National News

11:10 AM on Thursday, January 8

A federal judge has directed the Trump administration to stop purging words it associates with diversity, equity and inclusion from Head Start grant applications and barred it from laying off any more federal employees in the federal Office of Head Start

10:16 AM on Thursday, January 8

Internet access and telephone lines in Iran cut out after demonstrators join protest called by exiled crown prince

9:59 AM on Thursday, January 8

Israeli prime minister says former U.N. envoy Nickolay Mladenov to serve as director of Trump’s “Board of Peace.”

9:24 AM on Thursday, January 8

Top Venezuelan official says a 'significant number' of prisoners will be released as a gesture to 'seek peace'

8:51 AM on Thursday, January 8

Judge disqualifies federal prosecutor from investigating New York's attorney general, says he was 'not lawfully serving'

8:50 AM on Thursday, January 8

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman in a moving vehicle in Minneapolis this week, sparking renewed questions about use-of-force rules

8:41 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate advances a war powers resolution to limit further attacks on Venezuela and sets up a vote for final passage

8:06 AM on Thursday, January 8

Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe

7:42 AM on Thursday, January 8

The U.S. has seized a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic, backed by British support

7:41 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court orders they describe as outdated

7:18 AM on Thursday, January 8

Russian drone strikes have knocked out power in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region and left over 600,000 households in Dnipropetrovsk without electricity

6:39 AM on Thursday, January 8

At The Church of the Epiphany in New York’s Upper East Side, a new, handcrafted organ is emblematic of the final phase of a multi-year, $70 million effort to relocate and rebuild the Episcopal congregation, an investment in community as much as sound

5:05 AM on Thursday, January 8

As a shooting unfolded at Brown University on Dec. 13, students turned to the anonymous app Sidechat to document fear, confusion and grief in real time — often before receiving official alerts

4:05 AM on Thursday, January 8

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 2 in 10 U.S. adults donated money to a crowdfunding campaign over the last year, with medical expenses proving most common

4:01 AM on Thursday, January 8

Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett has announced her candidacy to become Georgia's secretary of state

12:34 AM on Thursday, January 8

They’re at it again

9:40 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Saudi Arabia says the United Arab Emirates has smuggled a wanted separatist leader out of Yemen

9:02 PM on Wednesday, January 7

A Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents and stealing their money to fund his plan to assassinate President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to homicide

2:11 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations

11:14 AM on Monday, January 5

The NFL has eight coaching openings after Mike McDaniel was fired by the Miami Dolphins on Thursday