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West Virginia National Guard member who survived DC shooting is slowly healing, governor says

4:23 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

The West Virginia National Guard member who survived last week’s shooting in Washington is slowly healing

Education Department workers targeted in layoffs are returning to tackle civil rights backlog

4:16 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off

FAA launches investigation into US airlines over flight cuts ordered during the shutdown

4:15 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into whether U.S. airlines complied with an emergency order to cut flights at 40 major airports during the recent government shutdown

U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, standing, talks to Homeland Security Investigation agents as they arrest a protester during a targeted operation in Tucson, Ariz., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Mamta Popat /Arizona Daily Star via AP)

Arizona congresswoman claims she was pepper sprayed during federal operation

4:06 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

A federal law enforcement operation at an Arizona taco shop resulted in a fracas on Friday, with pepper spray being deployed as a group of protesters tried to stop authorities

What to know about the air traffic control overhaul and the company FAA hired to manage it

3:28 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

The government picked a company with little experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration called Peraton to oversee the roughly $31.5 billion overhaul of the outdated air traffic control system

What to know about the Justice Department's Jeffrey Epstein files

2:17 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein

Vanity Fair parts ways with Olivia Nuzzi amid Robert F. Kennedy Jr. controversy

1:38 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

Vanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid controversy over her past coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A statement Friday from Nuzzi and the magazine says they have mutually agreed to let her contract expire at the end of the year

FILE - Members of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines guard a federal building on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Federal judge appears skeptical of Trump's ongoing command of California National Guard troops

1:08 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

A federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests

U.S. Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley, right, accompanied by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, walks to a meeting with senators on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

What to know as lawmakers disclose vivid new details of US boat strikes

1:03 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers

A Social Security card is shown in Tigard, Ore., Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, FIle)

The Social Security Administration plans to cut field office visits by 50%. What it means for you

11:58 AM on Friday, December 5, 2025

The Social Security Administration plans to cut foot traffic to its field offices by 50% next year

FILE - A natural gas platform is shown, April 13, 2006, off the coast of Fort Morgan, Ala. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

Florida congressional Republicans tell Trump to keep oil drilling off state's coasts

11:53 AM on Friday, December 5, 2025

Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling off the state’s coast

FILE - Annette Groos holds a sign before the start of a rally featuring former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 for Indiana Democrats amid pressure from President Donald Trump on Republicans who control the state's legislature to redistrict congressional seats. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Indiana House Republicans pass Trump-backed map, setting up high-stakes Senate fight

10:29 AM on Friday, December 5, 2025

Indiana state House lawmakers have passed a new congressional map that could net Republicans two seats

This courtroom sketch depicts Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Suspect in DC pipe bomb case was 'disappointed' after Trump lost 2020 election, prosecutor says

10:25 AM on Friday, December 5, 2025

A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino hold up country names during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump meets Mexican President Sheinbaum in person for the first time at World Cup draw

9:56 AM on Friday, December 5, 2025

President Donald Trump has finally met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, awards President Donald Trump with the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

FIFA gives Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport

9:35 AM on Friday, December 5, 2025

FIFA gives its new peace prize to President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump smiles after being awarded the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

The Latest: Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released

5:53 AM on Friday, December 5, 2025

A federal judge has ordered the release of Florida grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the transparency law President Donald Trump recently signed

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, foreground, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, attend the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

US, Ukraine officials say they'll meet for 3rd day after progress on creating a security framework

2:39 AM on Friday, December 5, 2025

President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they’ll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine

President Donald Trump's name is seen on the United State Institute of Peace building, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matthew Lee)

Trump is fighting the Institute of Peace in court. Now, his name is on the building

5:01 PM on Wednesday, December 3, 2025

The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control

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