Szekesfehervar is Viktor Orban’s kind of place. It’s where he was born, where he attended high school and a city that encapsulates his domination of Hungarian politics since returning to power 16 years ago.

Sixty kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Budapest, it’s also now the kind of place that Orban desperately needs to keep hold of in ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The tide seems to be turning against a gambit by Gov. Ron DeSantis to redraw Florida’s congressional districts, a move made at the behest of President Donald Trump to help Republicans maintain control of Congress.

Nonetheless, DeSantis is pushing forward, having called the Florida Legislature back to Tallahassee for a ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is launching an investigation into accusations Rep. Eric Swalwell, a candidate for California governor, sexually assaulted a woman in 2019 and 2024, the office confirmed Saturday.

The investigation, which was first reported by CNN, follows accusations published by that outlet and...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — People in Central Florida who slept in Saturday morning may have received a sonic boom wake-up call.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 on a resupply run to the International Space Station hitting liftoff at 7:41 a.m.

The first-stage booster for the flight ...Read more

NEW YORK — Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby reportedly wants a civil case in which he was ordered to pay nearly $60 million in damages to a woman who accused him of sexual assault to be reconsidered.

The 88-year-old sexual predator, who’s been accused of abusing dozens of women, was found responsible last month for drugging and raping Donna ...Read more

It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat.

Then, a sneeze.

Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days.

Viral upper respiratory tract infections – also known as the currentnews/newsheadlines/s-4067747">Read more

Two U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz Saturday, laying the ground for the start of a mine clearing operation, U.S. Central Command said.

The USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf, CENTCOM said in a statement posted to X, adding that more U.S. forces, ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration recently agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Chicago police Lt. Franklin Paz, who alleged he was dumped from a citywide unit after refusing to pressure subordinate officers to meet traffic stop and arrest quotas set by department higher-ups.

Eric Wilkins ...Read more

DENVER — A bipartisan pair of Colorado lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make it easier for residents and counties to declare a town abandoned, and for the state to assist dissolved municipalities with failing water systems.

Senate Bill 157 — sponsored by state Sens. Rod Pelton, a Cheyenne Wells Republican, and Nick Hinrichsen, a ...Read more

A year after being deported from the United States to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, many of the 252 Venezuelans sent away are still dealing with stigma and uncertainty about their future, despite being back in their home country.

“People don’t trust us because of the way we were brought from El Salvador,” said Frengel Reyes, ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democratic front-runner in the hotly contested California governor’s race, is facing mounting calls to drop out of the contest after he was accused of sexual assault and misconduct by a former staff member and other women in reports published on Friday.

A woman who worked for the Northern ...Read more

Records were set. History was made. All that was left was to get the four Artemis II astronauts home safe. That happened Friday night as they splashed down safe in the Pacific Ocean.

NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen made the final run of a nearly 700,000-mile trip ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Frontier passenger jet had a close call this week when it was cut off by a pair of trucks while taxiing at Los Angeles International Airport, but avoided contact when an alert pilot slammed on the brakes.

The near-miss, involving a Frontier Airlines flight bound for Atlanta, occurred about 11:25 p.m. on Wednesday. The Federal ...Read more

MIAMI — Six months after the Florida Department of Transportation ripped up the iconic rainbow crosswalk on South Beach, the city of Miami Beach unveiled a new walkway to commemorate its LGBTQ community Friday morning.

The U-shaped rainbow walkway that cuts into Lummus Park, made from more than 3,000 colorful pavers, is just feet away from ...Read more

Wall Street banks are starting to test Anthropic PBC’s Mythos model internally as Trump administration officials encourage them to use it to detect vulnerabilities.

While JPMorgan Chase & Co. was the only bank named as part of an initiative to test the Mythos model, other major financial institutions have also gained access or expect to in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and top Senate Republicans agreed Friday to the outline of a partisan fast-track spending bill aimed at bypassing minority Democrats and focused on providing funding for immigration enforcement and the U.S. Border Patrol.

The president and party leaders are pushing back against efforts by some rank-and-file...Read more