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FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency’s historic-but-aging headquarters in Washington would be “shut down permanently” as he shifts personnel into the building once occupied by the now-defunct U.S. Agency for International Development. “After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI’s Hoover headquarters and move the workforce into a safe, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California this week withdrew its lawsuit against the Trump administration over the termination of about $4 billion in federal funding for its high-speed rail project, citing the federal government’s unreliability as the reason for the decision. The development follows a lawsuit filed in July, when California sued the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal ...

A group of Venezuelans who were sent to a maximum-security El Salvador prison from the U.S. and then returned to Venezuela called on Friday for the United States to comply with a ruling that would allow them to challenge their deportation in U.S. courts.

From their cozy homes in suburban Burlington, children curiously watch their new neighbors through windows and brainstorm nicknames.

WASHINGTON — There is still hope for getting help with health care premiums for Obamacare policies next year. Though enhanced subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, policies are ending Wednesday, there’s a possibility Congress and President Donald Trump can apply them in 2026 so they wind up helping people all year. “While the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits ...

Major storms on both U.S. coasts and into the upper Midwest are disrupting travel plans during the busy postholiday period when many Americans are making their way back home. More than 1,600 flights across the United States had been canceled as of 1:30 p.m. Eastern time Friday, according to the FlightAware website. There were more than 19,000 flight delays. New York City’s three major airports ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Talks between Kaiser and a labor union representing health care workers ground to a halt late last week, raising concerns about another strike at California’s largest health care provider. The union representing 31,000 Kaiser workers statewide — including about 2,000 rehab therapists, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists and others in Northern California — is seeking a ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two Mint Hill police officers are in critical condition after being shot Friday morning at a gift shop in the 6800 block of Matthews-Mint Hill Road, officials say. A man who shot at them was shot and killed, police said. “At approximately 10:47 a.m., Mint Hill Police officers responded to Edible Arrangements, located at 6832 Matthews-Mint Hill Road, regarding a child custody ...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in 2024 let lapse the authority for states to reimburse food stamp recipients who lost their benefits to fraud. Several lawmakers want to reverse course. In the two years the Agriculture Department had the reimbursement authority, it identified 1.9 million fraudulent transactions using stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Nearly 679,000 households ...

If you have a pet, you know their healing properties. If you don’t, there’s well-documented science to back it up. Even just a few minutes with a dog or cat can make someone happier and less stressed.

Uruguay’s central bank chief wants to convince savers in one of Latin America’s most dollarized nations that their love affair with the U.S. currency is bad for the economy and their pocketbooks.

Israel became the first country to formally recognize the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday – a decision that could reshape regional dynamics and test Somalia’s longstanding opposition to secession.

Thailand claimed that Cambodia fired heavy weaponry into its territory on Friday as talks on a possible ceasefire between the two countries continued. The Cambodian action early Friday “forced the Thai side to take necessary self-defense measures,” according to a statement published at a daily press briefing. One Thai soldier was also “severely injured” on Thursday after stepping on what ...

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers rarely publicly break with the Trump administration. But the GOP leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees have done so on a number of key occasions during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Rep. Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., both longtime lawmakers and outspoken defense hawks, have criticized the ...

Japan’s industry ministry is set to nearly quadruple its budgeted support for cutting-edge semiconductors and artificial intelligence development to about ¥1.23 trillion ($7.9 billion) for the fiscal year starting in April.

LAGOS – By publicly cooperating with the United States on a Christmas Day airstrike, Nigeria's government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago by President Donald Trump.