A crane removed the 24-foot (7-meter) sculpture "Blue" from the Kennedy Center grounds on Wednesday in the latest move to redesign Washington's public spaces under
September 02, 2026Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over right-wing challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro narrowed further ahead of October's election, a Quaest poll
September 02, 2026The U.S. urges international partners to immediately stop "business as usual" operations with Nicaragua's government, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement
September 02, 2026Families honor lives lost to overdose at Iowa Capitol memorial
September 02, 2026Tarrant County commissioners vote to cut election polling sites
September 02, 2026An appeals court panel has ruled that a federal judge didn’t have the authority to overturn former U.S. Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl’s military conviction for deserting his post in Afghanistan before Taliban-allied forces abducted him and held him captive for nearly five years
September 02, 2026Officials say Russian aerial attacks have killed two civilians and wounded six in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro
September 02, 2026Hegseth’s culture war fixation disrupting Army progress, sources say
September 02, 2026Estonia's parliament elected constitutional lawyer Ulle Madise as the Baltic country's next president on Wednesday, making her the second woman to hold the largely
September 02, 2026Donald Trump returned to the White House promising to get the United States' financial house in order by slashing the scope of the federal government,
September 02, 2026NATO member Turkey would consider taking its relations with the China and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, to a higher level, President
September 02, 2026Female Kurdish fighters who became global symbols of the fight against Islamic State are negotiating with Syria's new authorities to retain a
September 02, 2026Milo Yiannopoulos says he was ‘terrified’ by the ‘brutality’ of his ICE deportation
September 02, 2026Germany's cabinet approved tax cuts worth about €10 billion ($11.6 billion) on Wednesday aimed at boosting disposable income for low- and middle-income
September 02, 2026Video shows heavy rain and gusty winds in southeast Texas as Tropical Storm Edouard swept through the area. Edouard has weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall Tuesday afternoon near the border of Texas and Louisiana.
August 31, 2026Greenland's Foreign Minister Mute Egede said on Wednesday that negotiations with the United States over the Arctic island's future were ongoing, but declined to give
September 02, 2026South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday that conditions should be created to resume dialogue between the United States and North Korea, according to the
September 02, 2026For the first time in recent history, Danish conscripts have been deployed to Greenland, as Denmark moves to bolster its presence in the Arctic after U.S.
September 02, 2026Sweden's ruling right-wing coalition has nearly caught up with the centre-left opposition bloc ahead of a September 13 election for parliament, a new opinion poll showed on
September 02, 2026Dialogue between Russia and the U.S. should continue to find common ground in economics, which should make it easier to discuss political issues, Russian Finance Minister Anton
September 02, 2026Australia and the United States on Wednesday announced a combined $580 million in funding for the Pacific Islands as they
September 02, 2026The story of the U.S. is intertwined with its military history, from its creation in 1776 to the expansion of its physical borders to its role in the global political and economic order
September 02, 2026U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has secured the Democratic nomination in his bid for a third term in office
September 01, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Trump administration needs to “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough.”
September 01, 2026The U.S. military said late on Tuesday it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, saying it struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets as
September 02, 2026The U.S. military has hit targets in Iran, and Tehran has fired missiles and drones in response
September 01, 2026Nicaragua's Congress on Tuesday passed a constitutional reform that bans opposition parties from participating in elections and extends the presidential term from six to seven years
September 02, 2026U.S.
September 01, 2026Case against suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing can proceed to trial, judge rules
September 02, 2026Police in Arizona are investigating a shooting at a Tucson gay bar as a possible hate crime
September 02, 2026France said on Tuesday the U.N.
September 02, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov will discuss humanitarian issues in the Ukraine conflict with papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi later this
September 02, 2026The U.S. launched a barrage of airstrikes against Iran on Tuesday, prompting Iranian retaliation, in the most serious
September 01, 2026Two killed outside Tucson gay bar in ‘targeted attack’ on the LGBTQ community, police say
September 02, 2026Oil giant Chevron is expected to soon announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, a U.S. official said
September 01, 2026The California Assembly has opted not to vote on legislation meant to help wildfire victims
September 01, 2026A Honduran court has dropped charges against former President Juan Orlando Hernandez over fraud and money laundering, judiciary
September 02, 2026Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on the web version of its Apple Maps following U.S.
September 02, 2026Venezuela's ruling party-dominated National Assembly backed the country's oil deal with the Trump administration in a vote on Tuesday, ahead of a visit to Caracas by the
September 02, 2026President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russian troops had captured 270 square km of Ukraine’s Donetsk region in August and a large group of Ukrainian troops were
September 02, 2026U.S. special envoy John Coale has said he hopes to secure the release of hundreds of additional prisoners from Belarus next month and will go there in person to try to seal the deal
August 31, 2026The Justice Department says it has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations intended for Hamas
September 02, 2026Police investigating deadly triple shooting outside Arizona gay bar as possible hate crime
September 02, 2026The U.S.
September 02, 2026Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday approved an increase in the number of committee members who will select the new justices on the country's highest court, part of ongoing
September 01, 2026Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S.
September 01, 2026The Trump administration won backing from all G20 financial leaders except China's on Tuesday to act against "non-
September 01, 2026On Election Day, you go to vote – and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil rights lawyer provides a guide so voters can know their rights to cast a ballot.
September 02, 2026Minnesota State Fair removes anti-Trump crop art after artist allegedly receives threats
September 02, 2026In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court cleared the way for President Trump to continue building a massive new ballroom at the White House, rejecting a challenge from a preservation group that was seeking to indefinitely halt the controversial project. CNN's Betsy Klein reports on what's next after the decision.
September 01, 2026The Rev. Al Sharpton says he never accused Nolan Wells’ friends of a crime, rejects defamation threat
August 22, 2026Germany blames Russia for drone attack on Leipzig airport
September 01, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the latest U.S. attack on Iran was "justified," and threatened bigger strikes if Tehran retaliated.
September 01, 2026Supreme Court allows Trump to continue building White House ballroom
September 01, 2026Senator Elissa Slotkin slams Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for what she calls a "never-ending purge" of independent military officials following the sudden resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll. Speaking with CNN’s Erin Burnett, Slotkin—an Armed Services Committee member and former CIA analyst—warned that the growing number of internal vacancies at the Pentagon threatens institutional stability.
September 01, 2026USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public
September 01, 2026More than 10 European Union members are willing to contribute resources and people to a planned mission to advise and train Lebanon's armed forces, EU foreign policy
September 01, 2026The German government said on Tuesday that it had concluded that Russia was responsible for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month
September 01, 2026Guinea-Bissau has approved a new constitution in a referendum, provisional results showed on Tuesday, expanding presidential powers and reshaping electoral rules ahead of a
September 01, 2026U.S.
September 01, 2026The vice president who came to eastern Idaho — then returned as president
September 01, 2026The U.S. needs to start being serious and stop trying to be tough before talks on a possible trade deal with Canada can restart, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on
September 01, 2026Alligator on Central Florida highway causes chain-reaction crash, leaving woman dead
September 01, 2026Train blockages in Calera fuel frustration as city leaders push for $32 million bridge project
September 01, 2026A whistleblower told Congress that the U.S.
September 01, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal party won three special elections on Tuesday, maintaining Carney's slim majority in Parliament at a time when he
September 01, 2026A submersible vessel has joined the search for 20 people missing for two days following a ferry disaster off the coast of Cyprus
September 01, 2026Italy's far-right movement led by former army general Roberto Vannacci has overtaken co-ruling Forza Italia in opinion polls, a survey showed on Tuesday,
September 01, 2026For more than a century, in cases involving defendants ranging from a 19th-century Chicago bank clerk charged with theft to a Central American dictator accused of
September 01, 2026They were building infrastructure in Nepal. Their families in China want to know what happened to them
September 01, 2026An unprecedented deal for the U.S. to gain access to a fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves - and the central role a Venezuelan businessman
September 01, 2026Russia said on Tuesday it would announce a new ambassador to Britain in due course, weeks after its previous envoy left London at a dire point in bilateral ties
September 01, 2026Russia said on Tuesday it would announce a new ambassador to Britain in due course, weeks after its previous envoy left London at a dire point in bilateral ties
September 01, 2026Iran will immediately reciprocate if the United States returns to its commitments under an interim deal signed in June, President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday.
September 01, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals swept three special elections in a result that showed voters backing Carney for standing up for Canada against U.S. President Donald Trump
September 01, 2026Vice President JD Vance's appearance in Michigan on Monday was funded by MAGA Inc., marking a rare spending move from the group
September 01, 2026Myanmar's junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Vietnam from September 4 to 6 at the invitation of Vietnamese President To Lam, state media in
September 01, 2026South Korea on Tuesday unveiled its most aggressive fiscal spending plan on record, setting total government expenditure for 2027 at
September 01, 2026South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's top economic policy lieutenant has stepped down days after a cabinet reshuffle following public concerns about uneven
September 01, 2026South Korea will send a 44-member emergency relief team to Nepal to support search-and-rescue operations after flooding in the Rasuwa region, South Korea's Foreign Ministry
September 01, 2026U.S.
September 01, 2026A divided Supreme Court has allowed the White House to continue construction on a $400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out
August 31, 2026A federal judge ruled on Monday that New York cannot enforce a 2024 state law that sought to force fossil fuel companies to contribute
September 01, 2026Teen charged with murder in San Diego mosque shooting for allegedly agreeing to publish shooters’ writings
September 01, 2026The top U.S. general said the military has no plans to send federal military personnel or National Guard troops to polling places during
September 01, 2026Brazilian and U.S. officials spoke virtually on Monday to discuss tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, and agreed to hold further meetings at a later date,
September 01, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026Exclusive: DHS plans to launch voter fraud investigation surge Tuesday
September 01, 2026‘OH SNAP!’ proposal would let families use benefits toward water bills
September 01, 2026Augusto Cury, a psychiatrist and best-selling author with no previous elected office experience, has emerged as a surprise contender in Brazil's
September 01, 2026The highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military says there are no plans to send troops to polling places during November’s midterm congressional elections
August 31, 2026The jury trial of a Maltese businessman accused of masterminding the car bomb murder of prominent anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia entered its final phase
August 31, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he held a "detailed and constructive" call with U.S.
August 31, 2026Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that the war in Ukraine needed to end for humanity's sake and that New Delhi would
August 31, 2026California adoptees push for bill that would allow them to access birth certificates
August 31, 2026(In first paragraph, corrects to "accused of" from "on trial for" and changes "he" to "the shooter," to make clear suspect is not on trial and has not entered a plea.)
August 14, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026Kalshi permanently banned former U.S. congressman George Santos from its platform on Monday and imposed a penalty of $71,356, citing insider trading.
August 31, 2026Israel’s far-right competes for votes with increasingly extreme visions
August 31, 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that under their "strategic guidance and joint efforts", the foundations of bilateral ties will
August 31, 2026The party of Kosovo's caretaker prime minister, Albin Kurti, Vetevendosje (VV) and the opposition Democratic League
August 31, 2026Israeli airstrikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said.
August 31, 2026Turkey has prepared a plan for the safe passage of grain via the Black Sea and is in contact with both Russia and Ukraine regarding it, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said
August 31, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026Iceland needs to find new ways to strengthen its security after voters rejected restarting accession talks with the EU, the country's foreign minister
August 31, 2026Burned out cars. Rubble from flattened buildings strewn along deserted streets.
August 31, 2026India must uphold a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan it suspended amid bilateral tensions and must limit work on an hydroelectric plant it is building in the Kashmir
August 31, 2026Judge grants bond for suspended Palm Beach clerk accused of molesting child
August 31, 2026Hundreds of people showed up near New York City's Washington Square Park to judge a Mayor Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest
August 31, 2026Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is due to set a record as leading Italy's longest-serving administration on September 4.
August 31, 2026North Korea said on Monday the United States' hostile policy remained unchanged and vowed to continue strengthening its nuclear force, rejecting repeated U.S
August 31, 2026An election in eastern Germany on Sunday could produce the first far-right state governor in the country’s post-World War II history
August 31, 2026Leaders from some of the world’s least populous states are gathering in Palau for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
August 31, 2026The U.S.
August 31, 2026At least five heads of government were absent from talks at the annual Pacific Island Forum that began on Monday, as China-Taiwan tensions weighed
August 31, 2026Google says it has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States
August 31, 2026Plans in one of Texas’ largest counties to use dozens fewer polling location than previous years is drawing protests from Democrats who say the reductions could create confusion in the November midterm elections
August 31, 2026U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak Island on Sunday, a U.S. official said, marking the first known American
August 31, 2026Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions
August 31, 2026Israeli settlers storm Palestinian village, seizing home with owner inside
August 30, 2026Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ in US searches
August 31, 2026German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that a victory for the far-right AfD party in next week's regional election in Saxony-Anhalt would damage the eastern state
August 30, 2026German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday Berlin was preparing a response to the suspected drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane in Leipzig this month in
August 30, 2026Guinea-Bissau is voting in a referendum to decide on granting new presidential powers
August 30, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv has risen to 38, with four people still missing
August 30, 2026U.S.
August 30, 2026Niger's army, backed by Russian paramilitary forces, regained control of a key military airbase on Sunday after it was attacked by mutinous soldiers a day earlier, the
August 30, 2026‘Decades in Sports’: How Colin Kaepernick taking a knee in 2016 revived athlete activism in sports
August 30, 2026A NATO official said on Sunday Russia is stepping up hybrid acts in Europe, but that at this time the alliance sees no imminent threat of attack.
August 30, 2026State constitutions play a growing role in American politics. But turning to such documents to recognize rights and liberties is not a new project – nor is it an entirely liberal one.
August 11, 2026Republicans fret as Talarico bombards airwaves and Paxton awaits Trump team’s cash
August 30, 2026Representatives of Libya's rival political parties on Sunday signed an agreement
August 30, 2026Australia's far-right One Nation party won a seat in a state parliament long held by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor Party, continuing a surge that had
August 30, 2026Finland's President Alexander Stubb said he did not believe Russia would risk an attack against a NATO country, telling Germany's Bild newspaper it would "make no sense" to
August 30, 2026El-Sayed apologizes to Jewish Democrats as he seeks to bridge party divides
August 30, 2026Israel’s prime minister has spoken out after weeks of settler violence in the occupied West Bank and condemned the criminal actions of a “handful of rioters.”
August 29, 2026Dozens of masked Israeli settler militants attacked homes surrounding the occupied West Bank village of Qusra on Saturday, the first major attack
August 29, 2026Trump is staking out extreme positions on White House secrecy, legal experts say
August 29, 2026King Haakon VIII of Norway paid homage to his late father as "such a good dad" in his first address to the nation since
August 29, 2026President Donald Trump and his allies are pressing hard about the perceived threats of voting by people who aren't U.S. citizens as the November election approach
August 29, 2026At least 27 people were killed after a Russian drone strike on a Kyiv-area warehouse sparked a detonation, officials said on Saturday, prompting calls by President Volodymyr
August 29, 2026(This Aug 28 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
August 29, 2026President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that American companies
August 29, 2026(This Aug 28 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
August 29, 2026Can Trump actually change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’? Here’s what to know
August 28, 2026Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the main opposition candidate in the country's presidential election, said on Friday he will respect the result of the October vote,
August 29, 2026President Donald Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country’s untapped oil reserves, at cost
August 29, 2026Canada’s public broadcaster is making an exception to its policy of not labeling specific attacks as terrorism for the 9/11 attacks after coming under fire over a memo restating it
August 29, 2026Mom who lost daughter to social media addiction says Meta settlement is a turning point
August 27, 2026The United States Southern Command says that Colombian security forces captured a suspected senior leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
August 29, 2026Trump says US reaches deal with Venezuela to control 65 billion barrels of country’s oil reserves
August 29, 2026The Tampa Bay Rays have secured county approval for a financing plan to build a new stadium
August 29, 2026The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s decision that blocked an executive order limiting mail voting before the midterm elections
August 29, 2026An Ecuadorean court found former President Lenin Moreno guilty on Friday in a bribery case tied to the construction of the Andean country's largest hydroelectric plant, the
August 29, 2026President Donald Trump says he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon
August 29, 2026Iran condemned the United States' new economic sanctions on Friday as "state terrorism" while its supreme leader
August 28, 2026Hundreds of protesters have rallied on the National Mall for a march in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm election
August 28, 2026Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold military’s ban on transgender service members
August 29, 2026American diplomats and at least some of their family members are beginning to return to U.S. embassies in the Middle East
August 29, 2026U.S. officials are correcting earlier statements that several government agencies were hacked by Chinese hackers, now saying that the
August 29, 2026More than six decades after Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps
August 28, 2026Spain asked on Friday for help from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in processing migrants in the North African enclave of Ceuta almost a month after
August 29, 2026A ransomware group said on Friday it was putting up for auction a trove of data it stole from Berlin state agencies, and city officials
August 28, 2026Vietnam said on Friday it strongly opposed all foreign activities in the Paracels archipelago in the disputed South China Sea, following a report earlier this week of new
August 28, 2026Ukraine's top presidential adviser said on Friday that technical talks on Russia's war would likely take place in the near future but added that he did not expect any swift
August 28, 2026President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” his latest escalation as he engages in a tense trade war with Canada. During the signing, he said, “We have a gulf and we have a lake. Now, all we need is an ocean."
August 28, 2026CIA chief was in Moscow to warn Russia against attacking NATO and encourage cutting off Iran
August 27, 2026Republican governor asks his AG to look into ‘aggressive’ behavior by Trump admin’s election monitors
August 28, 2026Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo
August 28, 2026Sweden's military will participate in the surveillance and protection of Finland's territory with Gripen fighter jets and corvette warship, at least until the end of 2026
August 28, 2026The U.N. refugee agency has scaled back its budget by 16% and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a
August 28, 2026Oyo Nyimba, a Ugandan king, who became the world's youngest reigning monarch when he took the crown in 1995, has died aged 34, the prime minister of his kingdom announced.
August 28, 2026The Iran war has reached its endgame: a costly stalemate.
August 27, 2026After King Harald V’s death, what comes next for Norway’s scandal-prone royals?
August 28, 2026Young adults under 21 traded $5 billion on Kalshi this year, amid prediction market frenzy
August 28, 2026Attorney General Todd Blanche says in an Associated Press interview that he'll lead the Department of Justice with integrity
August 28, 2026A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful.
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