National News

6:05 PM on Friday, August 28

The federal government has agreed to extend the pause on border construction in Big Bend National Park until mid-September

4:57 PM on Friday, August 28

The Commonwealth of Virginia is removing three Confederate memorials from a public park and civic campus in Richmond

4:41 PM on Friday, August 28

American diplomats and at least some of their family members are beginning to return to U.S. embassies in the Middle East

4:23 PM on Friday, August 28

A new National Park Service report backs President Donald Trump’s proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects on a host of Washington’s iconic landmarks, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln and Jefferson memorials

4:23 PM on Friday, August 28

A federal appeals court panel is refusing to let prediction market operator Kalshi restart trading on elections and sporting events in Nevada while it fights the state’s effort to shut it down until it gets a license from state gambling regulators

4:19 PM on Friday, August 28

The bond market swung as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control

3:26 PM on Friday, August 28

Wyoming's attorney general is investigating how two U.S. Department of Justice officials questioned poll workers in the state during its Aug. 18 primary

3:25 PM on Friday, August 28

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has received U.S. permission to sell an updated version of its vaping device

2:27 PM on Friday, August 28

A Kentucky woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that she intentionally damaged the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Melissa Farris is scheduled to be arraigned next week on two felony counts

1:23 PM on Friday, August 28

SpaceX has pulled off its biggest salvage operation yet, recovering its most recently launched Starship from the Indian Ocean

1:00 PM on Friday, August 28

A federal judge has again blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction in New York

11:33 AM on Friday, August 28

The Trump administration is limiting an Egyptian bank's operations in the United Arab Emirates and accusing the financial institution of supporting Iran's leadership

11:28 AM on Friday, August 28

A judge has granted a hearing to explore claims that a man wants to recant allegations of sexual abuse years ago by Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky

10:54 AM on Friday, August 28

Streams of Dolly Parton's music have skyrocketed since the country legend died on Tuesday

9:22 AM on Friday, August 28

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he has sent before about his economic outlook

3:03 AM on Friday, August 28

An opioid addiction sullied the once-stellar reputation of one of the NFL's good guys, Thomas Davis

3:02 AM on Friday, August 28

Joan Rubinger overcame a catastrophic biking accident that left her paralyzed to become an influential pain-relief specialist helping top-tier athletes get back on the field after acute and chronic injuries

12:04 AM on Friday, August 28

The bond market swung as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control

11:23 PM on Thursday, August 27

Rescuers on the Nepal-China border are pulling out flood survivors caked in dark brown mud while helicopters lift stranded people to safety

2:47 PM on Thursday, August 27

U.S. officials report about 90 U.S. citizens remain unaccounted for after catastrophic flash floods hit a border area of China and Nepal