National News

6:35 AM on Saturday, May 16

U.S. President Donald Trump has described arms sales to Taiwan as a "very good negotiating chip" in dealings with China

5:50 AM on Saturday, May 16

Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing

5:39 AM on Saturday, May 16

President Donald Trump says a joint U.S. and Nigerian operation has killed a top Islamic State leader in Nigeria

4:09 AM on Saturday, May 16

Pope Leo XIV is adding a trip to France to his busy 2026 travel schedule

3:01 AM on Saturday, May 16

A train has crashed into a public bus in Bangkok, killing at least eight people

1:58 AM on Saturday, May 16

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin says

1:28 AM on Saturday, May 16

Walmart and Amazon are racing to speed up order deliveries in rural areas of the U.S. Small cities and towns are a rich source of untapped sales for whichever retailer builds a loyal base of online shoppers

1:10 AM on Saturday, May 16

10:42 PM on Friday, May 15

Spain is boycotting this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, after repeatedly expressing disapproval over Israel’s participation

10:08 PM on Friday, May 15

President Donald Trump says U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a mission to kill a leader of the Islamic State group

10:02 PM on Friday, May 15

The tight relationship between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is typically managed discreetly

9:59 PM on Friday, May 15

Experts say drone warfare has become the deadliest threat to civilians in Sudan's conflict, with both the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces being supplied by various countries

9:28 PM on Friday, May 15

The Food and Drug Administration's top drug official is leaving in the latest shake-up at the powerful health agency

9:04 PM on Friday, May 15

With Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Olympics, the U.S. women’s handball team will be able to play in the Games for the first time since 1996

9:01 PM on Friday, May 15

Pope Leo XIV has created a study group on artificial intelligence in a sign of his ongoing concern about the technology

3:59 PM on Friday, May 15

A New York has declared a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape case from the #MeToo-era that has gone to trial three times so far after a jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision

3:38 PM on Friday, May 15

The Supreme Court has rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives

10:56 AM on Friday, May 15

The wife of a U.S. Army sergeant has been released from federal immigration custody after spending a month in detention

7:11 AM on Friday, May 15

Iran’s foreign minister says that a lack of trust remains the biggest obstacle in negotiations to end the war with the U.S. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said contradictory messages from the U.S. have made Iran reluctant about its intentions in the stalled ceasefire negotiations

3:06 AM on Friday, May 15

Workers on New York’s Long Island Rail Road are on strike, paralyzing the busiest commuter rail system in North America