A man convicted of the 1979 killing a 6-year-old girl who was abducted from her bedroom was put to death Thursday evening in a record 16th execution in Florida this year.

Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday required professors to receive approval from the school president to discuss some race and gender topics, tightening rules months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw the flagship campus into upheaval.

A U.S. proposal to provide a United Nations mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza is facing opposition from Russia, China and some Arab countries, which have expressed unease about a yet-to-be established board that would temporarily govern the territory and the lack of any transitional role for the Palestinian Authority.

President Trump’s Justice Department was on defense in a northern Virginia courtroom. A judge is weighing whether to disqualify the U.S. attorney pursuing charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. That prosecutor, Lindsay Halligan, is a Trump ally with no prosecutorial experience. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Glenn […]

In our news wrap Thursday, the Justice Department is suing to block California's new redistricting plan, more than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers are on strike, at least four people are in critical condition after a tanker truck spilled ammonia gas in a hotel parking lot in Oklahoma and Paris marked 10 years since the terrorist […]

As the Trump administration ramps up deportations, ICE has turned to local law enforcement through a program that has existed for decades. Under the agreements, sheriffs’ offices hold undocumented immigrants in jail before they are transferred. Butler County, Ohio, Sheriff Richard Jones reinstated his county’s partnership when Trump returned to office. He joined Geoff Bennett […]

Ukraine will need to start the belt-tightening in April if outside funds don't arrive sooner.

Ipsos finds that disappointment with electoral politics, and fears for its future, dominate voters' views of democracy in nine countries. 

An embattled administration is hugging online creators close. Are they free to speak their minds?

After a wild week in No.10 Downing Street, host Patrick Baker takes listeners on a podcast tour of the famous building to find out how the hell a cobbled-together Georgian townhouse is meant to run a modern state. Patrick asks how the rabbit warren layout influences those who govern the country, for better or worse. In one of […]

Mice, "nan's bathrooms," carpets duct-taped together — and terrible phone signal. Is there a worse place to run a country from than 10 Downing Street?

EU conservatives working with the far right have signed the death warrant of the cordon sanitaire.

JD Vance, Liz Truss, whatever we call Prince Andrew these days, and others who could run Britain's national broadcaster.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has given new momentum to EU enlargement — and raised a bigger question: Is the bloc itself ready to grow?  This week, host Sarah Wheaton examines the EU’s growing pains — not just the politics and geopolitics of enlargement, but also the cultural and emotional questions of identity and belonging.   She […]

The Rhode Island Democrat will participate in events on offshore wind, shipping and greenhouse gas emissions before delivering a keynote speech at a roundtable with elected officials from other nations.

“While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim,” a spokesperson for the network wrote.

The employee, Dr. Jenna Norton, was a key organizer of “The Bethesda Declaration,” a scathing public letter issued in June to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director.

Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.

A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga.

For all his bluster, the F.B.I.’s deputy director Dan Bongino played a central role in stoking expectations that the bureau would quickly find the suspects who planted pipe bombs.

The strike in the Caribbean brings the death toll in the Trump administration’s lethal campaign to 80 since early September.

Federal workers and poor Americans bore the brunt of the 43-day fiscal standoff, but it also took a toll on the broader economy.

Ms. Wilson, a self-described socialist, joined the race after Mayor Bruce Harrell opposed taxing high-income residents to finance construction of new housing.

If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability.

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, began handing out $10,000 checks to T.S.A. workers who “went above and beyond” during the shutdown, after the president recommended similar bonuses for some air traffic controllers.

The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”

If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability.

The drop has been reflected in air and car travel, according to Canadian statistics. Tensions over tariffs placed by the Trump administration spurred calls for Canadians to spend their money at home.

Investment firms are buying and bundling contractors, leaving some workers and customers worse off.

The issue has buoyed Democrats and is resonating with an American electorate that is souring on the president’s economic agenda.

For immigrant communities from countries with especially high duties, food costs have risen sharply courtesy of President Trump.

The town’s unionized workers wanted to believe that there was something better than what private equity owners had offered.

President Trump has used his sweeping global tariffs as an economic tool and a political cudgel. A decision invalidating them could hamper his power.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said some sectors were in a recession as he argued for more interest rate cuts.

Companies that sell diamonds, plant sensors and wine all have one thing in common: They are weighing in against tariffs in a consequential case.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the idea that his presence could be seen as an attempt to intimidate the court on a case that President Trump considers vital to his economic policy.