Friday, September 18, 2026
57.0°F

National News

Want to follow the latest in national news? Keep reading below for today's national news headlines!

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit

The penalties awarded include $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages, law firms Arnold & Itkin LLP and Kline & Specter PC said …

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
Teen killed after triggering avalanche in Alaska, where 4 have died in snow slides this month

A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month.

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Eyeing China threat, Trump announces Boeing wins contract for secretive future fighter jet

The 47th president, who announced the award at the White House with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force leadership, said with a grin that the new figh…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conserva…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters while DOGE cuts wildfire support staff

Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump, but many worry that mass federal worke…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Federal Reserve keeps interest rate unchanged, sees slower growth, slightly higher inflation ahead

The projections underscore the tight spot the Fed may find itself in this year: Higher inflation typically would lead the Fed to keep its key rate elevated, or…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Newly released JFK assassination files reveal more about CIA but don't yet point to conspiracies

Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics and author of “The Kennedy Half-Century,” said it will take time to fully review th…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
US births rose last year, but experts don't see it as a trend

U.S. births rose slightly last year, but experts don't see it as evidence of reversing a long-term decline.

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and Midwest

Atchison and her family were among the fortunate ones to avoid being killed in the three-day outbreak of severe weather across eight states that kicked up a de…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
St. Patrick's Day brings boisterous parades and celebrations to New York and other cities

Mayor Eric Adams donned a green cap and scarf and waved an Irish flag while Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan greeted marchers wearing a green, white and orang…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Trump signs a bill funding the government for 6 months, avoiding a shutdown

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown …

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
SpaceX launches a new crew to the space station to replace NASA's stuck astronauts

NASA wants overlap between the two crews so Wilmore and Williams can fill in the newcomers on happenings aboard the orbiting lab. That would put them on course…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies

The temporary restraining order came in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of labor unions and organizations as the Republican administration moves to dramatically…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Don't click on those road toll texts. FBI issues fresh warning about the smishing scam

The FBI is warning Americans not to respond to scam road toll collection texts after receiving more than 2,000 complaints this month.

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Egg prices continue to hit records as Easter and Passover approach, but some relief may be coming

Egg prices again reached a record high in February, as the bird flu continues to run rampant and Easter and Passover approach.