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Russia is willing to discuss a temporary truce in Ukraine provided there is progress toward a final peace settlement, according to people familiar with the matter in Moscow.

Ongoing war and other conflicts in the Middle East have spilled onto the pages of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, where volunteer editors who maintain the website are sparring over how to frame recent events.

DENVER — The Dumb Friends League officially dumped its century-old name Friday, announcing its rebranding as Humane Colorado. When the animal welfare charity was founded in 1910, “dumb” was a common synonym for “mute,” and “dumb friends” referred to the nonspeaking animals helped by the organization. Chief Operating Officer Katie Parker said the charity’s name was inspired by a London-based ...

The U.S. Small Business Administration confirmed Thursday that it would pull regional offices from six large “sanctuary cities” over their unwillingness to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The newly installed caretaker at the Social Security Administration acknowledged this week that Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is calling the shots as the agency races to slash thousands of jobs and shrink its budget, telling advocates, “Things are currently operating in a way I have never seen in government before.”

An unvaccinated New Mexico adult who tested positive for measles has died, the second death in a growing outbreak centered along the Texas-New Mexico border, officials said Thursday.

Starship -- the spacecraft that Elon Musk says will one day take people to Mars -- failed again during its eighth test flight Thursday.

Just about every week since taking office, President Donald Trump has called Thomas D. Homan, the enforcer of his immigration agenda, looking for an update on mass deportations. How is it going at the border? What do the arrest numbers look like? Are sanctuary cities still standing in the way of the crackdown?

The Trump administration is finalizing a new ban on travel to the United States for citizens of certain countries that would be broader than the versions President Donald Trump issued in his first term, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

The Trump administration is seeking to cancel the leases for 34 National Park Service buildings, including visitor centers, law enforcement offices and museums that house millions of artifacts.

Two days after imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly suspended many of those levies, sowing confusion with investors and businesses that depend on trade with the countries.

The House voted Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green for heckling President Donald Trump during the joint address to Congress this week.

President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed plans to order the elimination of the federal Department of Education, a move that would likely face fierce opposition from Congress and in the courts.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the only person charged in the Las Vegas killing of Tupac Shakur, is maintaining his innocence in his first jailhouse interview since he was arrested in September 2023.

European Union leaders arriving in Brussels Thursday urged a revolutionary change to rebuild military infrastructure after decades of neglect and create a brand new security architecture in order to counter Russia.

From Syria and Lebanon to Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli troops are establishing positions they are unlikely to abandon anytime soon. Quietly, as a result of the Hamas attack in October 2023, Israel has changed its defense policy. At the time, the Gaza border was assumed secure thanks to a small group of soldiers standing guard and high-tech fencing. The intelligence assessment was that the ...

The Trump administration is reopening a sprawling detention center in South Texas for migrant families facing deportation, resuming the practice of detaining children four years after the Biden administration ended it, according to the private prison contractor that runs the facility.

Israel has said it will take direct control of all humanitarian aid entering and distributed inside Gaza in a plan that many international aid agencies say they are unlikely to cooperate with as outlined, according to agencies briefed on the plan by Israeli authorities last week.