Judge rejects Democrat-led effort to block Musk, DOGE from federal agencies
Elon Musk walks to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where the SpaceX and Tesla chief executive officer is leading the Department of Government…
Michigan mother accused of abandoning three children found living in squalor
Local police discovered three abandoned children living in a trash-filled condominium with no working toilet while conducting a welfare check over the weekend in southeastern…
Winter storm targets South, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic Wednesday and Thursday
A winter storm system is expected to disrupt travel from Missouri through the Mid-Atlantic states, including flood-ravaged areas of Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, on…
CIA using drones to surveil drug cartels, labs in Mexico
A remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper flies near the Syracuse Hancock International Airport on Dec. 16, 2015, and is similar to those the CIA is using…
Residents ordered to shelter in place after Pennsylvania warehouse fire
Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A massive fire caused heavy damage to a warehouse in Abington Township, Pa. Monday night but all 60 of the employees…
North Korea rejects ‘absurd’ U.S. call for denuclearization
North Korea rejected the "absurd" U.S. call for denuclearization in a statement issued by its Foreign Ministry Tuesday. The statement, carried in official media, said…
China rebukes U.S. after State Dept. updates website on relations with Taiwan
Feb. 18 (UPI) -- China has rebuked the United States after the U.S. State Department remove a statement from its website declaring it does not…
Meta to link world with longest subsea cable
Meta has confirmed plans to build the world's longest subsea cable that will circle the Earth and connect five continents. Project Waterworth and its 31,000-mile…
Russian delegation arrives in Saudi Arabia for talks with U.S. to end Ukraine war
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday for negotiations Tuesday with the United States. Photo courtesy of Russian Foreign Ministry/Facebook…
New York Mayor Eric Adams says 4 of his top deputies have resigned
New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives at his State of the City address at the Apollo theater on January 9 in New York City.…
Several hundred FAA support staff fired amid agency shortages
The FAA control tower is seen at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on February 2, four days after a commuter jet and an Army…
Marco Rubio arrives in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine, Gaza talks
1 of 4 | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Saudi Arabia Monday to hold discussions on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.…
In first Supreme Court filing, Trump asks justices to permit watchdog’s firing
A snowplow clears snow outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2025. On Sunday, the Trump administration asked the high-court justices to…
Ahead of controversial negotiations, Trump says Putin wants to ‘stop fighting’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while signing two Executive Orders in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday in Washington, D.C. On Sunday,…
Divided appeals court denies White House’s attempt to fire watchdog
The District Court of Appeal is located in the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C. Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A divided federal…
At least 8 people dead in Kentucky flooding as winter weather batters nation
1 of 2 | A pile of snow around the barricades outside the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI…
Dan Osborn wants ‘working-class heroes’ to shake up U.S. politics
Omaha, NE — Dan Osborn, a mechanic by trade, has been rebuilding a 1988 Pontiac Firebird in his garage. He plans to drop in a fuel-injected V-8…
Missouri court ruling paves the way for abortion access return
1 of 2 | Women in Missouri are expected to have access to abortion services within days, after a circuit court judge ruled business licenses…
U.S. defeats Canada to secure spot in 4 Nations Face-Off championship
MONTREAL — Dylan Larkin scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and the United States beat Canada 3-1 in the 4 Nations Face-Off on Saturday night,…
No injuries reported as earthquakes rattle Southern California and West Texas
Homes are burned to the ground on January 19 after the Palisades Fire destroyed beach homes in Malibu, Calif., and a pair of earthquakes rattled…