Germany's Scholz describes Trump's Gaza proposal as a 'scandal' in election debate

“It's something that people evaluated and voted for on November 5,” the Ohio Republican said.

A man was found dead inside an Orlando apartment on Saturday, with "obvious trauma to his body," according to a report from NBC affiliate WESH.

A Wicker Park vintage pop-up shop was robbed Saturday evening, with more than $3,000 in merchandise stolen, according to store owners.

Federal employees claim in lawsuit ‘deferred resignation’ program is illegal because Congress has not approved it

There are several snow chances in the forecast for the Chicago area this week.

The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to advance the nomination of former Representative Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence, continuing President Donald Trump's successful push to confirm even his most at-risk nominees for administration positions. The Senate voted 52-46 on a procedural measure to limit debate on the closely watched nomination, more than the simple majority needed to clear the way for the 100-member chamber to vote on her confirmation later this week. The vote was on party lines, with every Republican favoring advancing Gabbard's nomination, while Democrats opposed it.

A woman died after being shot in the chest Sunday morning in South Shore.

President Donald Trump said that he'll announce reciprocal tariffs, including 25% on steel and aluminum imports amid trade disputes with Canada, Mexico and China.

The Maine Republican, the Senate’s top appropriator, said she has HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s commitment to “re-examine” the cuts.

BOSTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration's sharp cuts to federal grant funding for universities, medical centers and other research institutions. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley's decision was a win for Democratic attorneys general from 22 U.S. states who sued on Monday in federal court in Boston to challenge cuts adopted by the National Institutes of Health to the reimbursement rate for some costs of the research institutions. Kelley, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden, scheduled a hearing for Feb. 21 for further arguments.

“Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25 percent tariff — aluminum too,” President Donald Trump told reporters.

The cloture vote was a party-line vote.

The co-chair of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Monday said he was in favour of extending temporary controls along the country's land borders to curb irregular migration. Speaking at a high-level meeting of German media chiefs hosted by dpa in Berlin, Lars Kingbeil said that the controls were particularly effective in "the fight against people smuggling, and that is why I think it makes sense to extend them again." Federal police began conducting checks at Germany's land borders to Fr

President Donald Trump said Palestinians wouldn't be permitted to return to the Gaza Strip as part of his plan for the United States to take ownership of the war-torn territory.

Hardliners are squaring off against their top tax writer as Republicans try to assemble a package President Donald Trump's priorities.

What's opening and closing in Brunswick County? Where's the N.C. 211 widening project at? We got you covered.

Some fans who stayed up late to watch the game can get a free cup of coffee to help them wake up courtesy of Starbucks. Here's how.

Ford recalls more than 72,000 vehicles. Check to see if your car needs repairs.

With a powerful winter storm set to bring up to 6 inches of snow, ice, and flooding across Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin has declared a state of emergency, mobilizing resources to prepare for hazardous conditions expected to hit overnight Monday into Tuesday. “With another round of winter weather across the state this week forecasted to […]

Minnesota child care is in crisis — and that’s even before the threat of a federal freeze in funding. As a director of a child care center, I nurture relationships with other early childhood leaders to learn and collaborate, and this year, colleagues have repeatedly told me, “I don’t know how long I can keep my […]

Speaking more than one language may benefit children’s executive function - especially those with autism spectrum disorder, a recent analysis suggests. The study, published in Autism Research, looked at 116 children ages 7 through 12. Of those, 53 had autism spectrum disorder and 63 did not, though four children were later excluded. Twenty-one of the children with ASD spoke more than one language, and 35 of the typically developing children were multilingual. Most of the multilingual children sp

Trump’s appearance at the game marks the first time a sitting U.S. president has attended the annual NFL championship.

The president lashed out at the pop star on his social media website.

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban recently had a lot to say about the Department of Government Efficiency and its recent initiatives. Cuban initially speculated that Elon Musk's team might have been pulling data from USAspending.gov—a public database tracking federal spending—then presenting it as if they had uncovered wasteful expenses themselves. At first, he found the move "brilliant," even comparing it to Donald Trump's tactics, saying, “Fooled me. Very Trump like too.” But his opinion quickly

"Everything under Trump must be blamed on him, just like what MAGA did with Biden."

President Trump while on the campaign trail proposed eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits. "Seniors should not pay taxes on Social Security," he commented on social media in July. Importantly, Trump is not the only politician to float that idea, nor is support limited to one political party.

The president said that schools like West Point had been invaded by so-called “woke” ideology.

Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina on Monday used a nearly hour-long speech on the U.S. House floor to accuse her ex-fiancé of physically abusing her, recording sex acts with her and others without their consent, and conspiring with business associates in acts of rape and sexual misconduct. Mace said she was speaking out because her home state’s top prosecutor didn’t take action even after she alerted investigators. Mace mentioned four men as being involved, including Charleston-area businessman Patrick Bryant, who was her fiancé until 2023 and went door-to-door stumping for her during her 2022 reelection campaign.

U.S. President Donald Trump's offer to rehouse white South Africans as refugees fleeing persecution may not spur quite the rush he anticipates, as even right-wing white lobby groups want to "tackle the injustices" of Black majority rule on home soil. Trump on Friday signed an executive order to cut U.S. aid to South Africa, citing an expropriation act that President Cyril Ramaphosa signed last month aiming to redress land inequalities that stem from South Africa's history of white supremacy. The order provided for resettlement in the U.S. of "Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination" as refugees.

An unexpected Super Bowl ad: Ontario purchased a spot to remind American viewers how the province's partnership makes invaluable contributions to the U.S. economy.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the United States is walking away from “dumb” foreign aid, not from foreign aid entirely. “We’re not walking away from foreign aid,” Rubio said in an interview on SiriusXM’s “The David Webb Show” with guest host Scott Jennings. “We are walking away from foreign aid that’s dumb,…

Murmurs from President Trump and his allies have stirred up questions of the incumbent possibly seeking a third term in office, even as he’s currently constitutionally barred from doing so. Trump has remarked on a few occasions since being sworn in for a second term that he wouldn’t be running again unless people insist and…

Donald Trump didn’t even try to answer the questions.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders. The base’s original namesake, Gen. Braxton Bragg, was a Confederate general from Warrenton, North Carolina, who was known for owning slaves and losing key Civil War battles, contributing to the Confederacy’s downfall.

Noem was trying to defend Elon Musk’s meddling in the government.

The youngest Trump is notoriously private, but archived interviews with Donald and Melania Trump hold clues.

Russian soldiers received a batch of sabotaged drone headsets that were modified to explode when they were switched on, according to Russian media.

Out gay former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and out lesbian Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel are Michigan's leading candidates in an early U.S. Senate primary poll.

Usha Vance opted for a chilly off-the-shoulder look for the second family’s first foreign trip in office. She stepped off Air Force Two in Paris wearing all black down to her heels, leading the way off the jet while holding hands with her four-year-old son Vivek, whose birthday is Wednesday. Not far behind Usha, 39, was JD Vance—dressed in a blue suit—and their eldest son, Ewan, 7, who walked down the steps on his own. The vice president carried his three-year-old daughter Mirabel in his arms.

CNN’s data analyst Harry Enten has been left stunned by President Donald Trump’s high approval ratings in his second stint at the White House. The senior data reporter noticed that Trump’s approval numbers for his first three weeks were much higher than those during his first term, the New York Post reported. “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Entire first term. Just 11 days, Donald Trump had a net positive approval rating” during his first term, Enten said during a segment of Monday’s CNN News Central with co-

"Upholds our right to enforce Hawai'i laws in Hawai'i courts."

“I think that’s the larger goal here, which is bring everybody back, the buildings are going to suck, their commutes are going to suck.”

Yes, US President Donald Trump is at the 2025 Super Bowl; and he’s not alone. Not only is his daughter Ivanka Trump, and one of his grandchildren: his rarely-seen grandson Theodore. Today, on Sunday, Feb. 9, Donald, Ivanka, and Theodore were at attendance at the 2024 Super Bowl to see the Kansas City Chiefs and …

President Donald Trump says he has ordered the US Mint to stop making pennies, which he correctly says cost more than one cent to produce.

Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who made a decision early Saturday morning that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties” from its payment systems. The order explicitly prohibits special government employees and those detailed…

President Trump says he has had talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, telling the New York Post that the two leaders have spoken and he’d “better not say” how many times. Trump, who during his presidential campaign vowed to end the Russian-Ukraine war quickly, expressed sorrow over the loss…

President Donald Trump on Monday urged Israel to cancel its ceasefire deal with Hamas and “let all hell break out” if Hamas does not return hostages still being held in Gaza by noon on Saturday.

The order blocked DOGE access to a critical government payment mechanism.

Ali Velshi explained how it "might be a fun idea for Trump until..."

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared to stumble over her words in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday as she claimed Americans “can’t trust the government.” The State of the Union host quickly interrupted Noem to point out: “You are the government!” During the interview, Noem acknowledged that President Donald Trump had given Musk full access to sensitive data about American disaster victims at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).