National News

12:06 AM on Thursday, February 5

New federal data shows about two-thirds of the nation's 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten

12:05 AM on Thursday, February 5

Jesse Jackson Jr. has launched a spirited primary bid for his old U.S. House seat

12:01 AM on Thursday, February 5

New Jersey Democratic voters are picking their party’s candidate to fill a U.S. House seat opened up by Mikie Sherrill’s gubernatorial victory

12:01 AM on Thursday, February 5

As Israeli strikes killed two dozen Palestinians on Wednesday, many in Gaza wondered what had become of the ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas in October

11:45 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Taiwan’s ties with the United States are “rock solid,” the island’s president said Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone, including about the self-ruled island’s future

9:03 PM on Wednesday, February 4

'Today Show' host Savannah Guthrie posts message to her mother‘s kidnapper asking to provide proof she is alive

8:57 PM on Wednesday, February 4

A judge says U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless they are likely to escape

8:53 PM on Wednesday, February 4

A hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned chaotic Wednesday as Democratic lawmakers clashed with him over fiscal policy and Trump family conflicts

8:51 PM on Wednesday, February 4

US judge blocks immigration agents from arresting people in Oregon without warrants unless there's a risk of escape

8:38 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Authorities say the parents of a 16-year-old boy who wounded two students at a Colorado high school with an old revolver won't be charged

8:14 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Health officials in New Mexico have said a newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child's mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy

6:46 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Trump administration officials traveled to Los Angeles to outline the president’s plan to override state and local rules and speed up the permitting process for reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by last year’s wildfires

6:23 PM on Wednesday, February 4

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12:53 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Mickey Lolich, who earned three complete-game wins for the Detroit Tigers in the 1968 World Series, has died

11:46 AM on Wednesday, February 4

NBC “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie has sent a public message to her mother's kidnapper saying that her family is ready to talk but wants proof that she is alive

9:44 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Officials in Georgia’s Fulton County have asked a federal court to order the FBI to return ballots and other documents from the 2020 election that it seized last week, The move escalates a voting battle as President Donald Trump says he wants to “take over” elections from Democratic-run areas with the November midterms on the horizon

9:27 AM on Wednesday, February 4

The Washington Post has laid off one-third of its staff, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage

8:48 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed that Iran and the United States will hold nuclear talks in Oman’s capital, Muscat, on Friday

8:08 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Border czar Tom Homan said the Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants

7:06 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement