National News

5:09 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks lies to saying negotiations may yield an agreement through diplomacy

5:03 AM on Wednesday, February 25

A well-connected, privately-funded initiative is emphasizing small, approachable actions in its push to improve youth civic engagement

4:23 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Wellness influencer and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means is set to appear before the Senate health committee as she seeks approval to be U.S. surgeon general

4:02 AM on Wednesday, February 25

The Vatican has announced a packed early-2026 travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV, with trips to Monaco, Spain, and four African countries

3:43 AM on Wednesday, February 25

The U.S. is to wind down health assistance to Zimbabwe after the African country withdrew from talks on a proposed $367 million bilateral funding deal

3:40 AM on Wednesday, February 25

President Donald Trump has a midterm year message to sell

2:43 AM on Wednesday, February 25

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Ukrainian delegation is set to meet on Thursday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys ahead of another round of trilateral talks with Russia

2:11 AM on Wednesday, February 25

The Louvre Museum, home of the ‘Mona Lisa,’ has a new director

1:48 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran has pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program

12:05 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Indonesia has freed and deported an American man after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then-girlfriend’s mother on the tourist island of Bali

11:12 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Facing tough odds in an upcoming election, Hungary’s pro-Russian prime minister is trying to convince voters that the greatest threat to the country is not economic stagnation, but neighboring Ukraine

11:08 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Israel on a two-day trip expected to focus on strengthening security, economic and technological cooperation between the two countries

10:31 PM on Tuesday, February 24

A United States military plane carrying five U.S. personnel has hit a concrete fence while attempting to take off from a road during contingency training drill in a northern Philippine province

10:00 PM on Tuesday, February 24

China and Germany have pledged to deepen ties despite differences over Russia’s war in Ukraine

9:11 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has flown to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis for talks with regional leaders unsettled about Trump administration policies

9:02 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has started checking literacy skills during pediatric visits for kids as young as 3

9:01 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Light snow is moving across the Northeast as cities dig out from a massive storm and deal with dangerous ice

7:28 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Wall Street inched higher in early trading Wednesday as markets turned their attention away from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech and toward the latest earnings report from AI chipmaker Nvidia

7:28 AM on Tuesday, February 24

President Donald Trump has said the U.S. was sending a hospital ship to Greenland because people there are not getting care, but the claim faces pushback

9:26 PM on Monday, February 23

The violence that followed the killing of a cartel leader in Mexico is fueling fears that the bloodshed could hurt tourism ahead of the FIFA World Cup later this year