US high school students lose ground in math and reading, continuing yearslong decline
By Annie Ma & Todd Feathers
12th Grade Reading Skills Hit a New Low
By Dana Goldstein
US test scores hit damning new lows in math, reading since COVID school closures, ‘nation’s report card’ shows
By Ryan J. King
Student test scores are sliding, reaching new lows in math, science
By Laura Meckler
Nation's Report Card shows declining scores for 8th and 12th graders: "These results are sobering"
By Nicole Brown Chau
Missouri House Set to Vote on Map That Boosts Republicans
By Mitch Smith
Kansas City's mayor flirts with running for a U.S. House seat if Republicans pass new map
By Savannah Hawley-bates
Missouri House advances plan to make it harder for some amendments to pass
By Jason Rosenbaum
Missouri House advances gerrymandered map, changes to initiative petition process
By Nathan Lee
Missouri House advances redistricting map 89-63, final vote set Tuesday
By Matt Evans & Nick Sloan
House GOP waiting on Trump for spending cues, Johnson says
By Meredith Hill
‘A full-on base revolt’: Why this shutdown threat is different
Opinion
Speaker Johnson backs ‘old-school conference’ for 3 funding bills ahead of shutdown
By Emily Brooks & Aris Folley
A budget battle offers Democrats a chance to show some backbone
Government shutdown deadline only weeks away: What’s ahead?
By Mitchell Miller
Firefighters guard California sequoias as wildfire threatens ancient trees
By Vivian Ho
Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California
By Soumya Karlamangla
Garnet Fire grows in size over the weekend, crews battle blaze threatening Sequoias
By Vince Ybarra
California firefighters race to protect ancient sequoia trees as wildfire spreads
By Anna Betts
Garnet Fire Rages Across Sierras: Latest News
By Jenn Jordan
DEA arrests over 600 people in massive operation against the Sinaloa drug cartel
By Jon Haworth
Suspected Sinaloa Cartel members apprehended in 23-state sweep by DEA
By Emma Bussey
Over 600 people arrested in operations targeting Sinaloa drug cartel, DEA says
By Emily Mae Czachor
DEA’s ‘operational surge’ leads to over 600 arrests, seizure of 10K kilograms of drugs
By Will Conybeare
Feds arrest 171 suspected members of drug cartel in New England, including 49 in Mass.
By Madison Lucchesi
Mamdani takes big lead in NYC mayoral race, new poll shows
By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing
Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds
By Nicholas Fandos & Ruth Igielnik
Mamdani lead shrinks ‘if' certain candidates drop out of NYC mayor's race: poll
NYC mayor's race: Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo still claim they can beat frontrunner Zohran Mamdani
New York billionaires plot Mamdani’s downfall
Florida police charge Assemblies of God pastor with failing to report child sex abuse
By Mike Hixenbaugh
Michigan judge dismisses charges against 15 pro-Trump 'fake electors'
By Benjamin Swasey
Michigan Judge Tosses Out Cases Against Fake Trump Electors
By Danny Hakim
Pro-Trump electors in Michigan will not face criminal trial
By Josephine Walker
Judge throws out charges against GOP would-be electors in Michigan
By Patrick Marley
Michigan judge dismisses charges against fake electors who signed papers saying Trump won the state in 2020
By Marshall Cohen & Hannah Rabinowitz
How the lives of a Ukrainian refugee and a Charlotte man with a criminal history converged in a fatal stabbing
By Jeff Winter, Elizabeth Wolfe & TuAnh Dam
'Deranged monster': White House releases video of Trump condemning NC train attack
By Jessica A. Botelho
North Carolina Republicans demand firing of judge who freed Ukrainian refugee's murder suspect
By Elizabeth Elkind
Light rail stabbing: Graphic video shows moments before, after woman killed in Charlotte
By Cassidy Johncox
Ukrainian Refugee Stabbing in North Carolina Ignites a Firestorm on the Right
By Eduardo Medina, Richard Fausset & Emily Cochrane
Trump's ICE targets Chicago amid objections from mayor, Illinois governor
By Rebecca Falconer
ICE launches operation in Chicago despite objections from mayor and Illinois governor
By Phil Helsel
Operation Midway Blitz immigration operations underway in Chicago: Live Updates
As Immigrant-Owned Businesses Suffer Due To ICE Fears, Advocates Urge Chicagoans To 'Shop Locally'
By Francia Garcia Hernandez
Is ICE chilling Chicago? Trump 'blitz' draws rage from immigrant groups
By Michael Loria
Workers say Korea Inc was warned about questionable US visas before Hyundai raid
How the Hyundai raid could upend Trump’s dream of more U.S. factories
By Evan Halper & Shannon Osaka
South Korea readies plane to bring home workers detained in Hyundai immigration raid
America’s draconian immigration raids
The ICE Raid on the Georgia Hyundai Plant Makes No Sense
Opinion
By Mary Ellen Klas
Man Killed Retired Auburn Professor at Alabama Dog Park, Police Say
By Aimee Ortiz & Livia Albeck-Ripka
Horrific details reveal ex-Auburn vet professor’s last moments as prosecutors seek death penalty for accused murderer
Murder of retired Auburn University professor ‘beyond devastating’ for veterinary community
By Greg Garrison
Retired college professor killed in attack while walking dog in park
By Adam Sabes
Murder of former Auburn professor leaves community shaken
By Justin Brown
Pushing Democratic ‘reset,’ a religious Texas lawmaker runs for Senate
By Patrick Svitek
‘Bet it on the underdog’: Talarico officially enters the Texas Senate primary
By Adam Wren
The Millennial Seminarian Trying to Turn Texas Blue
By Elaine Godfrey
Texas state Rep. James Talarico launches campaign for U.S. Senate
By Adam Edelman
In U.S. Senate bid, Rep. James Talarico promises to take on GOP billionaires and bridge political divides
By Kayla Guo
Russian air strike kills 24 in pension queue, Ukraine says
By Paul Kirby
Russian Bomb Hits Crowd of Retirees, Killing at Least 23, Ukraine Says
By Maria Varenikova
Russian airstrike on Ukrainian village kills over 20, Zelenskiy says
By Dan Peleschuk
Zelenskyy calls for US 'response' to 20 killed in Russian strike on civilians
By Rachel Wolf
"Brutally savage" Russian strike kills at least 20 in east Ukraine as pensions were handed out, Zelenskyy says
What Florida ending vaccine mandates could mean for rest of US
By Mary Kekatos
Florida’s surgeon general said he didn’t calculate the costs of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists have.
Trump breaks from RFK on vaccines: "Pure and simple, they work"
By Herb Scribner
Florida Is About to Have a Lot More Sick Kids
By Simon Williams
Opinion | What if Florida Ends Vaccine Mandates?
Opinion
Gov. Wes Moore tamps down presidential talk, launches reelection bid
By Erin Cox
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announces 2026 reelection campaign amid presidential speculation
By David Wright
Moore makes reelection bid official, adds staff; Hale is now officially a Republican; more notes
By Bryan Sears
Maryland Democrat governor reveals if he’s going to run for president
By David Spector
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says he's ruling out a presidential run in 2028
By Megan Lebowitz
Late Night Misses the Defense Department Already
By Trish Bendix
Trump sounds increasingly militaristic
By Aaron Blake
RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR
Opinion | If only Trump’s ‘Department of War’ were focused on actual war-fighting
Opinion
By Max Boot
The Donald “Genius” Trump Space Center? Melania’s Harvard School of Government? What’s Next On Trump’s Rebrand List?
By Bess Levin
Mom charged after nonverbal son who disappeared from home is killed in alligator attack
By minyvonne burke
NOPD arrests mother in death of 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez
By Nigell Moses
What happened the day Bryan Vasquez disappeared? A new timeline emerges from NOPD report.
By Marco Cartolano
Mother of 12-Year-Old Boy Killed by Alligator Charged, Ordered to Stay Away from Her Other Children
By Angel Saunders
Hilda Vasquez appears before a judge for the first time since her arrest
By Jasmine Franklin
Capitol agenda: Why this ‘nuclear’ strike isn’t blowing up the Senate
By Calen Razor
Senate GOP leader moves to lower filibuster threshold for Trump nominees through nuclear option
By Chad Pergram
President Trump Signs Proclamation
Senate Republicans eye 'nuclear option' for rules change to speed up Trump nominees
By Sahil Kapur & Frank Thorp V
Thune Moves to Speed Trump Nominees Past Democratic Blockade
By Michael Gold
'It's going to get ugly': L.A. immigrants fear the worst as Supreme Court allows raids to resume
By Brittny Mejia, Rachel Uranga & Vives Ruben
Supreme Court allows immigration agents to resume ‘roving patrols’ in LA, siding with Trump
By Sergio Olmos & Wendy Fry
Contributor: You look Latino. You speak Spanish. You work hard. That's now probable cause.
Opinion
‘Unconscionably irreconcilable'. Sotomayor rips Supreme Court’s pro-Trump ICE ruling
By Terry Collins
Local civil rights groups condemn Supreme Court removing limits on immigration stops
By Francesca Pica
President Trump Champions Religious Freedom, Unveils America Prays
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump’s promises to religious voters
By Amna Nawaz
Trump says Department of Education will issue guidance about prayer in public schools
By Kathryn Watson
Trump exhorts Americans to pray for U.S. ahead of 250th anniversary
By Natalie Allison & Matt Viser
Trump leans on religious groups for top faith-based policies
By Alex Gangitano
Tuesday’s special election in Virginia expected to narrow an already tight House GOP majority
By Ethan Cohen & Molly English
Virginia Special Election 2025 Live Results
Special election day in Virginia: Fairfax voters decide next member of Congress
By Thomas Robertson
Trump's agenda, DOGE cuts loom large in Virginia special election to fill vacant House seat
By Paul Steinhauser
Everything You Need to Know to Vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Sept. 9
77-year-old man, 78-year-old woman set on fire, killed in their home; suspect at large: Sources
By Emily Shapiro & Aaron Katersky
Manhunt for suspect who allegedly set house fire that killed 2 in Bellerose, Queens
By Jaysha Patel
Police Seek Suspect After Firefighters Find Dead Couple, One in Chains
By Maia Coleman
Couple found tied up and burned to death in home near famous racetrack as police hunt for suspect
By Michael Ruiz
Disturbing details emerge in case of NYC house torched with older couple inside
By Tracie Strahan, Jennifer Millman & Marc Santia
Crash involving school bus carrying students shuts down traffic on I-35W
By Dana Thiede
2 drivers taken to hospital after crash involving school bus on I-35W in Mounds View
By Josh Skluzacek
27 students unhurt after school bus crash on I-35W in Mounds View
By Lauren Andrego
No students injured when school bus crashes on I-35W in Mounds View
By Anthony Bettin
Crash involving school bus snarls traffic on I-35W in Mounds View during morning commute
Hegseth says US deployment in Caribbean “isn’t training” on Puerto Rico visit
By Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle & Phil Stewart
Pentagon sets its sights on Puerto Rico in combatting cartels
By Ellen Mitchell
Secretary of War Hegseth lands in Puerto Rico as US ramps up Caribbean cartel fight with naval forces
By Greg Wehner
Pete Hegseth Cosplays as Action Man After Drug Boat Bombing
By Ewan Palmer
Hegseth and top general secretly visit Puerto Rico as Venezuela tensions simmer
By Cybele Mayes-osterman
ICE launches new immigration enforcement surge in Mass.
By Simon Rios
ICE crackdown in Massachusetts leaves immigrants living in fear: ‘The community is really paranoid’
By Matt Stout, Nick Stoico & Giulia Mcdonnell Nieto
ICE agents break car window to arrest resisting illegal immigrant in exclusive Fox News ride-along
Federal agents make an appearance in Cambridge during reported ramp-up in immigration actions
ICE begins enforcement operations in Boston area
How New York Police Officers Avoid Drunk Driving Charges
By Sammy Sussman
‘No Arrests’: In New York, Some Police Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges
By Sammy Sussman
How 10,000 police disciplinary records were obtained
By Sammy Sussman
Officers Who Drink and Drive Aren’t Always Punished
By James T. Barron
How We Obtained 10,000 Police Disciplinary Records
By Sammy Sussman
Democrats pin their hopes on the courts in uphill redistricting fight
By Andrew Howard & Liz Crampton
Midwest Democrats struggle to counter GOP on redistricting
By Jared Gans & Caroline Vakil
Maryland Dems may redraw map as redistricting battle rages
By Ally Mutnick & Laura Weiss
Maryland GOP dares Democratic super majority in Legislature to redraw congressional map
By Kerry Picket
Janine Geske on court cases over congressional redistricting
By Zac Schultz
Oklahoma school bus carrying softball team crashes and injures 8 people
Minco Superintendent speaks out after school bus crash involving softball team
'Praying for Minco': Leaders, public offer prayers, support after school bus crash in Grady County
By Jonathan Greco
Softball player, parent describe aftermath of school bus crash: 'It was like a war zone.' Live updates
By Murray Evans, Ray Rivera & Dale Denwalt
Crash west of Minco sends student athletes, staff to hospital
By Kemar Noel
Trump’s $83 Million Loss To E. Jean Carroll Upheld In Court
By Alison Durkee
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
By Benjamin Weiser
Federal appeals court upholds $83.3M E. Jean Carroll judgment against Trump
By Anders Hagstrom
The morning read for Tuesday, September 9
By Kelsey Dallas
See key moments in E. Jean Carroll’s legal battle with Donald Trump
By David Baratz
Man accused of Trump assassination attempt heads to trial. Here's what to know
By Avery Lotz
Ryan Routh trial begins for Trump assassination attempt
By Kayla Epstein
Jury selection continues in case of man who allegedly tried to kill Trump on golf course
By Peter Charalambous
Man accused of trying to assassinate Trump apologizes to potential jurors
By David Fischer
Attempted Trump assassination trial begins. And, South Korea to fly 300 workers home
By Suzanne Nuyen
Jeffries says Republicans will ‘regret’ GOP-led Jan. 6 investigation as Democrats agree to participate
By Sarah Ferris
Democrats pick members for new GOP-led committee on Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Jeffries taps top Trump resisters Swalwell, Crockett and Moskowitz for new Jan. 6 panel
By Andrew Solender
House creates panel to investigate Jan. 6 subcommittee after long delay
By Emily Brooks
Swalwell picked to lead Democrats on new Jan. 6 panel
By Hailey Fuchs
Trump’s ‘Catastrophic’ Worry: What Happens If The Supreme Court Rules Against His Tariffs
By Alison Durkee
Trump celebrates West Point alumni group canceling Tom Hanks award ceremony
By Michelle L. Price
West Point Alumni Group Cancels Award Honoring Tom Hanks
By Alexandra E. Petri
Tom Hanks won’t receive award from West Point group as Trump seeks more military control
By Ja'han Jones
Trump attacks Tom Hanks after West Point cancels event honoring actor | Donald Trump
By Marina Dunbar
Trump praises decision to cancel Thayer award for Tom Hanks
Gabbard Retracted Intelligence Report on Venezuela
By Julian E. Barnes & Maggie Haberman
GirlsDoPorn founder receives 27-year prison sentence for sex trafficking
Porn magnate in California sentenced to 27 years for sex trafficking by force
By Josh Dubose
Judge throws the book at GirlsDoPorn ‘mastermind'
“You are evil”: GirlsDoPorn ringleader Michael Pratt sentenced to 27 years
By Jon Brodkin
GirlsDoPorn owner gets nearly three decades for sex trafficking hundreds of women
By Anna Ashcraft
Oliver North marries Fawn Hall, his document-shredding secretary at the center of Iran-Contra scandal
By Michael Williams, Hudspeth Blackburn & Piper Hudspeth Blackburn
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow freeze on billions in foreign aid
By Justin Jouvenal
Trump urges Supreme Court to revisit fight over billions in foreign aid
By John Fritze
Judge rules White House ‘pocket rescission’ gambit is illegal
By Kyle Cheney
Trump Administration, Again, Asks Supreme Court to Let It Block Foreign Aid
By Adam Liptak
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow $4 billion in foreign aid cuts
By Lawrence Hurley
‘The GOP’s Elizabeth Warren’: Vance happy to feud with Rand Paul
By Eli Stokols & Dasha Burns
Church Releases Photo of President Nelson on the Eve of His 101st Birthday
Russell M. Nelson: We All Deserve Dignity and Respect
By Russell M. Nelson
President Nelson at 101: A Ministry Focused on Jesus Christ
Happy 101st Birthday! Family enjoys cake with President Russell M. Nelson for landmark day
By Tad Walch
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Releases Photo of President Nelson on the Eve of His 101st Birthday
Another round of weird peak-season quiet in the Atlantic tropics
By Jeff Masters & Bob Henson
Why Atlantic hurricane season has gone silent
By Chris Dolce
East Coast's protection from hurricanes could falter in September
By Jennifer Borresen & Dinah Voyles Pulver
Atlantic Hurricane Season Peak Arrives, But Not This Year
By Jonathan Erdman
Why are the tropics quiet during the peak of hurricane season?
By Chris Justus & Victoria Kokinos
Tension grows as Trump insists he wants to send U.S. troops to Chicago
By Ana Ceballos
Donald Trump’s War of Words
By David A. Graham
Trump’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ threats conceal seeds of political weakness
By Stephen Collinson
Trump Downplays Post Threatening Chicago, Saying He Wants to ‘Clean Up’ City
By Erica L. Green
Chicago faith leaders speak out against idea sending federal troops to city
13-year-old boy with 'school shooter ideations' found with collection of guns, 'mass shooting' writings: Sheriff
By Emily Shapiro
Pierce County Sheriff's Office believes it stopped a 13-year-old from attacking a school
By Christian Balderas
Police arrest 13-year-old boy with 23 guns over school shooting threats
13-year-old boy arrested in Pierce County for school shooting threats, multiple guns found
40 guns seized from Pierce County teen accused of threats
By Julia Dallas
Trump Administration Quietly Seeks to Build National Voter Roll Using State Data
By Nick Corasaniti & Devlin Barrett
US Justice Dept considers handing over voter roll data for criminal probes, documents show
By Sarah Lynch
The Trump Administration Wants Your Voter Registration Data. Why?
By Matt Cohen
Sec. Bellows refuses to hand over voter information to Trump administration
Maine rejects DOJ's ‘fishing expedition’ for voter data
Speed, confusion, no courts: ICE ships Upstate NY factory workers to Central America in 72 hours
By marnie eisenstadt
U.S. attorney to address ICE raid on New York nutrition bar factory
Five people removed from Cato business charged with illegally reentering the U.S.
Immigration raid at New York business left workers terrified and slowed production, co-owner says
Raid on upstate New York food manufacturer leads to dozens of detentions
By Michael Hill
Walz issues vaccine executive order: 'Minnesota will be guided by science'
By Samantha Fischer
Walz counters federal vaccine moves with state-level order to maintain broad access
Walz moves to maintain COVID-19 vaccine access in response to new federal recommendations
By Corey Schmidt
Latest COVID-19 vaccines reach Minnesota amid confusion over who gets them
By Jeremy Olson
Minnesota, New York issue executive orders promoting access to COVID vaccines
By Stephanie Soucheray
Trump downplays domestic violence in speech about religious freedom
By Mel Leonor Barclay & Mel Leonor
Trump Says Having ‘a Little Fight With the Wife’ Should Not Count as a Crime
By Luke Broadwater
Trump apparently thinks domestic violence is not a crime. That makes sense | Moira Donegan
Opinion
By Moira Donegan
Trump questions whether 'lesser' crimes such as domestic violence should count toward DC crime statistics
By Michelle Stoddart
The ridiculous reason Trump downplayed domestic violence as a crime
By Steve Benen
Final victim in Bear Brook murders identified as daughter of suspected 'Chameleon Killer'
By Doha Madani
A young girl has been identified in decades-old Bear Brook murder case
Final victim in NH's Bear Brook murders is identified as killer's daughter
By Asher Klein
Connecticut librarian played key role in identifying other Bear Brook victims
By Kelly O'Brien
'Chameleon' Serial Killer Left Children in Barrels — and the Newly Identified Victim Adds a Sickening Twist
By K.C. Baker
Getting a Visa to Visit the U.S. Could Take Even Longer
By Coral Murphy Marcos
Australians' visas denied after Trump administration suddenly changes rule
By Brad Ryan & Carrington Clarke
US shuts down third-country visa option, forcing Indian students into backlogs and tougher interviews at
US Tightens Visa Rules: No More Quick Appointments Abroad For Indians
U.S.: visa applications now restricted to country of residence or nationality
New Mexico is first state in nation to offer universal child care
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
By Jessica Barron
Governor announces free child care for New Mexican families
By Corey Howard
New Mexico governor announces free universal child care
By Austin Fisher
Governor: New Mexico to provide universal access to child care
By Daniel Chacon, Esteban Candelaria & Matt Dahlseid