Live updates: Shooter contained after incident at Minneapolis church and school  —  The city of Minneapolis said that there is no active threat at this time after a Wednesday morning shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. … Minneapolis Police had already been investigating three deadly shootings in 12 hours

CDC director being ousted weeks into job  —  Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent  —  It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump's move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.  —  Federal prosecutors on Tuesday …

F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions  —  The agency's fall recommendations underscore the goals of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to limit access to the vaccines, which he has long opposed.  —  The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved updated Covid vaccines …

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Praises Donald Trump's Police Takeover  —  The city's Democratic mayor has maintained an unusual friendship with the Republican president.  —  WASHINGTON - Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump's surge of federal police into the city, saying it had significantly reduced carjackings.

National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties  —  Service members say they're glad to help the National Park Service.  But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.  —  Just now  —  The August air was crisp Tuesday …

Top Florida official says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will likely be empty within days, email shows  —  A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration …

DHS moves to bar aid groups from serving undocumented immigrants  —  Disaster-aid groups said the new contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a disaster.  —  The Department of Homeland Security is now barring states …

Majority Of Voters Oppose Deploying National Guard To D.C., Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support Drops For U.S. Military Aid To Israel As 50% Think Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza  — mail_outline  —  In the wake of President Donald Trump's decision …

Denmark summons US envoy after report of Americans carrying out influence operations in Greenland  —  Denmark's foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections …

Sean Hannity says he left New York City because he got too many mean looks from people at restaurants  —  ‘They had daggers in their eyes,’ Hannity said of New Yorkers who saw the Fox News host out in public  —  The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday

NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters' ice cream  —  The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections was charged after Wilmington police said they found evidence he placed illegal narcotics in his granddaughters' ice cream.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in the US, hoping to prevent his deportation to Uganda  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has come to encapsulate much of President Donald Trump 's hard-line immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday.

Trump Is Strangling the Life Out of D.C.'s Restaurants  —  BY DONALD TRUMP'S TELLING, WASHINGTON, D.C.'s restaurants are doing great.  And, naturally, it's all because of him.  —  “Friends of mine are going out to dinner,” Trump told reporters Monday, claiming that his deployment …

All the President's ‘Butt Snorkelers’  —  Our long national nightmare is over: Cracker Barrel announced last night they will abandon their woke new logo and go back to the old one after all.  For good measure, representatives of the company called Donald Trump and—in the words …

Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak  —  President Donald Trump's administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government exerting its power over the nation's capital.

Trump, Gabbard purged top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit  —  The CIA officer was due to take up a prestigious assignment in Europe approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe.  Instead, her security clearance was summarily revoked.  —  In the days leading up to President Donald …

Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Minneapolis, Minnesota  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by the authority vested in me as President …

John Bolton Inquiry Eyes Emails Obtained by Foreign Government  —  It is not clear what country intercepted Mr. Bolton's private emails, but the investigation into President Trump's former national security adviser picked up momentum under the Biden administration.

Scoop: Tony Blair and Jared Kushner to brief Trump on Gaza post-war plans  —  Tony Blair and Jared Kushner will participate in a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and present President Trump with ideas for a post-war plan, two sources with knowledge tell Axios.

This is Who the Tech Wonder Boys Always Were  —  The start of 2025 saw the three wealthiest men on Earth—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—finance and attend the inauguration of a fascist American president.  In the months since, these men have explicitly and implicitly supported …

Top Trump State Department official Michael Anton to depart in the fall … With Secretary of State Marco Rubio also serving as the national security adviser, a handful of political appointees such as Anton and Counselor Mike Needham have taken on more of the daily responsibilities of running the State Department.