National News

5:45 PM on Friday, August 21

A Massachusetts charter fishing captain and a client have caught what they believe is the largest Atlantic blue marlin in U.S. East Coast history

5:40 PM on Friday, August 21

The Trump administration has notified Congress of its plans to pay more than $800 million of the several billion it owes to the United Nations

5:09 PM on Friday, August 21

California workplace safety officials have fined Blackbird Mountain Guides after an avalanche killed three guides and six skiers in February

4:52 PM on Friday, August 21

The 250th anniversary of U.S. independence was just months away when National Park Service employees received a directive from Washington

4:33 PM on Friday, August 21

Ed Martin, a loyal White House ally who held multiple Justice Department posts despite unconventional tactics that sometimes rankled his superiors, is leaving President Donald Trump’s administration

4:23 PM on Friday, August 21

U.S. stocks rose and trimmed their losses from a shaky week

4:19 PM on Friday, August 21

In his most recent challenge to the results of the 2020 U.S. election, President Donald Trump this week cited a report claiming to show that thousands of noncitizens voted, a practice studies have found to be extremely rare

4:05 PM on Friday, August 21

A new Pentagon report says that more U.S. troops are reporting unwanted sexual contact to authorities

3:12 PM on Friday, August 21

The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes says the Pentagon has fired him as well as its publisher and a reporter

3:12 PM on Friday, August 21

U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened people in 15 states

12:20 PM on Friday, August 21

President Donald Trump has announced his administration will temporarily allow more beef imports into the U.S. without triggering higher tariffs

12:20 PM on Friday, August 21

Ukrainian officials say Russian drones have hit a shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih, killing at least 15 people and wounding scores more

12:02 PM on Friday, August 21

Federal investigators have pulled intact data cards from a state police helicopter and Cessna aircraft that collided near a runway in central Pennsylvania

12:01 PM on Friday, August 21

The defense has rested its case in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children in 2023

11:20 AM on Friday, August 21

A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a court order that would have granted thousands of athletes an extra year of eligibility

10:33 AM on Friday, August 21

Cleanup efforts and damage assessment are underway in Delaware's capital and on Long Island, New York, after tornadoes touched down

9:51 AM on Friday, August 21

An 18-year-old with a sword attacked a school Friday in central Sweden, killing one person and seriously injuring two others

12:46 AM on Friday, August 21

U.S. stocks rose and trimmed their losses from a shaky week

12:01 AM on Friday, August 21

Vice President JD Vance has returned to his hometown to campaign for Republican candidates at a steel plant where his grandfather worked

7:41 AM on Thursday, August 20

The premier of a Canadian province launched a blistering attack on U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, calling him a “bad person” and “not to be trusted” and urging Canada to keep fighting rather than rush to make concessions in trade talks with Washington