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President Donald Trump speaks at an event to honor the 2025 Major League Soccer champions Inter Miami CF in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Justice Department publishes missing Epstein files involving uncorroborated claim about Trump

6:41 PM on Thursday, March 5

The Justice Department has released additional Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump that the department said had been mistakenly withheld during an earlier review

FILE - Tylenol pills in La Habra, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Study suggests Trump's unproven autism claims influenced care

6:40 PM on Thursday, March 5

Last year, President Donald Trump promoted unproven ties between Tylenol and autism and touted an old generic drug as a treatment for the developmental condition

FILE - Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks with reporters on the steps at the Capitol in Washington, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump's pick for DHS secretary leaves US Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma

6:09 PM on Thursday, March 5

President Trump's plan to nominate U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as Homeland Security secretary will leave an unexpected Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, right, and U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum shake hands after a meeting at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

US interior secretary says Venezuela is offering security assurances to foreign mining companies

5:56 PM on Thursday, March 5

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says Venezuela offers security guarantees to mining companies that want to invest in risky, mineral-rich regions

FILE - Nikita Casap appears at his arraignment on May 7, 2025, in Waukesha County Circuit Court, in Waukesha, Wis. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

Wisconsin man who killed his parents to fund Trump assassination attempt gets life in prison

5:51 PM on Thursday, March 5

A Wisconsin teenager who killed his parents and stole their money to fund his plan to kill President Donald Trump has been sentenced to life in prison

FILE - Southern Christian Leadership Conference spokesman Bernard LaFayette speaks to reporters after attending a SCLC meeting, March 6, 2010, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85

5:44 PM on Thursday, March 5

Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died

People gather at Brookland Baptist Church for a tribute service honoring the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Monday, March 2, 2026, in West Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

Democrats confront how to rebuild Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition as bruising primary fights loom

5:23 PM on Thursday, March 5

Democrats are gearing up for a bruising presidential primary as they argue over how to rebuild a winning coalition

FILE - An employee welds metal at a steel tank factory in Mexico City, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexico and US will start talks March 16 on reviewing their free trade agreement

4:53 PM on Thursday, March 5

Mexico and the United States say they will start talks on March 16 ahead of a review of the free trade agreement that has shaped both countries’ economies and helped keep some of their commerce steady despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s constantly changing tariff policy

House narrowly rejects resolution to halt Trump's attack on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the conflict

4:38 PM on Thursday, March 5

House narrowly rejects resolution to halt Trump's attack on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the conflict

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks with reporters on the steps at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump turns to an Oklahoma senator with a fighter's reputation as his next choice to lead DHS

4:34 PM on Thursday, March 5

President Donald Trump’s plans to nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to take over as Homeland Security secretary follow a notable political rise for the plumbing company owner who was first elected to Congress in 2012

FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appears for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership

1:50 PM on Thursday, March 5

President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

FILE - Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis. speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, April 2, 2024, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer, File)

Wisconsin man accused of setting fire to congressman's office over TikTok ban gets 7 years in prison

1:14 PM on Thursday, March 5

A Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to set fire to a Republican congressman’s office last year because he was angry that the lawmaker backed a bill requiring TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell off its U.S. operations has been sentenced to seven years in prison

Adrienne King poses for a portrait in front of Pennridge School District's buildings in Perkasie, Pa., Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Families turn to states for civil rights support as Trump dismantles the Education Department

12:11 AM on Thursday, March 5

As the Trump administration dismantles the Education Department, the agency is pulling back on its role policing discrimination in America’s schools

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Homeland Security funding bill falters again in Senate as Republicans warn of Iran risk

12:06 AM on Thursday, March 5

A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security is stalling out again in Congress

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