National News

5:13 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Denise Powell has won the Democratic primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in a contest focused on the state’s “blue dot” status in presidential elections

4:59 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has returned to his show after being hospitalized for viral pneumonia

4:36 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Allegiant Air says it has completed its purchase of Sun Country Airlines, bringing together two low-cost carriers and creating a larger budget airline for travelers

4:36 PM on Wednesday, May 13

A man has pleaded guilty to repeatedly ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in New York City

4:12 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Eleven people who survived a plane crash about 50 miles off the Florida coast were on a life raft for hours and had no idea anyone was coming to save them when rescue crews from the U.S. military arrived

4:09 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has backed away from a previous claim that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed people

3:50 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Supporters of a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction Russia have reached a critical threshold to force a vote in the House

3:37 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Opposition figures in the Dominican Republic are criticizing a new agreement with the United States for the Caribbean nation to accept third-country deportees, citing transparency issues and sovereignty concerns

3:29 PM on Wednesday, May 13

The U.S. military says the remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered

3:23 PM on Wednesday, May 13

A man accused of running a secret Chinese spy outpost in New York City has been convicted of acting as an illegal foreign agent and destroying text messages from a Chinese government handler

3:02 PM on Wednesday, May 13

An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in isolation after he helped care for fellow passengers who became sick on board

2:16 PM on Wednesday, May 13

1:54 PM on Wednesday, May 13

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve

11:18 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Christie's says a 5.5-carat triangular-cut diamond billed as the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond known to exist has sold for more than 13.5 million Swiss francs or $17.3 million

10:45 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, is in the custody of federal immigration authorities, a possible step toward deportation

9:47 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from countries that have qualified for the World Cup and have bought tickets for the soccer tournament pay as much as $15,000 in bonds to enter the United States

8:41 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers say their client felt chest pains as jurors deliberated in his rape retrial

6:19 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The Trump administration says a former executive at a private prison operator will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

5:03 AM on Wednesday, May 13

U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence

4:10 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats' efforts to reverse Trump-era changes to consumer protection laws