Category Archives: World/National
Multiple arrests as FBI disrupts 'planned attacks' targeting White House UFC show, director says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Law enforcement officials disrupted "planned attacks" meant to target the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend for Presi...
Associated Press Jun 16, 2026
Iran says the deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon
By JON GAMBRELL, SAM METZ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would requir...
Associated Press Jun 16, 2026
Trump signals swift return of sanctions on Russian oil as G7 refocuses on Ukraine
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, SYLVIE CORBET and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) - The United States could soon reimpose sanctions on Russian oil shipments after President Donald T...
Associated Press Jun 16, 2026
UPDATE: Eight dead as B-52 bomber crashes after takeoff at Edwards AFB
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A B-52 bomber crashed Monday and burst into flames, killing all eight people aboard, shortly after takeoff at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California's Mojave Desert, military ...
Associated Press Jun 15, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Trump's Justice Department is investigating him and his wife
By SOPHIE AUSTIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife, a...
Associated Press Jun 15, 2026
Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project
By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) - A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees, sent letters Monday to the National Science Founda...
Associated Press Jun 15, 2026
Putin, Zelenskyy speak with Trump by phone as drone strikes kill 2 in Russia and UK detains tanker
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy each spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, as Trump marked his 80th birthday and the war in Ukraine re...
Associated Press Jun 14, 2026
12 dead in crash of plane on skydiving outing in Missouri, authorities say
By KRISTIN M. HALL and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BUTLER, Mo. (AP) - A plane carrying a pilot and 11 passengers on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed in a field and was engulfed in flames Sund...
Associated Press Jun 14, 2026
A tentative deal is reached to end the Iran war and Trump orders a stop to the US naval blockade
By MUNIR AHMED, JULIA FRANKEL, ABBY SEWELL and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement early Monday to open the Strait of Hormuz and fur...
Associated Press Jun 14, 2026
Trump names James M. McDonald to lead powerful New York federal prosecutor's office
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will appoint one of his personal lawyers to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Man...
Associated Press Jun 13, 2026