National News

5:53 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The White House is ordering a review of the Smithsonian museums to align content with President Donald Trump's interpretation of American history

5:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs

5:15 PM on Tuesday, August 12

An independent watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs says VA hospitals have reported an increase in severe staffing shortages

4:58 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Reports of a large great white shark near popular beaches in Maine have prompted a warning to beachgoers

4:57 PM on Tuesday, August 12

An airman has been arrested in a shooting death last month at a Wyoming Air Force base

4:11 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A misdemeanor battery case against boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis has been dropped in South Florida

3:59 PM on Tuesday, August 12

South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to two fraud charges arising from a $40 billion cryptocurrency collapse

3:51 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Mexico is expelling 26 cartel figures wanted by US authorities in deal with the Trump administration

3:49 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A Minnesota prosecutor is seeking the release of a man in prison for 27 years for murder after a key witness recanted her testimony and confessed to the crime

3:48 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.N. chief has warned Israel that the United Nations has “credible information” of sexual violence and other violations by Israeli forces against detained Palestinians

3:46 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud

3:29 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, setting a new record

3:20 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.S. stock market rallied to more records after data suggested inflation across the country was a touch better last month than economists expected

2:26 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Known for her role as Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What's Happening

2:00 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The Trump administration's new human rights reports for countries worldwide eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ people and reduce a previous focus on reproductive rights

12:40 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Police say a Texas man fatally shot three people in a Target parking lot, including a child and her grandfather

12:26 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A North Carolina judge has thrown out the convictions of four men in the death of basketball star Chris Paul's grandfather over two decades ago

11:45 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive activist Beto O'Rourke in contempt

10:01 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Police body camera footage shows desperate parents begging law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire

9:27 AM on Tuesday, August 12

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines