Justice Department’s independence is threatened as Trump’s team asserts power over cases and staff
Pam Bondi had insisted at her Senate confirmation hearing that as attorney general, her Justice Department would not “play politics.”
Wisconsin governor floats plan to close 19th-century prison and overhaul corrections system
Wisconsin’s second-oldest prison that was built in the 1800s would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov. Tony…
George has his day, and so does Abe. But states honor US presidents in lots of ways
U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 03-16-45-54-56, Powerball: 12
US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give the…
Scientists are racing to discover the depth of ocean damage sparked by LA wildfires
As crews work to remove potentially hundreds of thousands of tons of hazardous materials from the Los Angeles wildfires, researchers…
How Presidents Day has evolved from reverence to retail
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life
Investigators enter a highway tunnel in Wyoming where a fiery crash killed 2
Wyoming authorities have entered a highway tunnel to begin picking through the wreckage of a fiery multivehicle crash a day…
Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102
The man who led a NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion…
Suspect in Tupac Shakur killing seeks to delay trial as defense identifies new witnesses
Attorneys for the man suspected of killing rap icon Tupac Shakur want to delay next month’s trial, saying more time…