National News

3:52 PM on Thursday, May 14

Voting rights groups are arguing that a federal judge should stop President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail voting because he doesn’t have the authority to do so

3:03 PM on Thursday, May 14

The House Ethics Committee is investigating Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina over allegations that he created a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment

2:59 PM on Thursday, May 14

Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller of Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and her legal team

2:55 PM on Thursday, May 14

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged Americans to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary by defending deeply held beliefs and protecting free speech rather than relying on patriotic slogans or celebrations

2:38 PM on Thursday, May 14

A federal jury in Chicago has awarded $49.5 million to the family of a 24-year-old nonprofit global health worker killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia

2:30 PM on Thursday, May 14

Fire officials say two people were found dead in a plane after it crashed into a house in Ohio and exploded into flames

2:06 PM on Thursday, May 14

1:47 PM on Thursday, May 14

Former death row inmate Richard Glossip has been granted bond by an Oklahoma judge who ruled Thursday that Glossip could be freed from jail while awaiting a new trial for a 1997 killing

1:32 PM on Thursday, May 14

The Justice Department is accusing Yale University of illegally considering race in its medical school admissions

1:13 PM on Thursday, May 14

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to relax limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers

12:16 PM on Thursday, May 14

A top California Democratic political aide has pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal campaign funds from Xavier Becerra when he served as the federal health secretary

11:06 AM on Thursday, May 14

The Trump administration has announced $1.8 billion in additional funding for U.N. humanitarian aid

10:34 AM on Thursday, May 14

A man accused of wounding two drivers when he fired at least 70 rounds from an assault-style weapon on a busy street near Boston pleaded not guilty to assault and other charges

10:33 AM on Thursday, May 14

Xavier Becerra, a Democrat running for California governor, is propping up his decades-long career in public office as proof he can succeed in the state's highest office

9:55 AM on Thursday, May 14

Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their final arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence

9:25 AM on Thursday, May 14

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the U.S. from Congo

8:03 AM on Thursday, May 14

Harvey Weinstein has returned to court in his rape retrial a day after he reported chest pains while in the courthouse

10:01 PM on Wednesday, May 13

The U.S. stock market rose to more records after Cisco Systems joined the parade of companies reporting fatter profits for the start of 2026 than analysts expected

9:03 PM on Wednesday, May 13

A global oil bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz has created a financial windfall on the other side of the world in New Mexico that is both enviable and politically sensitive in a Democratic-dominated state

5:14 PM on Wednesday, May 13

President Donald Trump is in Beijing for key meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping