Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House of Representatives speaker who later admitted to sexually abusing boys as a high school wrestling coach and pleaded guilty to charges arising from the scandal, has died, CBS News reported on Monday, citing a coroner in Illinois. He was 84.

Youngest press secretary in White House history left earlier this year after the birth of her second child

The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.

Voters will get to weigh in on the plan in early 2028.

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Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.

The parents of a teen fentanyl poisoning victim are finding allies in Congress for a bill intended to save others from the same fate.

Pointing to sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, the Nebraska State Fair said the weather conditions contributed to a 19% increase in attendance through the first five days compared to last year.

A Nobel Prize-winning economist argued that the United States may not see the damage of President Donald Trump's economic policies until it's too late. Paul Krugman, who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for his work on trade theory, argued in a new Substack essay that the financial markets have not yet r...

President Donald Trump stopped allowing small shipments to enter the country without paying tariffs. Now, things are getting pricier and shipping costs are going up.

The White House has dismissed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez less than a month into her tenure, saying she was not aligned with President Donald Trump’s prioritie…

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The Trump administration aims to expel Abrego Garcia as its global gulag expands to Uganda, which has a long record of human rights abuses.

Sen. Patty Murray condemned the operation, saying firefighters put their lives at risk to keep communities safe.

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average registered record closing highs on Thursday, even as Nvidia shares slipped amid uncertainty over its China business, while the dollar weakened against the euro and yen as traders anticipated U.S. interest rate cuts soon.

Without Congressionally-approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather.

On the heels of our new module focused on U.S. southern border journalism, we are happy to announce a range of additional updates to modernize the rest of the J-school curriculum.

The slaughter of Palestinians continues. Most Israelis hate the war and their government. But a tiny right-wing faction controls all.

ICE currently contracts with various companies to charter planes for its deportation flights, which can cost nearly $27,000 per flight hour.

The Public Media Bridge Fund hopes to raise $100 million over the next two years to support endangered newsrooms.

Texas Democrat James Talarico on bomb threats, rigged elections, and life on the run.

While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

Two other federal judges already denied DOJ’s requests to publicly release the material.

Federal law enforcement officials forcibly removed and handcuffed U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla at a Thursday press conference in Los Angeles by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid multi-day protest...

U.S. Senators took to the floor on Thursday afternoon after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was shoved out of a Homeland Security news conference, pushed to the ground, and handcuffed by the FBI. "We have a constitutional obligation to provide oversight to the executive, a constitutional obligation to ask ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Los Angeles as part of a broad federal response to public demonstrations against immigration raids.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) gave a brief statement outside the Los Angeles federal building Thursday, shortly after he was physically removed from a Homeland Security briefing held by Kristi Noem."I'm here in Los Angeles today, and I was here in the federal building in the conference room awaiting a sc...

Video shows a Secret Service agent grabbing the California senator by his jacket and shoving him from the room as he tried to interrupt Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news

“If it can happen to Alex, it can happen to ... anybody,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez said.

Harvard can no longer enroll international students after the Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students. The school called the decision "unlawful."

World leaders to attend papal mass in Rome as first US pontiff receives fisher’s ring and wool pallium An estimated 250,000 pilgrims and a host of world leaders and royals, including the US vice-president, JD Vance, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, and Britain’s Prince Edward, are expected to attend St Peter’s Square for the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV. The service, which begins on Sunday at 10am local time, marks the official start of the papacy of the first US pontiff in the history of the Roman Catholic church. Continue reading...

A U.S. sovereign downgrade by Moody's has exacerbated investor worries about a looming debt time-bomb that could spur bond market vigilantes who want to see more fiscal restraint from Washington.

The Boss appears unfazed by the president's threats

At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.

And it should make GOP Rep. Don Bacon nervous about next year