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Police Free Prison Guards Held Hostage in Guatemala
Guatemalan Police Storm
Prison, Free Hostages
Jan 18, 2026 11:25 AM CST
Trump's Latest Move on Greenland Unites Europe
Trump's Latest Move on
Greenland Unites Europe
Jan 17, 2026 5:46 PM CST
Judge: Feds Can't Detain, Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters
Judge: Feds Can't Detain,
Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters
Jan 17, 2026 8:10 AM CST
GOP Rep Threatens Trump Impeachment Over Greenland
GOP Rep Threatens Trump
Impeachment Over Greenland
Jan 16, 2026 10:49 AM CST
Duckworth Backs Ex-Army Surgeon Who Saved Her Life
A Senator Backs the Ex-Army
Surgeon Who Saved Her Life
Jan 16, 2026 6:11 AM CST
Bipartisan Bill Again Seeks to End Lawmakers' Stock Trades
2 Senators Revive Effort to
Stop Lawmakers' Stock Trading
Jan 15, 2026 6:24 PM CST
Trump Is Having a Bad Week in Fight Against Wind Power
Trump Loses Second Case
This Week Against Wind Power
Jan 15, 2026 2:40 PM CST
Administration Scraps Up to $2B More in Health Grants
Feds Abruptly Reverse Cuts
to Addiction Programs
UPDATED
Jan 15, 2026 1:24 PM CST
Leno: People Are 'Stunned' That I'm Honoring Marriage Vows
Leno Says People Can't Believe
He's Honoring Marriage Vows
Jan 15, 2026 1:04 PM CST
For California's Highway 1, a 'Monumental Milestone'
For California's Highway 1,
a 'Monumental Milestone'
Jan 15, 2026 7:19 AM CST
California Can Use Its Redrawn US House Map
California Gets a Win
in Redistricting Battle
Jan 15, 2026 2:30 AM CST
Senate Bill Looks to Cut Trump Off at the Pass on Greenland
Bipartisan Bill Would Cut Trump
Off at the Pass on Greenland
Jan 14, 2026 5:51 AM CST
Joe Rogan Compares ICE to the Gestapo
Joe Rogan on ICE: Do We Want
'Gestapo' Roaming the Streets?
Jan 14, 2026 2:00 AM CST
PM: 'Greenland Does Not Want to Be Part of the US'
PM: 'Greenland Does Not
Want to Be Part of the US'
Jan 13, 2026 6:32 PM CST
Florida Deputies Help Rescue Trapped Shark
Florida Deputies Help
Rescue Trapped Shark
Jan 13, 2026 5:55 PM CST
SCOTUS Appears Set to Uphold Trans Sports Bans
SCOTUS Appears Set
to Uphold Trans Sports Bans
Jan 13, 2026 4:44 PM CST
Bipartisan Bill Targets Tricky Subscription Cancellations
Bipartisan Bill Targets Tricky
Subscription Cancellations
Jan 13, 2026 4:15 PM CST
Cancer Survival in the US Hits a Milestone
Cancer Survival in the US
Hits a Milestone
Jan 13, 2026 3:08 PM CST
Administration Cancels 223 Clean Energy Projects
Judge: Scrapping
$7B in Clean Energy
Projects Unconstitutional
UPDATED
Jan 13, 2026 12:30 AM CST
Judge Says Work on Offshore Wind Farm Can Resume
Judge Says Work on
Wind Project Can Resume
Jan 12, 2026 7:45 PM CST
Mark Kelly Is Suing the Pentagon
Mark Kelly Is
Suing the Pentagon
Jan 12, 2026 1:33 PM CST
MacKenzie Scott Gives the Trevor Project $45M
MacKenzie Scott Gives
the Trevor Project $45M
Jan 12, 2026 1:12 PM CST
Peltola Senate Bid Puts Alaska in Play for Democrats
Peltola Senate Bid Puts
Alaska in Play for Democrats
Jan 12, 2026 12:32 PM CST
Judge Orders HHS to Restore Children's Health Funding
Judge Orders HHS to Restore
Children's Health Funding
Jan 12, 2026 11:10 AM CST
Op-Ed: California Billionaires Need to Suck It Up
Op-Ed: California Billionaires
Need to Suck It Up
OPINION
Jan 12, 2026 9:43 AM CST
Muhammad Ali Will Get His Wish of Being 'Licked'
Muhammad Ali Will Get
His Wish of Being 'Licked'
Jan 12, 2026 8:41 AM CST
Skater Who Lost Parents in Potomac Crash Makes Olympics
Skater Who Lost Parents
in Crash Makes Olympics
Jan 12, 2026 7:26 AM CST
Catholic Paper Blasts JD Vance Over ICE Shooting Defense
Top Catholic Paper Accuses VP
of 'Gaslighting' on ICE Shooting
Jan 10, 2026 9:50 AM CST
Ventura Calls Trump 'Draft-Dodging Coward'
Ventura Calls Trump
'Draft-Dodging Coward'
Jan 9, 2026 4:23 PM CST
Missing Jan. 6 Plaque Will Be Displayed at the Capitol
Missing Jan. 6 Plaque Will
Go Up at the Capitol
Jan 9, 2026 2:00 AM CST
Resolution to Limit Trump's War Powers Passes Senate
Resolution to Limit Trump's
War Powers Passes Senate
Jan 8, 2026 12:28 PM CST
Steny Hoyer to Retire After Nearly 6 Decades in Office
Steny Hoyer to
Retire After
Nearly 6 Decades
in Office
Jan 8, 2026 6:01 AM CST
Avelo Airlines Ends ICE Deportation Flights
Avelo Airlines Dumps ICE
Deportation Flights
Jan 8, 2026 5:41 AM CST
Bela Fleck Pulls Out of Kennedy Center Amid Trump Dispute
Another Performance Bites
the Dust at the Kennedy Center
Jan 7, 2026 10:49 AM CST
Warner Bros. Reiterates Its View: Paramount Offer Is No Good
Warner Bros.
Holds Firm:
Paramount
Offer Is No Good
Jan 7, 2026 7:49 AM CST
Captain Says Boeing Tried to Blame Panel Blowout on Him
Pilot of Plane That Lost Door
Panel Sues Boeing for $10M
Jan 7, 2026 6:15 AM CST
CIA Turncoat Dies in Prison at 84
CIA Turncoat
Dies in Prison at 84
Jan 6, 2026 8:52 PM CST
Nvidia Making Its Move Into Tesla Territory
Nvidia Making Its Move
Into Tesla Territory
the rundown
Jan 6, 2026 12:12 PM CST
Wyoming's Top Court Keeps Abortion Legal
Wyoming's Top Court
Keeps Abortion Legal
Jan 6, 2026 11:50 AM CST
Amazonian Bees Now Have Legal Rights
'Little Angels' Are First
Insects to Win Legal Rights
Jan 6, 2026 8:38 AM CST
A Third of Americans Support US Actions in Venezuela
Polls Reveal Huge Split
on US Actions in Venezuela
NEW POLL
Jan 6, 2026 8:22 AM CST
Danish PM: Attack on Greenland Would Shatter NATO
Danish PM to Trump:
'Enough Is Enough'
Jan 5, 2026 6:05 PM CST
House Funding Bill Leaves 'Trump' Off Kennedy Center
House Funding Bill Leaves
'Trump' Off Kennedy Center
Jan 5, 2026 5:42 PM CST
Billy Joel Makes Surprise Return With Cover Band
Billy Joel Makes Surprise
Return With Cover Band
Jan 5, 2026 1:15 PM CST
Colombia's Petro Blasts Trump Over Threat
Colombian President Fires
Back After Trump Threat
Jan 5, 2026 12:49 PM CST
Maduro Arrives at US Courthouse
Maduro Arrives
at US Courthouse
Jan 5, 2026 8:08 AM CST
Online Spat Leads to Unlikely $1B Parks Deal in Texas
GOP Megadonor Teams With
Environmentalist for $1B Deal
Jan 4, 2026 12:00 PM CST
Gronkowski Still Hasn't Spent His NFL Salary
Gronkowski Still Hasn't
Spent His NFL Salary
in case you missed it
Jan 4, 2026 10:30 AM CST
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