National News

5:27 PM on Thursday, August 14

A woman who spit on the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital during a videotaped interview has pleaded guilty to assault charges

5:20 PM on Thursday, August 14

The U.N. says sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the Central African Republic, Congo, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan

5:03 PM on Thursday, August 14

Taylor Swift's talk with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason Kelce on the “New Heights” podcast is a milestone moment for the two decade-old media format

4:40 PM on Thursday, August 14

The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti, where gang violence is escalating

4:36 PM on Thursday, August 14

Federal Reserve policymakers will be debating whether stubborn inflation or slower hiring is the bigger problem for the economy as they prepare for an annual conference in Jackson, Wyoming, next week and a crucial policy meeting in September

4:31 PM on Thursday, August 14

A state judge in Texas has appointed a receiver to take over and sell conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars assets

4:01 PM on Thursday, August 14

Federal judge strikes down Education Department guidance aimed at ending diversity programs at schools and colleges

3:59 PM on Thursday, August 14

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin says Virginia’s economy is thriving after ending its fiscal year with high revenues

3:56 PM on Thursday, August 14

Orthodox Christians across Alaska are taking part in three days of prayer for peace, ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin

3:21 PM on Thursday, August 14

Most stocks fell on Wall Street following a disappointing update on inflation

3:13 PM on Thursday, August 14

An Oregon university says Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny Knight have pledged a record $2 billion to its cancer center

2:57 PM on Thursday, August 14

Texas Democrats have moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP's redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election

1:47 PM on Thursday, August 14

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a special election for Nov. 4 to approve redrawn districts

1:25 PM on Thursday, August 14

The Justice Department says it will seek the death penalty against a member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont

1:16 PM on Thursday, August 14

The Supreme Court has refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children

11:33 AM on Thursday, August 14

A 30-year-old South Carolina trooper has died three days after being struck on the side of an interstate by a box truck

11:27 AM on Thursday, August 14

A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation’s capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department

9:52 AM on Thursday, August 14

Attorneys for the white supremacist gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket argue that federal charges should be dropped due to a lack of minority representation on the grand jury

11:24 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Most stocks fell on Wall Street following a disappointing update on inflation

12:25 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Some of the District of Columbia’s homeless residents are packing their belongings before an expected sweep to clear out remaining encampments around the nation’s capital