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Breaking news: Vice President JD Vance is set to announce that the administration is removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act coverage, saying that they were fraudulently enrolled in the government health program.
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Significant flooding may hit parts of the Desert Southwest this week, a risk that comes on the heels of a monsoonal deluge last week.
Flood watches are in effect for most of New Mexico, and will probably expand into eastern Arizona or southern Colorado.
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Leaders of the House and Senate appropriations committees warned the White House not to impose new controls on how the NIH awards research grants.
Political officials are weighing the creation of a commission to review awards.
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Congressional Republicans have grown increasingly concerned about the impact of high diesel fuel costs on their constituents, including Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, who wrote on social media that the prices were “killing farmers income.”
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted President Trump at Gracie Mansion on Monday.
The meeting was unusual for taking place just weeks ahead of the midterms, for which Trump has tried to rally his base by warning about left-wing candidates.
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The U.S. is seeking to broker a deal to purchase fertilizer from Belarus and rely less on Canada, President Trump said Monday.
Allies of Ukraine have tried to minimize trade with Russia and Belarus since the invasion.
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Commanders coach Dan Quinn said Jayden Daniels underwent an MRI to evaluate his dislocated left elbow but declined to elaborate on the quarterback’s timeline to return.
Marcus Mariota will start against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
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In Berlin’s state election, the Die Linke party finished first, citing New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 campaign as a model for their success.
The far-left party is focused on housing affordability and cost-of-living issues. Its win was a historic first for the federal city-state.
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A camera aboard the International Space Station captured Earth at night during NASA’s Expedition 75 mission, which is conducting research on in-space manufacturing, AI, crew health and bioprinting human tissue.
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I just got back from the Toronto International Film Fest, where I was scouting the autumn slate of movies we've got coming.
I wrote about the best here:
Full list of what I saw here:
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Some jobs that pay over $100,000 a year don’t require a bachelor’s degree. Here’s a list of a few of them:
Flights in and out of major airports in the Northeast were halted after the sudden loss of air traffic communications, the FAA said.
A ripple of flight cancellations and delays, starting in Newark and Philadelphia before reaching New York, followed.
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As the first parliamentary elections in Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine delivered a scripted victory on to Vladimir Putin, Ukraine pummeled the Moscow region with drones and missiles.
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City council members unanimously agreed to ban discrimination against adults in consensual relationships with more than one partner. At least seven other cities offer similar protections.
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Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, whose decision not to run for reelection this year set off a competitive race in Michigan to succeed him, has accepted an offer at the University of Southern California.
Peters says he’s confident Abdul El-Sayed will win.
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Severe storms forced the temporary evacuation of Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival.
Some attendees slid through muddy grass before the festival reopened, with Twenty One Pilots returning for a shortened set.
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Federal aviation officials have launched an AI-powered air traffic control tool at the three main airports serving the D.C. area, and will gradually expand the tool to other airports in the U.S., the Transportation Department said.
It’s expected to help reduce delays and cancellations earlier.
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Iran faces severe economic pressure from a U.S. naval blockade, impacting oil exports and causing currency devaluation.
Despite the economic strain, Iran’s leadership shows no signs of yielding to U.S. demands.
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Breaking news: Paramount Skydance has reached a settlement agreement with a dozen states that sued two months ago to block the company’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, paving the way for a blockbuster unification of two Hollywood giants.
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Arsalan Saleh Fard is among the 299 migrants whom the U.S. deported to Panama just weeks after President Trump was inaugurated in January 2025. Like Saleh Fard, none of them had any prior connection to the small country in Central America.
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