National News

2:00 PM on Thursday, January 29

Venezuelan lawmakers approve easing state control of oil industry, reversing tenet of self-styled socialist government

1:50 PM on Thursday, January 29

Prosecutors say a deadly gas explosion in a Bronx high-rise last weekend has been traced to an intruder who disconnected a stove to steal and sell it

1:08 PM on Thursday, January 29

The Army general tapped to lead the NSA is promising to follow the law and the Constitution when it comes to using the NSA's powerful surveillance tools

12:36 PM on Thursday, January 29

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke over the phone on Thursday in the midst of a controversy over the arrest of a former Olympic snowboarder

11:56 AM on Thursday, January 29

Foreign leaders and governments presented to former President Joe Biden, his wife, U.S. Cabinet members and other senior officials tens of thousands of dollars in gifts in the last year of the Biden administration

11:39 AM on Thursday, January 29

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is jumping into the race to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California

11:23 AM on Thursday, January 29

Starbucks says it plans to open hundreds of new stores across the U.S. and add seating at thousands of existing locations

11:10 AM on Thursday, January 29

Justice Department charges man who squirted vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall in Minneapolis

10:31 AM on Thursday, January 29

Tax season is underway, and the IRS expects 164 million people will file returns by April 15

10:20 AM on Thursday, January 29

Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue with White House to avert a shutdown

10:17 AM on Thursday, January 29

Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week as the region experiences frigid temperatures

10:05 AM on Thursday, January 29

A Gaza Health Ministry official says Israel has turned over the bodies of 15 Palestinians just days after recovering the remains of the last Israeli hostage

10:02 AM on Thursday, January 29

Pope Leo XIV has told the Vatican doctrine office to uphold truth, justice and charity when deciding clergy sex abuse cases

9:53 AM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump says he's informed Venezuela’s acting president that he'll open up all commercial airspace over Venezuela

9:50 AM on Thursday, January 29

Trump says he's instructed US officials to reopen Venezuelan airspace for commercial travel by the end of the day

3:54 AM on Thursday, January 29

Scotty's Castle, built in the 1920s, is tucked away in the desert in Death Valley National Park and was one of the park's biggest attractions

3:00 AM on Thursday, January 29

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the European Union can be an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” and can forge deals with like-minded partners in a world of increasing great power rivalry

11:27 PM on Wednesday, January 28

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that gave hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the United States

10:03 PM on Wednesday, January 28

U.S. life expectancy has hit the highest mark in American history

5:57 PM on Wednesday, January 28

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