National News

3:08 PM on Monday, December 8

Bruce Blakeman, a Republican county official in New York City’s Long Island suburbs, is expected to launch a campaign for New York governor on Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of his plans

3:00 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump has linked his administration’s immigration crackdown on Minnesota’s Somali community to fraud cases involving government programs

2:58 PM on Monday, December 8

A drone dropped a package of contraband into the Lee Correctional Institution prison yard three weeks before Christmas

2:54 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump’s former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside

1:38 PM on Monday, December 8

Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year

1:20 PM on Monday, December 8

U.S. stocks pulled away from their record heights

12:30 PM on Monday, December 8

A California man says he has marked his 15,000th spin on an auto-racing Disneyland attraction inspired by the animated film “Cars.”

12:25 PM on Monday, December 8

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat

11:35 AM on Monday, December 8

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he has divested from his North Dakota soybean farmland

11:10 AM on Monday, December 8

Boeing has completed its $4.7 billion purchase of Spirit AeroSystems, a key supplier that builds fuselages for its 737 Max jetliners

11:07 AM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, announced her resignation as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey

10:32 AM on Monday, December 8

The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations

9:46 AM on Monday, December 8

Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington have sued to get their jobs back

8:04 AM on Monday, December 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have met their Australian counterparts for annual talks focused on Indo-Pacific security and countering China’s increasing assertiveness in the region

7:01 AM on Monday, December 8

Former South Carolina court clerk Becky Hill has pleaded guilty to showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court

5:13 AM on Monday, December 8

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city's police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down

11:05 PM on Sunday, December 7

President Donald Trump says a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros

8:41 PM on Sunday, December 7

U.S. stocks pulled away from their record heights

6:00 PM on Sunday, December 7

The Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members

4:47 PM on Sunday, December 7

Jeff Kent has been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the contemporary era committee, while steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were among seven players who fell short once again