Former national security adviser John Bolton faced possible indictment Thursday on charges related to classified documents.

There was no immediate announcement of any indictment by lunchtime Thursday and details of the charges prosecutors planned to seek from a federal grand jury in Maryland were not immediately clear.

Bolton, a prominent ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin again after what he called a “very productive” phone call aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

Trump said he would hold a second summit with Putin soon in Budapest, Hungary, although he didn’t disclose a date.

“I believe great progress was made with today’s ...Read more

Three drones carrying explosive devices targeted a Baja California attorney general’s office facility in Tijuana, Mexico, on Wednesday night, prompting the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana to issue a security warning, authorities said.

No one was injured in the attack, believed to be the work of an organized crime group, Attorney General Maria Elena...Read more

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams is going to do it all.

Once he’s out of office in January, Adams plans to get a doctorate degree, write a book, shoot a documentary and start a new “dream job” that might relate to “things in other countries,” he said Thursday.

“I’m going to go back to school, No. 1, I’d like to get my ...Read more

The 85th orbital launch from the Space Coast in 2025 also marked a milestone for SpaceX with the 500th successful landing of a Falcon 9 rocket booster.

The early Thursday morning launch came as the workhorse rocket for Elon Musk’s company lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 5:27 a.m. Eastern time ...Read more

The French medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières is known for working in some of the world’s most difficult combat zones. But in violence-torn Haiti, the stray bullets have become so frequent that the charity, known as Doctors Without Borders in the U.S., announced this week that it’s been left with no choice but to permanently close ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth celebrated a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas at the Pentagon, he dropped another piece of news: that Idaho would be a training ground for newly minted Qatari Air Force members.

The announcement caught Idaho elected officials off-guard.

“First I heard of it was listening to the news,�...Read more

DENVER — A barricaded suspect stabbed a Colorado Springs police dog multiple times Wednesday after law enforcement officials deployed the K9 to help subdue the man, authorities said.

The dog, K9 Roam, was in critical condition and had surgery Wednesday evening after being stabbed in the head, neck and along its abdomen down into its left hind...Read more

Military leader Michael Randrianirina will be sworn in as Madagascar’s next president on Friday, even as the African Union suspended the country and threatened to impose sanctions on anyone involved in the coup.

The inauguration ceremony for the 51-year-old colonel will be held at the headquarters of the country’s constitutional court in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The annual survey that tracks homelessness in Los Angeles County has increasingly missed people in three key neighborhoods, falling short by nearly a third this year in Hollywood, Venice and Skid Row, a study by Rand found.

Rand's researchers, who canvass the three neighborhoods every two months, found that the shortfalls ...Read more

CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. — Catalin Spatar didn’t take much notice of the black SUVs driving along Caddy Avenue in Carpentersville on Wednesday morning as he and his construction crew worked on installing fiber optic infrastructure in the northwest suburban village. “A lot of neighbors have black SUVs,” Spatar said.

It wasn’t until Spatar...Read more

President Donald Trump has unveiled proposals for a new arch to be built across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial as he continues to burnish his legacy as a master builder.

The ceremonial project, which some have dubbed the Arc de Trump because it resembles the famed Arc de Triomphe in Paris, would rise at the foot of the bridge that ...Read more

The mother of a fisherman in Trinidad and Tobago says her 26-year-old son was among six people killed Tuesday in the Trump administration’s fifth drone stroke on boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Lenore Burnley told the Miami Herald that her son Chad “Charpo” Joseph was hitching a ride back to Trinidad from Venezuela when he was killed. ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to provide tens of millions of dollars to the MTA to protect against terrorist attacks, funding that had been denied based on the city’s sanctuary protections for undocumented immigrants.

Manhattan Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a final judgment on the ...Read more

A group of senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and her brother Jorge, who is president of the National Assembly, have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime, according to ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced a plan to offer $11 insulin pens through the state's pharmaceutical venture.

Beginning Jan. 1, consumers can purchase a five-pack of pens for a suggested price of $55, according to the governor's office. The packs will be available to California pharmacies for $45.

California is the first ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- A divided Los Angeles school board has voted to shut down a popular charter school to make more space for its own program on the same Echo Park campus, pushing the boundaries of state law and school district authority over charters.

The 4-3 vote late Tuesday denied a renewal authorization for Gabriella Charter School, which means...Read more

CHICAGO -- A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday said she is “profoundly concerned” that immigration agents are violating her orders restricting the use of tear gas on media and protesters and ordered the field director for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement into court to answer questions.

U.S. District Judge Sarah Ellis also modified...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Janet Rivera cares for both her 79-year-old mother, who has dementia, and her 25-year-old son, who has a genetic condition called Fragile X syndrome. Despite their differing diagnoses, both of her loved ones share a common symptom: They are prone to wander away from home, and have cognitive impairments that make it hard to find ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill to fast-track the study of psychedelic drugs, which a coalition of veterans say hold enormous potential to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

More veterans die from suicide in America on a daily basis than average daily combat deaths in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined, according ...Read more