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David Fitzgerald knows how tough it is to prevent gun violence. In 15 years working in some of Baltimore’s deadliest neighborhoods for a program called Safe Streets, he said, he’s defused hundreds of fights that could have led to a shooting. The effort, part of Baltimore’s more than $100 million …

Starting Thursday, low-income Americans in five states will face new limits on what they can buy with government assistance for groceries, as the Trump administration begins rolling out restrictions on soda, candy and other foods under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the …

The Trump administration on Tuesday froze all federal child care payments to Minnesota, an extraordinary escalation triggered by a viral right-wing video alleging widespread fraud — and one that state officials and Democrats are denouncing as politically motivated collective punishment. In a statement and video posted to X, senior officials …

Renee Hardman, a West Des Moines council member and president and CEO of Lutheran Services in Iowa, won a special election Tuesday for Iowa Senate District 16, according to unofficial results. Hardman’s win means Democrats retain the seat, formerly held by the late Sen. Claire Celsi, and they have stopped …

The U.S. military said Monday it carried out another lethal strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean that it claims was involved in drug trafficking, killing two people — the latest escalation in a monthslong campaign ordered by President Donald Trump that has drawn growing legal and political …

More musicians have canceled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center after its board voted to rename the Washington performing arts institution to include President Donald Trump’s name, a move that has intensified political backlash and sparked legal action. Canceled performances now include shows that had been scheduled for Christmas Eve, …

The Trump administration is offering states $10 billion next year for rural health care — while reserving the right to take the money back if governors refuse to adopt policy priorities favored by the White House. Federal officials announced Monday that all 50 states applied for funding from the new …

The Department of Veterans Affairs is reinstating a near-total ban on abortion services for veterans and their families, citing a new Justice Department legal opinion that says federal law largely prohibits the agency from providing abortions. The change follows a memo issued last week by the Justice Department’s Office of …

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine are nearing completion, but offered no concrete breakthroughs after a high-stakes face-to-face meeting that underscored how unresolved the most contentious issues remain. Speaking after their talks at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, both leaders …

Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone assault on Ukraine’s capital early Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials said, in an attack that came on the eve of planned talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump aimed at ending the war. …

President Donald Trump spent part of Christmas Eve in a festive mood, taking phone calls at his Mar-a-Lago estate from children asking about Santa Claus as the North American Aerospace Defense Command tracked his journey around the globe. “Nice, right?” Trump told reporters after one call. “Could do this all …

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States carried out “numerous” military strikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria, accusing the group of killing Christians and describing the action as a forceful response to escalating violence. “The United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a Trump administration request to deploy National Guard troops to the Chicago area while a legal challenge proceeds, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump’s effort to use federalized forces in Illinois to support immigration enforcement. In an unsigned order, the high court left …

President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. In an email, the department said it expects the first notices to be sent to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default the first full week of …

The Justice Department on Tuesday released a third batch of records related to Jeffrey Epstein, adding roughly 30,000 pages to a growing trove of documents that shed light on the late sex offender’s associates, alleged co-conspirators and ties to prominent figures, including President Donald Trump and Britain’s former Prince Andrew. …