National News

11:02 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A New York City reporter says a former aide to Mayor Eric Adams gave her a potato chip bag filled with cash following a campaign event

10:04 PM on Wednesday, August 20

The State Department has fired a press officer responsible for drafting Trump administration talking points about policy toward Israel and Gaza

8:52 PM on Wednesday, August 20

7:24 PM on Wednesday, August 20

U.N. counterterrorism experts warn that Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe

7:13 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Officials have lowered the alert level for a volcano near Alaska’s largest city to normal

7:01 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Brazil’s federal police say messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro show he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum

6:55 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Brazilian police accuse former President Jair Bolsonaro of planning to flee to Argentina seeking asylum

6:34 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a man charged with organizing the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery in November 2021

4:53 PM on Wednesday, August 20

4:48 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to end temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal

4:24 PM on Wednesday, August 20

At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices

4:23 PM on Wednesday, August 20

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says it will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually

4:10 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Police officers have arrested 18 people during protests at Microsoft headquarters

1:41 PM on Wednesday, August 20

The Trump administration’s announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials was hardly an isolated act

11:12 AM on Wednesday, August 20

President Donald Trump has expanded his law-enforcement crackdown in Washington, D

8:34 AM on Wednesday, August 20

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives has passed a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress

6:23 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Pope Leo XIV has asked people to fast on Friday to pray for peace and justice in the Middle East and Ukraine

5:55 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two

4:05 AM on Wednesday, August 20

A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people, including 19 children

1:09 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Hurricane Erin is strengthening again and forecasters say it could intensify again to be a major hurricane