National News

3:16 PM on Thursday, July 23

Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court may be deeply conservative but it is not simply a rubber stamp for President Donald Trump

2:59 PM on Thursday, July 23

The Trump administration is seeking to rename Manhattan’s Penn Station as part of a planned $8 billion redesign of the country’s busiest transit hub

2:20 PM on Thursday, July 23

Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a coastal Maine community and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic girl and her love of the colorful creations

2:04 PM on Thursday, July 23

President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court

1:59 PM on Thursday, July 23

As President Donald Trump continues to push for stricter proof of citizenship laws ahead of the midterm elections, social media users are falsely alleging that an old clip shows former President Barack Obama telling people in the U.S. illegally to vote in the 2016 election

1:33 PM on Thursday, July 23

Two descendants of Black people once enslaved by a Native American tribe are asking a federal court in Oklahoma to force tribal leaders to issue them citizenship cards as ordered a year ago by a tribal court

1:17 PM on Thursday, July 23

Two people have died in flash floods caused by torrential rains in West Virginia this week

12:21 PM on Thursday, July 23

The government has withdrawn subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet

11:05 AM on Thursday, July 23

More than two dozen states have sued the Trump administration after it required them to comply with election and immigration conditions to get billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters

10:10 AM on Thursday, July 23

A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas is speaking out for the first time about her arrest while walking to Mass

9:42 AM on Thursday, July 23

U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora

9:12 AM on Thursday, July 23

Salman Rushdie has testified for the second time about being stabbed nearly to death four years ago in a western New York amphitheater

9:02 AM on Thursday, July 23

President Donald Trump has celebrated the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House, calling the team “one of the great brands anywhere in the world.”

8:37 AM on Thursday, July 23

6:43 AM on Thursday, July 23

The police shooting death of a man with a knife has roiled Wisconsin's capital and prompted politicians from the governor to city officials to call for transparency and accountability

5:32 AM on Thursday, July 23

President Donald Trump says he is imposing new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners

11:39 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Tropical Storm Bertha has made a second landfall near the Texas-Louisiana state line, ending its slow crawl across the U.S. Gulf Coast

9:03 PM on Wednesday, July 22

The Minnesota man who killed Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison

9:02 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Federal health advisers are recommending broader access to controversial chemicals called peptides

9:01 PM on Wednesday, July 22

The U.S. Navy is backing away from statements that it would begin to restrict press and public access to sailors’ service histories