WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History pushed back Tuesday against a recent White House report that branded the institution’s leadership as radical activists who cannot be trusted. The testimony from Anthea M. Hartig came as President Donald Trump has
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A U.S. soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade, according to a military statement Tuesday and his family. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton will receive a Bron
The U.S. and Iran are back to bombing every day in a bid to control the Strait of Hormuz. And neither is backing down, showing the limitations of President Donald Trump’s reliance on escalating airstrikes to bend Tehran to his will. While the Trump administration says it is open to diplomacy, Iran s
July 21 (Reuters) – Michigan health officials reported 6,571 cases linked to an outbreak of cyclosporiasis on Tuesday, an increase of 423 cases since its last update on Monday. The outbreak in Michigan has resulted in 102 hospitalizations, according to the state health department’s latest update, wi
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – Lawyers for a bystander wounded in a shootout between the U.S. Secret Service and a man outside the White House in May said they would file a personal injury lawsuit against the federal agency on Tuesday. Benjamin Del Real, Jr., 25, of Kansas, was on leave from active
OTTAWA, July 21 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he had spoken to U.S President Donald Trump on Tuesday and told reporters the two leaders had agreed to intensify trade negotiations. Carney made the comment a day after Trump’s latest tariffs threat against Canada. “We agreed to i
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday said the Trump administration would soon unveil trade actions under Section 301 of the Trade Act connected to forced labor. “We expect to see some action soon … I can’t really specify a timeline right now,” Greer tol
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a 2025 ruling that ordered the Trump administration to release pro-Palestinian advocate Mohsen Mahdawi from immigration detention, finding that the lower court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. Mahdawi, 35, was
LUVERNE, Minn. (AP) — Crossing the open farmland of southwestern Minnesota, you’ll encounter an otherworldly sight: a massive head with a beard, mustache and red-striped top hat looming over the horizon. Pull into the small town of Luverne and the figure — a nearly 66-foot (20-meter) tall nutcracker
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and was moving slowly toward the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, causing a tropical storm warning and storm surge watches, forecasters said. The storm was about 110 miles (177 kilometers) south of Panama City, Florida, and 17
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, July 21 (Reuters) – The indie pop vocalist known as D4vd was due in court on Tuesday with prosecutors expected to outline their murder case against the musician, accused of fatally stabbing and dismembering his teen girlfriend after she threatened to make their relations
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Diplomats sought Tuesday to salvage the collapsed interim deal between Iran and the United States even as both countries continued to launch attacks in a 10th day of renewed fighting. Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni’s visit to Pakistan, a key mediator in the conflict, poin
Powerball ticket sales in the United Kingdom will begin Tuesday, giving players across the Atlantic a chance at winning the same massive jackpot that U.S. players already play for — with the same minuscule odds. The expansion, first announced in April through an agreement between the Multi-State Lot
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Iran are back to bombing every day in a bid to control the Strait of Hormuz. And neither is backing down, showing the limitations of President Donald Trump’s reliance on escalating airstrikes to bend Tehran to his will. While the Trump administration says it is open to
By Steve Gorman July 20 (Reuters) – Two women and three men were confirmed dead on Monday in an apparent mass drowning in Ohio after two people entered a river to help a struggling swimmer, followed by two more adults who made an ill-fated rescue attempt of their own, officials said. According to th
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – Civil rights groups said they filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over the government’s attempt to restrict federal childcare and family assistance funding. The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Women’
By Tim McLaughlin July 20 (Reuters) – The regional U.S. grid operator for 14 central states warned on Monday evening that it could order rolling blackouts because the power system was on the brink of an electricity shortfall due to record demand. Several power plants unexpectedly tripped offline, le
The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students, adding to the barrage of federal inquiries the Trump administration has opened in its battle against the Ivy League school. Justice Department official
DETROIT (AP) — A state appeals court on Monday set aside convictions for two men involved in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were convicted of providing material support for an act of terrorism. They, along with co-defendant Joe Morrison, were accuse
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday that admissions practices at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine were biased in favor of Black and Hispanic applicants, as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on divers
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA finals that was bought by a teenager for $3.07 at an Oregon thrift store sold for $89,600 at auction on Monday. Quinn Brown had been eyeing a massive bin of clothes at a Goodwill store outside Portland in January when
Any extradition of Andrew and Tristan Tate from the U.S. to the United Kingdom would ultimately rest with the State Department, but only after a judge determines whether the request complies with the law and a treaty between the countries. The U.S. has agreed since 2020 to send more than 20 people w
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump will be returning to an older Air Force One plane for about a month as the new, Qatari-gifted jet undergoes “additional upgrades and enhancements.” Trump’s use of the new red, white and navy blue aircraft has faced much scrutiny not only
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday it launched a probe reviewing whether some Harvard University financial aid programs were discriminatory, marking the latest fight against the university by President Donald Trump’s administration. “The J
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot’s claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village. The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, sued to block his plane’s s
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration sought phone records of several New York Times journalists and even those of some of their relatives, according to a motion unsealed Monday — an unusually aggressive attempt to unmask the confidential sources of reporters who wrote about Trum
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. envoy to the United Nations said Monday that the U.S. government soon will move to stop violent gangs in Haiti from making money off social media posts. Gang leaders in the troubled Caribbean country are prolific users of social media and have celebrated killing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic U.S. senators and the Independent senator from Maine pushed for more details Monday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the agency’s vetting practices for new agents and how officers conduct vehicle pursuits, even as they demanded that body cameras b
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in the nation’s capital has set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the site of a troubled multimillion-dollar renovation project championed by President Donald Trump. D.C. Super
NEW YORK (AP) — A person deployed an “incendiary device” Monday morning outside a New York building housing an immigration court and other federal offices before being taken into custody at the scene, the FBI said. The FBI said its New York Joint Terrorism Task Force was investigating the eruption o
