WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major confrontation with Democrats over the contours of government spending. The 99-page bill would provide a slight boost to defense...
14-Year-Old Charged with Killing a Police Officer and Wounding Another
NEWARK, N.J. — A 14-year-old shot and killed a police officer and wounded another Friday evening in New Jersey, authorities said, in a chaotic scene that witnesses described as seeing officers running down a busy street before they heard a volley of a dozen or more gunshots. The slain officer,...
Trump Will Lead Task Force Preparing for 2026 World Cup
President Donald Trump has created a task force to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe's premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when his on-again, off-again tariffs have ratcheted up tensions across the continent. "I think it's going to make it more exciting,"...
Trump Has Begun Another Trade War. Here’s a Timeline of How We Got Here
NEW YORK — Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a trade war abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty. Since taking office less than two months ago, Trump has rolled out hefty import taxes on goods coming from America's...
2 Days of Clashes in Syria Leave More Than 600 People Dead
BEIRUT — The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria's conflict...
Chiefs Receiver Xavier Worthy Is Arrested in Texas on a Family Violence Assault Charge
GEORGETOWN, Texas — Kansas City chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy was arrested on a felony domestic violence charge in Texas. Williamson County online jail records on Saturday showed that Worthy was arrested Friday by deputies and held in the county jail on a charge of assault on a family or...
South Korea’s Impeached President Yoon Released From Prison
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being detained. After walking out of a detention center near Seoul, Yoon waved, clenched...
Muslim Nations Reject Trump’s Call to Empty Gaza of Its Palestinian Population
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Foreign ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday rejected calls by U.S. President Donald Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead. Meanwhile, Hamas...
Trump Fertilizer Tariff Exemption Comes as Farmers Prep for Season
President Donald Trump walked back potential tariffs on fertilizers, exempting chemicals and minerals from Mexico and Canada used in the material on Friday. Canada supplies 85% of potash in the U.S., an essential mineral used to create fertilizer, according to The Fertilizer Institute. The proposed 25% tariff would have increased...
Billy the Aussie Who Refused to Let a Leg Slow Him Down Needs Forever Home
Billy, a 1-year-old mini Australian shepherd, is showing everyone what it means to embrace life to the fullest after a rough start. Found alongside his sister Millie at a local shelter, Billy was possibly born with a malformed leg that dragged and scraped the ground. Though not in pain, the...