A parade set for this Saturday in Ottumwa is dividing the small southeastern Iowa city, with supporters calling it a celebration of traditional marriage, and opponents denouncing it as exclusionary. The community of about 25,000, split by the Des Moines River, has been at the center of a heated debate since leaders approved a proclamation […]
The United States is deploying three Navy destroyers to waters near Venezuela, escalating its confrontation with President Nicolás Maduro, whom Washington accuses of narco-terrorism and long-standing ties to Colombian militants. President Donald Trump ordered the USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham and USS Sampson — all Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers — into the Caribbean as […]
The Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates for the first time this year at its next meeting in September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday. The move is likely to please President Donald Trump, who has aggressively pushed for lower rates, but Powell indicated that a weak job market — not Trump’s criticism […]
Exercise Arctic Edge demonstrates the U.S. military’s capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness and commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the Arctic region.
Hurricane Erin continues to churn up the East Coast as a Category 2 storm, packing winds up to 110 miles an hour. As of Thursday morning, the storm was about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, tracking north at 17 miles an hour. In the latest update from the National Weather Service, the National Hurricane […]
HOUSTON — A growing number of American students are returning to classrooms earlier in the summer. As a result, millions of students attending schools with mounting air-conditioning concerns are more likely to be exposed to excessive heat, affecting everything from test scores to kids’ health. School board members at Houston Independent School District voted in […]
Texas House Republicans approved a newly gerrymandered congressional map that they believe will give them five new seats in the House of Representatives. The map was drawn to appease President Donald Trump, who wants to protect the razor-thin Republican majority in the chamber for the second half of his term. While the focus has been […]
Inside Washington, D.C.’s Union Station, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House aide Stephen Miller tried to stage a photo op with National Guard troops. However, protesters’ chants of “Free D.C.” quickly drowned them out. Vance dismissed the protest, saying Washington doesn’t need to be freed from protesters, but from lawlessness. “I think […]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has announced sweeping reforms to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that will cut nearly half its workforce and reduce costs by more than $700 million each year. The restructuring — branded “ODNI 2.0” — allegedly aims to streamline operations, eliminate what officials call redundancies, and […]
At least 600 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are being laid off. The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents thousands of CDC staff, confirmed the news to the Associated Press on Wednesday. The permanent termination notices went out this week, as first reported by the Washington Post. Layoffs come […]
