National News

6:34 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump has welcomed nearly 130 donors, allies and representatives of major companies for a dinner at the White House to reward them for their contributions to a new $250 million ballroom project

6:14 PM on Wednesday, October 15

One of the largest airlifts in Alaska history is underway to evacuate hundreds from storm-devasted coastal towns

4:41 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

4:28 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The superintendent of Georgia's third-largest school district is resigning after being indicted on federal charges

4:27 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Mississippi executes man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old college student

3:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A former Los Angeles Angels official has testified that an employee convicted of providing drugs leading to the death of one of the team’s star pitchers had been taking prescription medication to deal with depression and bipolar disorder

3:19 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers

2:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers has prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions

1:58 PM on Wednesday, October 15

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has publicly apologized for language he has used in the past to criticize New York Police Department

1:48 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A suburban Atlanta man has been charged with murder in the death of his six-month-old son

1:33 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The National Transportation Safety Board says faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people en route to the wreck of the Titanic

1:27 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power

1:16 PM on Wednesday, October 15

12:31 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Federal immigration authorities have detained the parents of a U.S. Marine after the Trump administration changed a policy that sought to protect military families from deportation

12:25 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The South Carolina Election Commission is investigating why a $28 million contract for new voting machines ended up costing $4 million more

11:42 AM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels

11:13 AM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

10:53 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Cook County’s top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court

9:02 PM on Tuesday, October 14

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student was put to death Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman

9:22 AM on Monday, October 13

Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state representative who switched parties to support President Donald Trump, has announced his candidacy for Georgia's secretary of state