot through the window of a car, killing the driver, Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three in Minneapolis
January 09, 2026
Iran’s government has cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls
January 08, 2026
The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act
January 08, 2026
A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions have remained high
January 08, 2026
Top diplomats from Greenland and Denmark met with White House officials as Trump pushes for ownership
January 09, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has delivered his final State of the State address to lawmakers in Sacramento
January 08, 2026
President Donald Trump’s plan to control Venezuela's oil industry and counter China's influence could clash with his goal of stabilizing trade with Beijing
January 09, 2026
Energy executives scramble to head off Trump demands on Venezuela
January 08, 2026
Fights over which agencies will be involved in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis are roiling as calls for a thorough investigation and accountability mount
January 09, 2026
The top United Nations official says the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it's withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body
January 08, 2026
Republican Congressman Don Bacon joins The Lead.
January 06, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a football fan, now is quarterbacking President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent global waters, notably in Venezuela
January 08, 2026
Do ICE agents have absolute immunity? No, experts say, but it’s not easy for a state to prosecute
January 08, 2026
Vice President JD Vance is blaming a federal immigration officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on “a left-wing network,” Democrats, the news media and the woman who was killed
January 08, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about home prices
January 08, 2026
Trump orders ‘my representatives’ to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in effort to lower housing costs
January 08, 2026
Syrian authorities have warned civilians to leave a contested area in Aleppo as clashes between government and Kurdish forces intensify
January 08, 2026
Hill liberals push for shutdown clash over ICE funding but face resistance in Democratic ranks
January 08, 2026
Police departments have changed their policies regarding use of force over the years to protect life, but ICE and other federal agencies have lagged in this regard.
January 08, 2026
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos has canceled her upcoming performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington
January 08, 2026
Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump’s call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island
January 08, 2026
Austin Peay State University has reinstated a professor who was fired for his social media post after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
January 08, 2026
The White House says structural issues and decay had made it unfeasible to save the East Wing
January 08, 2026
Environmental groups claim federal and state officials withheld evidence about funding for an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades
January 08, 2026
The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of two low-profile bills as Republicans stuck with the president despite their prior support for the measures
January 08, 2026
Newsom contrasts California ‘blueprint’ with Trump’s ‘carnival of chaos’ in final state of state address
January 08, 2026
Somalia’s government is denying an allegation by the U.S. government that authorities in Mogadishu destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program
January 08, 2026
The Mexican government reports a sharp decline in homicide rates, claiming its security strategy is working
January 08, 2026
Russia has strongly condemned the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker
January 08, 2026
President Donald Trump is causing some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week
January 08, 2026
New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan unveiled by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani
January 08, 2026
Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace process in Gaza
January 08, 2026
What we know about ICE’s fatal shooting of a US citizen in Minneapolis
January 08, 2026
Judge says Trump’s acting US Attorney investigating Letitia James is serving unlawfully
January 08, 2026
A grand jury once again declined to bring a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James over alleged fraud on mortgage paperwork. CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig says the department needs to stop and it's embarassing they were unable to convince a grand jury to indict on two separte occasions.
January 08, 2026
Russian drone strikes have knocked out power in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region and left over 600,000 households in Dnipropetrovsk without electricity
January 08, 2026
The longest-serving Democrat in Congress has announced he's retiring at the end of his term, saying he's deeply concerned "this House is not living up to the Founders’ goals.”
January 08, 2026
Handful of Republicans join Democrats to force Senate check on Trump’s war powers in Venezuela
January 08, 2026
Protesters gather outside Orlando City Hall after ICE fatally shoots Minneapolis woman
January 08, 2026
Woman says she never applied for unemployment benefits that letter asked her to repay
January 08, 2026
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis joins The Lead.
January 07, 2026
A woman is dead in Minneapolis after a shooting involving immigration officers, who were conducting targeted operations in Minneapolis on Wednesday. A statement from the Dept of Homeland Security said that “violent rioters weaponized” a vehicle and attempted to run over officers. CNN's Whitney Wild reports from Minneapolis.
January 08, 2026
Baltimore pays $14 million to wrongfully convicted man who spent 31 years in prison
January 08, 2026
Lebanon says first phase of plan to disarm Hezbollah completed, but Netanyahu warns progress ‘far from sufficient’
January 08, 2026
Northern Colorado city to change approach in response to homelessness
January 08, 2026
DHS officials privately express shock at department’s immediate response to Minneapolis shooting
January 08, 2026
The U.S. has seized a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic, backed by British support
January 08, 2026
Lebanon's military says it has ended the first phase of its plan to deploy across southern Lebanon and disarm non-state groups, including Hezbollah
January 08, 2026
Saudi-backed forces move to capture key Yemeni city as crisis with UAE deepens
January 08, 2026
Russia says any foreign forces in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’, after UK and France pledge troops
January 08, 2026
Dozens of angry farmers have demonstrated in France and Greece, halting traffic and blocking roads with tractors to protest European Union plans to move forward with a free trade deal with five South American nations
January 08, 2026
DHS said a woman attempted to run over ICE officers before being shot in Minneapolis. Here’s what videos show
January 08, 2026
Trump’s controversial ballroom could solve a decades-long problem — and is taking the first formal steps for construction
January 08, 2026
Neighbors describe peaceful morning interrupted by gunfire after deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting
January 08, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro launches his reelection bid with bigger plans in mind
January 08, 2026
Longtime DC delegate faces challenge from former staffer for seat in Congress
January 08, 2026
Despite Trump-Petro feud, US-Colombia anti-drug partnership remains strong
January 08, 2026
What we know about the US seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker
January 08, 2026
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a royal commission into antisemitism, weeks after a deadly attack at a Jewish holiday event in Bondi Beach
January 08, 2026
State lawmakers and governors will have decisions to make in 2026 about the budgets for their biggest social safety net programs
January 08, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s actions against Venezuela
January 07, 2026
Mogadishu’s first line of defense against the next militant attack on Somalia’s capital ranges from machine gunners in pick-up trucks to young men in plainclothes manning checkpoints
January 08, 2026
Venezuela's military has held a funeral for some of the soldiers killed during the U.S. operation that captured former President Nicolás Maduro
January 07, 2026
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says ICE agent was justified in fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman after mayor disputes DHS account
January 08, 2026
Spencer Pratt, a reality television personality who lost his home in the deadly Palisades wildfire last year, said Wednesday that he intends to run for mayor of Los Angeles
January 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one
January 07, 2026
House Oversight hearing over fraud allegations in Minnesota drew shouting and partisan fury. Here are the takeaways
January 08, 2026
Federal prosecutors are slamming Luigi Mangione’s lawyers for making what the government said were “meritless” and “misleading” claims about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ties to a lobbying firm and her decision to seek the death penalty against Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
January 08, 2026
U.S. transportation officials say California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions
January 07, 2026
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in a major U.S. city — a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city’s mayor described as “reckless” and unnecessary
January 07, 2026
What to know about Diosdado Cabello, the powerful Venezuelan minister who may be in jeopardy next
January 07, 2026
The State Department says it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians
January 07, 2026
The House is pushing ahead with legislation to renew subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans
January 07, 2026
Georgia is the latest state to consider eliminating its personal income tax, with Republican leaders in the Senate backing a proposal to phase it out by 2032
January 07, 2026
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is shutting down in May after its owners cited financial losses
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump is proposing setting U_S_ military spending at $1_5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”
January 07, 2026
US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela
January 07, 2026
GOP senator’s scathing message to Stephen Miller: Get informed on Greenland or leave the job
January 07, 2026
Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Donald Trump to give his first State of the Union of his second term on Feb. 24
January 07, 2026
The U.S. population is projected to grow more slowly over the next 30 years than previously predicted
January 07, 2026
New guidelines for healthy eating say Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump says he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes
January 07, 2026
A separatist group in southern Yemen says it's urgently trying to contact a delegation that traveled to the Saudi capital for talks meant to de-escalate recent tensions
January 07, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration reiterated its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island
January 07, 2026
Officials in Connecticut and Arizona are defending their decision to refuse a request from the U.S. Justice Department to turn over detailed voter information
January 07, 2026
Venezuela’s oil industry has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump captured the country’s President Nicolas Maduro
January 07, 2026
Officials in about one-third of the states have considered revising their U.S. House districts since President Donald Trump called for mid-decade redistricting
January 07, 2026
Mexico has emerged as a key fuel supplier to Havana as the United States prepares to seize control of Venezuelan oil and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump hardens its stance toward Cuba
January 07, 2026
Why does health care reform keep failing despite decades of attention and expanding costs? A scholar of Congress has some answers.
January 07, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is supporting a new housing official amid backlash over past social media posts
January 07, 2026
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to roll back regulations implementing a landmark environmental law that the White House says needlessly delays federal approvals for energy and infrastructure projects
January 07, 2026
Trump threatens to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes
January 07, 2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for a special session in April for Florida’s legislature to redraw congressional districts
January 07, 2026
The European Union is renewing negotiations for a free trade agreement with five South American nations neighboring Venezuela
January 07, 2026
ICE officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis, investigation underway
January 07, 2026
ICE entered hospital without warrant, handcuffed patient to bed, community organizers say
January 07, 2026
On the 5th anniversary of the insurrection, a DC march celebrates the rioters pardoned by Donald Trump, while Democrats struggle to remind the public that a mob stormed the Capitol.
January 06, 2026
Separate and alone: How Nicolás Maduro and his wife can expect to be treated in jail
January 07, 2026
Opposition supporters have long hoped their leaders could replace Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's president
January 07, 2026
Man pardoned by Trump for participation in Jan. 6 riot says life hasn’t changed a year later
January 07, 2026
Word of the Week: What makes a military attack ‘kinetic’?
January 07, 2026
Shooting at Airbnb reignites calls for regulation on short-term rentals
January 07, 2026
The U.S. military operation in Venezuela can be seen as both a benefit and a burden for Russian President Vladimir Putin
January 07, 2026
Trump administration demands Venezuela cut ties with US adversaries to resume oil production
January 07, 2026
Perhaps no one outside of Venezuela should care more about the US invasion and capture of President Nicolás Maduro than the Islamic Republic of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
January 07, 2026
Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and more – have tended to be passed about every five years since 1933.
January 07, 2026
Fighting has escalated in Syria's northern city of Aleppo
January 07, 2026
Frustration and anger are brewing among young protesters in Nepal who helped topple the government
January 07, 2026
White House rewrites January 6 history and blames police for deadly attack on 5-year anniversary
January 06, 2026
Faith leaders are urging prayers for peace following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro
January 07, 2026
The US has tried to acquire Greenland before – and failed
January 07, 2026
Everyone is talking about Greenland. Here’s what it’s like to visit
January 12, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans still face deportation from US after Maduro capture
January 07, 2026
Iran’s army chief has threatened preemptive military action over the “rhetoric” targeting the Islamic Republic
January 07, 2026
As Iran is gripped by new protests, many people there are focused on the U.S. raid in Venezuela and wonder whether the same could occur in Tehran
January 07, 2026
Plans for $2.3 billion stadium ignite debate in 2032 Olympics host city
January 07, 2026
Japanese PM’s Taiwan comments prompt China to ban certain exports to Japan
January 06, 2026
The White House website is officially re-writing the history of the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Anderson is Keeping Them Honest.
January 06, 2026
Notorious CIA spy whose treachery caused the deaths of countless sources has died in federal prison
January 07, 2026
Trump administration freezes billions in social services funding to five Democratic states
January 06, 2026
Uganda is preparing for a election in an atmosphere of political violence
January 07, 2026
GOP chair rejects Clintons' offer in Epstein investigation ahead of contempt of Congress vote
As Park City rolls credits on Sundance Film Festival, Colorado gets ready for its premier
Justice Department says it's taken down Epstein-related files that may have had victim information
Father of 5-year-old detained in Minnesota disputes government assertion he abandoned the boy
Geoff Duncan broke with Trump. The former Republican wants Democrats to make him Georgia's governor
Arizona remains No. 1 in AP Top 25, Michigan jumps UConn for No. 2