National News

7:18 AM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in March despite soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran

7:09 AM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. job openings fell slightly last month to 6.9 million, another sign of sluggishness in the American labor market

6:14 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Vice President JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith and adult conversion to Catholicism

4:51 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Police in California say a U.S. Marine has been detained at Palm Springs International Airport after Transportation Security Administration personnel found a live explosive round in his checked bag

3:21 AM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump has prioritized efforts to calm the financial markets during the Iran war, but his go-to moves are starting to fall flat

9:53 PM on Monday, March 30

Sugar The Surfing Dog, the first canine inducted into the Surfer’s Hall of Fame, has died

9:09 PM on Monday, March 30

Democrats are trying to win back the Senate

9:07 PM on Monday, March 30

A proposal in Georgia could allow DNA to be collected from immigrants taken into custody for minor offenses

9:04 PM on Monday, March 30

Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — an exercise to help them understand what writing, thinking and classrooms were like before everything turned digital

9:01 PM on Monday, March 30

President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island

8:12 PM on Monday, March 30

China is reporting that factory activity expanded in March, reversing two straight months of contraction

7:57 PM on Monday, March 30

Lawyers for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk have asked to delay a preliminary hearing scheduled in May

2:38 PM on Monday, March 30

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf allies of the United States are urging President Donald Trump to keep prosecuting his war against Iran, saying the month of strikes has not weakened Tehran enough

11:34 AM on Monday, March 30

Vermont is defending its first-in-the-nation law that aims to make fossil fuel companies help pay for damage caused by climate change

8:03 AM on Monday, March 30

The Transportation Safety Administration says most of its officers received most of their backpay Monday for working during the shutdown

12:56 AM on Monday, March 30

Israel’s parliament has passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, a measure critics condemn as discriminatory and inhumane

11:07 PM on Sunday, March 29

President Donald Trump says Iran faces massive damage to its energy system unless it quickly agrees to end the war

10:50 PM on Sunday, March 29

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water

7:43 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Satellite photos are beginning to be released showing ships ablaze in an Iranian port and destroyed buildings at military bases

9:06 AM on Monday, March 16