The Pentagon has reportedly ordered hundreds of additional active-duty U.S. soldiers to gear up for potential deployment to Minneapolis.

According to MS Now, a prepare-to-deploy order was issued Tuesday for members of an Army military police brigade stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It comes days after the Pentagon issued a similar order...Read more

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he had “formed the framework of a future deal” on Greenland and backed away from his threat to impose tariffs on European allies who opposed the U.S. taking over the Arctic island.

Trump said he forged what he called a Greenland breakthrough during talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, ...Read more

For Suni Williams, 608 days in space was enough to call it a career.

The 60-year-old NASA astronaut who flew on three missions to the International Space Station, the most recent as part of the Crew Flight Test of Boeing’s Starliner, retired from the agency last month.

“Suni Williams has been a trailblazer in human spaceflight, shaping the...Read more

A Republican-backed bill to enshrine a “Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance” advanced in the Florida Senate on Wednesday — but only after emotionally charged rebukes from Democrats and Black activists who condemned honoring the slain conservative leader, whom they say promoted divisive and discriminatory rhetoric.

The bill, filed by Sen. ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago doled out $26.5 million in overtime in recent years to government employees who should not have gotten it, according to a report released Wednesday by the city’s Inspector General.

Over 1,000 likely ineligible employees received the extra pay from 2020 to 2024, according to the report by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg....Read more

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser rolled out a new online platform for residents to report misconduct by federal officers on Wednesday amid growing public concern about overreach and violence by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agents.

Weiser’s office has already received at least 180 complaints over the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a skeptical hearing Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s claim that he has the power, acting alone, to fire Federal Reserve board governor Lisa Cook for a past mistake on a mortgage application.

Most of the justices said they were not convinced that what Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. described as ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered a sharp critique of U.S. allies and rivals alike during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on Wednesday, questioning Europe's political direction, casting down on NATO's reliability and reiterating his intent to push to acquire Greenland.

Speaking before an audience of global ...Read more

NUUK, Greenland — President Donald Trump retreated Wednesday from his most serious threats toward Denmark, easing trans-Atlantic tensions and lifting Wall Street after rejecting the prospect he would use military force to annex Greenland, a Danish territory and the world’s largest island.

Instead, the United States struck a “framework”...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is in Switzerland at the World Economic Forum in Davos, is accusing the U.S. State Department and White House of denying him a speaking slot that was previously scheduled to come after President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

According to Newsom’s spokesperson, Trump officials pressured event organizers to have ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Federal Communications Commission is taking aim at broadcast networks’ late-night and daytime talk shows, including ABC’s “The View,” which often feature politicians as guests.

On Wednesday, the FCC’s Media Bureau issued a public notice saying broadcast TV stations would be obligated to provide equal time to an ...Read more

DETROIT — The gunman who attacked a Church of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township in September tried to divert law enforcement away from his target beforehand, a newly released 911 call shows.

Thomas "Jake" Sanford on the morning of Sept. 28, 2025, drove his truck into the church on McCandlish Road and opened fire on the congregation, ...Read more

DENVER — Parents of four transgender children sued Children’s Hospital Colorado this week, alleging its decision to suspend gender-affirming care amounts to discrimination under state law.

Both Children’s and Denver Health stopped prescribing puberty blockers and hormonal treatment to patients under 18 in late December or early January. ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado will not release more wolves this winter to supplement its reintroduction program after federal officials stopped the planned relocation of wolves from Canada.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials confirmed Wednesday that they have no plans to release more wolves this season and are instead exploring options for next winter...Read more

CHICAGO — Shortly after his arrest in early October, Little Village construction worker Juan Espinoza Martinez was led by three federal agents into a windowless interview room, still dressed in a green work T-shirt and carrying a small bottle of water.

“You’re probably a little confused about what’s going on today, so I’m gonna try to...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the months after the Palisades fire, the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation raked in millions of dollars in charitable donations to pay for training and equipment for firefighters, as LAFD leaders publicly complained about not having enough money to keep the city safe.

But some of the funds were quietly spent on something...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man facing federal charges in what authorities have called the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history was deported to Ecuador late last month, bringing the case against him to a crashing halt, according to recent court filings.

Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores was one of seven men charged last year with breaking into a Brinks big ...Read more