Russia accelerated its attacks on civilians after President Donald Trump began his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the first comprehensive assessment of 2025 casualties undertaken by European governments has found.

Some 2,400 Ukrainian civilians were killed in Russian attacks in 2025 with almost another 12,000 injured, according to an ...Read more

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is swinging back at President Donald Trump’s administration after the Department of Justice launched a criminal indictment over the central bank’s extensive renovations of its Washington, D.C. headquarters.

The nation’s top central banker dismissed the threat of criminal charges and subpoenas about the ...Read more

“Sell America” sentiment rippled through markets on Monday after the Trump administration escalated its attacks on the Federal Reserve, fanning concerns over the central bank’s autonomy in setting interest rates.

The dollar, Treasuries and U.S. equities futures slid after Chair Jerome Powell said the threat of a U.S. criminal indictment ...Read more

BOSTON — State Senator Cynthia Stone Creem is speaking out about a bill she filed that would seek to reduce personal vehicle driving miles across Massachusetts in order to meet state climate goals.

The legislation, An Act Aligning the Commonwealth’s Transportation Plan with its Mandates and Goals for Reducing Emissions and Vehicle Miles ...Read more

At least 24 political prisoners were released in the early hours of Monday from Venezuelan prisons, according to the human rights group Foro Penal, in a process unfolding amid complaints about the slowness and lack of transparency surrounding the releases announced by the interim regime ruling the country since the capture of strongman Nicolás ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA – Sheriff Rochelle Bilal has garnered national headlines and condemnation for calling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “fake, wannabe law enforcement” and sending a blunt warning to immigration officers who commit crimes in Philadelphia.

“If any [ICE agents] want to come in this city and commit a crime, you will not...Read more

Iran’s Foreign Minister said security forces have “full control” of the country after two weeks of violent unrest, as the government held counter-demonstrations against those demanding an end to the Islamic Republic.

Abbas Araghchi’s claim on Monday is yet to be fully tested, since the most severe protests — in which hundreds are ...Read more

Greenland faces a decisive week that could shape its future as top diplomats from Denmark and the semi-autonomous territory are set to hold high-level talks with the U.S. in Washington, alongside parallel discussions involving Germany.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday, when he�...Read more

MIAMI – As lawmakers return to Tallahassee for their 2026 session, education and its underlying budget — more than a quarter of the state’s annual spending — again are poised to play a pivotal role in the legislative process.

Some of last year’s more contentious issues, including voucher funding and Schools of Hope charter schools, ...Read more

NEW ORLEANS — Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases. People who’d been battling addiction for decades. Chronic-pain patients on high doses of opioids. Sex workers and people living on the street.

“Many of my patients are messy, the ones that don’t know if they want to stop using drugs or not,” said Stevens...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. — One year into President Donald Trump’s second term, Democratic attorneys general have filed 71 lawsuits against the administration.

There’s more to come in 2026. The lawsuits are part of a coordinated legal strategy by Democratic AGs in 22 states and the District of Columbia to resist the ever-widening power of the ...Read more

SANDY, Utah — Just outside Salt Lake City sits an old, two-story, brick hotel. It’s been given new life as a homeless shelter for seniors. The Medically Vulnerable People shelter — or MVP shelter, as it’s known — is for people 62 and older or for younger adults with chronic health issues.

Residents share rooms designed to be ...Read more

A few months into President Trump's second term, federal appeals court Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III — a conservative appointee of President Reagan — issued a scathing opinion denouncing what he found to be the Trump administration's unlawful removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to his native El Salvador, despite a previous court order barring it...Read more

After President Trump ordered strikes that led to the capture of Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, celebrations erupted in Venezuelan communities across the U.S.

But for many of the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants facing possible deportation, their relief and joy were cut by the fear about what comes next from an ...Read more

President Donald Trump said that the U.S. is closely monitoring the protests in Iran and is mulling potential options as the Islamic Republic faces its third week of nationwide protests, the largest since 2022.

“We’re looking at it very seriously. The military is looking at it, and we’re looking at some very strong options,” Trump told ...Read more

As protesters pour into the streets of Iran night after night, leaders across the region and around the world are grappling with the possibility that the Islamic Republic could be overthrown — a seminal event that would transform global geopolitics and energy markets.

The regime of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has weathered bouts of ...Read more

A group of European countries, led by the U.K. and Germany, is discussing plans for a military presence in Greenland to show U.S. President Donald Trump that the continent is serious about Arctic security and to try to tamp down American threats to take over the self-ruling Danish territory.

Germany will propose setting up a joint NATO mission...Read more

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment related to his June congressional testimony on ongoing renovations of the Fed’s headquarters.

In a statement released Sunday evening, Powell rejected the notion that the action was ...Read more

More than 60 largely peaceful protests took place this weekend against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, including several in Southern California.

But while many protests were without incident, they were not short on anger and moments of tension. Organizers called the gatherings the "ICE Out for Good" weekend of action in ...Read more