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5:21 PM on Friday, August 22

The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional

3:59 PM on Friday, August 22

The federal government has released thousands of pages of records on the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till

3:51 PM on Friday, August 22

California's long-delayed high-speed rail project is slated to be operating in the Central Valley by 2032, according to a report released Friday by the High Speed Rail Authority

3:47 PM on Friday, August 22

New York tour bus crash on interstate highway killed 5 passengers, authorities say

3:41 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump was quick to declare “TOTAL VICTORY” after a New York appeals court threw out a civil fraud penalty that stood to cost him more than a half-billion dollars

3:32 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump visited a gift shop near the White House and stopped by the Kennedy Center on Friday, all while his federal takeover of Washington is keeping residents on edge

3:21 PM on Friday, August 22

The Trump administration's decision to review the visas of more than 55 million people is leading to false reports on social media for the number of noncitizens living in the U.S., with claims as high as 70 million to 100 million people

3:00 PM on Friday, August 22

Lawyers for the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez say she should be sentenced to a year and a day in prison rather than the eight years recommended by the federal court's probation office

2:22 PM on Friday, August 22

A Wisconsin judge has declined to dismiss felony charges against two attorneys and a former aide to President Donald Trump who advised Trump in 2020 as part of a plan to submit paperwork falsely claiming that the Republican had won the battleground state that year

2:16 PM on Friday, August 22

An explosion and fire at an automotive supply company in southeast Louisiana forced nearby residents and an elementary school to evacuate

1:40 PM on Friday, August 22

The North Carolina Supreme Court has issued favorable rulings for bars seeking compensation from the state for COVID-19 restrictions

12:24 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal completed just a couple weeks after he depicted the company’s CEO as a conflicted leader unfit for the job

12:19 PM on Friday, August 22

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iran nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump

11:56 AM on Friday, August 22

Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend repeatedly denied to the Justice Department witnessing any sexually inappropriate interactions with Donald Trump

10:48 AM on Friday, August 22

A federal judge has halted further expansion of the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades

5:32 AM on Friday, August 22

Millions of Americans are facing record heat with temperatures frequently over 90 degrees Fahrenheit

5:11 AM on Friday, August 22

Finnish air guitarist Aapo “The Angus” Rautio has plucked victory from thin air, grabbing the world championship title for his homeland for the first time since 2000

11:28 PM on Thursday, August 21

The Israeli defense minister is warning that Gaza’s largest city could be destroyed unless Hamas yields to his country’s terms

9:12 PM on Thursday, August 21

The Alaska State Medical Board has approved preliminary language that could result in disciplinary action against medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care for transgender minors

9:09 PM on Thursday, August 21

A Colorado judge has rejected a plea agreement for a funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses