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US offers military funeral honors to Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt

6:48 PM on Thursday, August 28

The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt

US seeks UN authorization for new 'Gang Suppression Force' to tackle escalating violence in Haiti

5:18 PM on Thursday, August 28

The United States is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression Force” to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups have expanded their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside

Trump administration announces a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine

5:04 PM on Thursday, August 28

The Trump administration has approved a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine, which will include extended-range missiles and related equipment to boost its defensive capabilities

Marco Rubio will head to Latin America again as Trump prioritizes immigration

5:00 PM on Thursday, August 28

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading back to Latin America next week for visits to Mexico and Ecuador

DC man seen throwing sandwich at agent charged with misdemeanor after grand jury declines indictment

4:51 PM on Thursday, August 28

A man captured on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington has been charged with a misdemeanor after prosecutors failed to convince a grand jury to return a more serious felony indictment, according to court papers filed Thursday

US Education Department says Denver school's all-gender bathrooms violate Title IX

4:17 PM on Thursday, August 28

The U.S. Education Department says Denver Public Schools violated Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination in education by creating all-gender bathrooms and allowing students to use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity

Alabama town's first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, wins election

2:21 PM on Thursday, August 28

The first Black mayor of an Alabama town has won election by a landslide, four years after he ran unopposed and white residents locked him out of the town hall

Canada and India name new top envoys as they restore relations after a dispute

12:38 PM on Thursday, August 28

India and Canada have named new high commissioners to each other’s capitals Thursday as they restore relations 10 months after expelling their top envoys following an activist's assassination

UN food agency chief says women and children are starving in Gaza and pressed Netanyahu on aid

12:19 PM on Thursday, August 28

The director of the U.N. World Food Program says it's “very evident” after a visit to Gaza that there is not enough food and that mothers and children are starving

Trump fires Democratic member of Surface Transportation Board ahead of huge rail merger decision

11:18 AM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie ahead of the board considering the largest railroad merger ever proposed

Florida may lose $218M on empty 'Alligator Alcatraz' as judge orders shutdown

8:52 AM on Thursday, August 28

Florida could be on the hook for the $218 million cost of converting an airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center that may soon be empty of detainees

Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

6:34 AM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump's administration has awarded a $1.2 billion contract to a tiny Virginia company to build and operate what's expected to become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex at Fort Bliss in Texas

Nigeria bans exports of raw shea nuts used for cosmetic products to help grow its economy

4:34 AM on Thursday, August 28

The Nigerian government has announced a six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material for making cosmetic products

A major Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills at least 21 people

10:08 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Authorities say a mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital has killed at least 21 people and wounded 48

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