Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules
The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to ...
Microsoft reports 10% quarterly profit growth as it works to show AI investments paying off
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday that its profit for the October-December quarter grew 10% from the same time last year as it ...
One of the most important chefs in American history was a founding father’s slave
One of most important figures in our nation’s culinary history toiled away in the slave kitchens of an American founding ...
South Carolina treasurer calls questions of his role in $1.8 billion accounting error a witch hunt
South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis said Wednesday that calls for him to resign over an accounting error that left the ...
Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country’s interim president
The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s ...
Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison following first-of-its-kind conviction
Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for trading bribes for political favors. Federal prosecutors levied allegations of bribery, extortion and ...
Palestinians’ return to northern Gaza complicates Netanyahu’s war aims
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed 15 months ago that Israel would achieve “total victory” in the war in Gaza — by ...
Graham man charged with multiple sexual assaults after year-long investigation, sheriff’s office say
A man has been arrested for multiple sexual assaults after a year-long investigation, according to the Alamance County ...
Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from ...
Fed hold rates steady, says job market is ‘solid’ while inflation ‘remains somewhat elevated’
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday after cutting it three times in a row last year, a ...
Trump orders preparation of Guantanamo Bay facility to house migrants
President Trump said he is signing an executive order on Wednesday to prepare a massive facility at Guantanamo Bay to be used ...
Trump signs Laken Riley Act, marking first legislative win of second term
President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to ...