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BOSTON – A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Friday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order tightening rules on mail‑in voting.

One crew member of a U.S. fighter jet that went down in Iran amid the ongoing war has been rescued, according to a U.S. ​official.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding microplastics and pharmaceuticals to its list of drinking water contaminants, which could lead to regulations of those compounds.

On the morning of April 1, incoming UNC-Chapel Hill student body president Devin Duncan received a text asking him if Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, was coming to campus. Why? The student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, had published an article with the following headline: “Trump orders Alcohol Law Enforcement in Chapel Hill to be replaced with ICE agents.”

Crimson the baby mountain lion had a rough start to life. He lost the toes on one of his hind feet and, at just 3 weeks old, was separated from his family and left alone in a den to starve.

President Donald Trump on Friday requested a 10% cut in non-defense spending for the 2027 fiscal year and a massive $500 billion increase in the military budget, as the U.S. continues its war against Iran. 

TOKYO – Three Omani-operated tankers, a French-owned container ship and a Japanese-owned gas carrier have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since Thursday, shipping data showed, reflecting Iran’s policy to allow passage for vessels it deems friendly.

KYIV, Ukraine – A large-scale daytime Russian strike killed at least two people in Ukraine on Friday, officials said, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced as an “Easter escalation,” as Moscow shifts tactics to avoid Ukrainian air defenses.

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Randy George was fired on Thursday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, two U.S. defense officials and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, in the latest purge among the Pentagon's most senior ranks.

President Donald Trump’s meandering speech on the Iran war late Wednesday — in which he paired promises of a swift exit with new threats of escalated bombing and denied responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz — did little to assuage U.S. allies and world markets concerned about the conflict’s ongoing disruptions to the global oil supply.

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, removing the nation's top law enforcement officer as his frustration with her job performance deepened, according to a person familiar with the decision.

President Donald Trump has removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post, a White House official said on Thursday, following mounting frustration with her performance, including her handling of investigative files related to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

 An earthquake early Thursday centered in Santa Cruz County rattled numerous communities, including the Bay Area and Monterey Bay regions, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

President Donald Trump Thursday posted “Kangaroo Court!!!” in an apparent jab at the Supreme Court after it heard oral arguments in a case over birthright citizenship.

One year ago, Donald Trump stood in a sun-kissed, unpaved Rose Garden and defiantly announced a new era of global trade, raising tariffs on countries worldwide and sending shock waves through the global economy.