Maddy Olcott plans to start a career once she graduates from college. But the junior at the State University of New York-Purchase College is so far not planning to start a family — even with the Trump administration dangling inducements like thousand-dollar “baby bonuses” or cheaper infertility drugs.

“Our country wants us to be ...Read more

Alejandro Santillan-Garcia is worried he’s going to lose the aid that helps him buy food. The 20-year-old Austin resident qualified for federal food benefits last year because he aged out of the Texas foster care system, which he entered as an infant.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — commonly referred to as food stamps, or ...Read more

Flavio Bolsonaro never appeared the likeliest choice to inherit his father’s political mantle, even when former President Jair Bolsonaro was thrown behind bars and ruled out of Brazil’s 2026 election for attempting a coup.

Unlike his brother Eduardo, he hadn’t forged ties with global conservatives like Donald Trump. And in contrast to his...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Lorena Pineda was five months pregnant when masked agents picked her up on a street corner near a San Fernando Home Depot in June.

An agent grabbed her from the vending stand she ran with her sister-in-law and put her against a car. "Be careful," she told him. "I'm pregnant."

"Don't think I am going to let you go because of that...Read more

More than 130 drug cases were dismissed Friday — and hundreds more are expected to collapse in the coming months — after prosecutors said three Philadelphia narcotics officers repeatedly gave false testimony in court.

Common Pleas Court Judge Lillian Ransom vacated 134 cases during the first in a series of hearings that could see nearly a ...Read more

Miami Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar on Sunday called the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown “un-American” in a biting statement to the Miami Herald.

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security issued one of its most sweeping restrictions on immigration to date, ordering a pause of all immigration applications ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he’s disappointed in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s handling of a U.S. proposal to end the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Trump’s tone on Ukraine contrasted with comments in recent days about President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to the proposal.

The U.S. said Friday its ...Read more

As Defence Secretary John Healey talks up his plans to buttress the U.K. military, doubts over funding and Britain’s ability to move fast enough are unsettling the industry and armed forces.

Healey in June laid out a 130-page defense review, billing it as the first in a generation that would transform and grow the U.K. military. He set out ...Read more

Two-thirds of Massachusetts parents polled support a ban on cell phones in school, a new MassINC report found, though nearly as many want an alternative means to contact their child during schooltime.

“Cell phone use in our schools is undeniably fueling distraction and undermining meaningful learning,” said Jennie Williamson, Massachusetts ...Read more

U.S., Israeli and Qatari officials held a meeting Sunday in New York as part of an effort to rebuild relations after Israel’s airstrike in September on Doha targeting Hamas leaders, a White House official said.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with David Barnea — the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency — and a senior Qatari ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s White House claims that “Democrats allowed a $1+ billion heist to take place” in Minnesota, a figure the administration is using to justify his recent targeting of Somali migrants in Minnesota. During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump asserted that “Somalians ripped off that state for billions of dollars,” ...Read more

Minnesota Republican Sen. Jim Abeler was frustrated after hearing President Donald Trump call Somalis “garbage” and say he wants them out of the U.S.

Abeler decided to write Trump a letter, admonishing the president for his comments and inviting him to come to Minnesota, meet with Somali people and see for himself what they’re like.

“...Read more

A Los Angeles City Council committee on the 2028 Olympic Games has asked local organizing committee officials to clarify the role and responsibilities of a federal task force in the preparations for the Games.

Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez asked in a motion requesting LA28 officials provide the council’s ad hoc committee on the Olympic and ...Read more

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said China has been complying with the terms of the bilateral trade agreements and that the U.S. is constantly monitoring commitments made by China in a bid to maintain a stable trade relationship.

“With China, it’s always we verify and we monitor and we watch the commitments. The commitments are quite ...Read more

Chinese and Japanese ties, already frayed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, came under further strain this weekend after a Chinese fighter aircraft trained fire-control radar on Japanese military jets for the first time.

The incident is set to further fuel tensions between the two nations sparked by the Japanese premier�...Read more

Benin thwarted a coup attempt by military officers who claimed to have ousted President Patrice Talon, months before national elections in which he is due to hand over to a successor.

Benin’s neighbors condemned the attempted takeover and the Economic Community of West African States said that troops from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and ...Read more

A 32-year-old detainee died on Rikers Island Sunday, marking the 14th death in New York City jails this year.

Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum Correctional Center facility about 2 a.m., a Correction Department official said in a statement.

The officer ...Read more

New York City Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos made the case Friday for Zohran Mamdani to keep her at the helm of the nation’s largest school district, just days after the mayor-elect signaled she was still under consideration for the post.

“If given an opportunity, I would love to stay on,” Aviles-Ramos told the Daily News ...Read more

U.S., Israeli and Qatari officials are meeting Sunday in an effort to rebuild relations after Israel’s airstrike in September on Qatar, a U.S. ally, Axios reported.

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, is meeting David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, and a senior Qatari official, ...Read more