Things to know about the Qatar training facility at an Air Force base in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had…
WIC program gets Trump tariff money to run during shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that supports millions of low-income mothers and their young children received…
Transportation secretary warns air traffic controllers to keep showing up to work or risk firing
Even though the U.S. has a stark shortage of air traffic controllers, ones who call in sick instead…
MIT president raises objections to Trump’s higher education compact
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White…
Trump is getting a physical at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is undergoing what he has described as a “semiannual physical” at Walter…
The Taliban government blames Pakistan for a strike on Kabul
ISLAMABAD — ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban government on Friday blamed Pakistan for striking the Afghan capital and…
Budget office says ‘substantial’ firings of federal workers have started
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started…
María Corina Machado, a symbol of the political resistance in Venezuela and now Nobel winner
CARACAS, Venezuela — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — María Corina Machado has long been the face of resistance to…
High tides raise flood risk in Carolinas as tropical storms churn
A storm without a name was expected to bring flooding to the East Coast from South Carolina to…
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago’s basketball team, dies at 106
CHICAGO (AP) — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola Chicago who…
China hits US ships with retaliatory port fees before trade talks
HONG KONG (AP) — China has hit U.S.-owned vessels docking in the country with tit-for-tat port fees, in…
Speaker Johnson keeps the House away during shutdown fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson is the speaker of a House that is no longer in session. The…