WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was in “heated negotiations” involving the war with Iran after mediator Pakistan asked for a two-week extension of his Tuesday deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

“I can’t tell you, because right now we’re in heated negotiations,” Trump said in a telephone interview with ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The king and queen of the Netherlands will visit Philadelphia next Monday with scheduled stops at Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School, and the training facility for the Eagles.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will have dinner that evening at the White House ...Read more

The Trump administration has been working through a phased strategy to stabilize Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, prioritizing security and economic recovery under interim leader Delcy Rodríguez as Washington gradually deepens engagement with Caracas.

The approach, described in recent remarks by a senior U....Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies are “urgently warning” private sector companies throughout the nation that Iranian actors “are conducting exploitation activity” that has resulted in “disruptions across several U.S. critical infrastructure,” according to a government notice reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

The Iranian ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California’s coastline is dotted with world-class surf breaks — from the iconic Malibu that helped fuel the culture and popularity of the sport to the monster waves at Mavericks in Northern California that test elite big wave surfers to Lower Trestles, the site of the LA28 Olympics — and proposed legislation could protect ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to eliminate the “whole” Iranian civilization if its government did not meet his many demands, in a sharp escalation of his war with the Islamic Republic.

In a morning post on his Truth Social platform, Trump sent more conflicting messages about his intentions and how far he might ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Navy said Monday it has chosen the San Diego-based amphibious warship USS John P. Murtha to recover the four Artemis II astronauts when their Orion space capsule splashes into the ocean west of San Diego at 5:07 p.m. PDT Friday.

The 684-foot Murtha, typically used to transport Marines, completed special training to qualify for...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die” on Tuesday night if Iran does not meet his deadline to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions as diplomatic talks to end the war remain underway.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump wrote Tuesday ...Read more

A California company has recalled more than 3.1 million bottles of lubricating eye drops because it had not properly tested – and thus could not prove – whether the products were sterile.

These products are sold under several names at major retailers across the country. The company, K.C. Pharmaceuticals, initiated the recall on ...Read more

A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of 1776. The scene they witnessed was terrifying.

The largest expeditionary force in British history sailed into the American harbor. Over 300 ships brought 32,000 professional soldiers and Hessian mercenaries to crush a rebellion.

Nearby, Gen. George ...Read more

Whiteness appears to be an official immigration credential in the eyes of the United States government.

The Trump administration in late 2025 slashed the annual cap on refugee admissions to 7,500 for budget year 2026, down from the 125,000 cap set in 2024 by the Biden administration. That’s a historic low that will shut out ...Read more

It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by their vast oil and gas reserves. Geologic forces over millions of years have meant the region is an energy-rich global flash point, as it is now with a war underway that’s causing a global energy crisis.

As a petroleum geologist who has studied the region, I...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened Iran with civilizational destruction as the United States attacked military targets on the country’s key oil export hub, ramping up pressure on Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline or face massive strikes on critical infrastructure.

Iran halted participation in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Yentli Soto Albrecht is at risk of developing the same condition that claimed her father’s life two years ago.

The University of Pennsylvania medical student inherited a genetic mutation that causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disease in which patients progressively lose the ability to move. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles-based relatives of a deceased Iranian leader were arrested by immigration agents after one of them extolled Iranian leadership and denigrated the United States and both repeatedly posted images and videos depicting a decidedly Western lifestyle, according to federal authorities and screenshots of the two women’s...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — A globe-spanning law firm is leading the independent review of the March deadly shooting inside Old Dominion University’s Constant Hall.

“Our current reality is that true healing requires real answers,” university President Brian Hemphill said in a message addressed to the campus community.

Cooley LLP was selected to ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday tapped Rebecca Jones Gaston as the next commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services, New York City’s child protective services agency.

Jones Gaston is a former President Joe Biden official and front-line caseworker, according to City Hall. In interviews, she has spoken about her ...Read more