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7:26 PM on Friday, February 20

The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

6:51 PM on Friday, February 20

A lawyer picked by judges to serve as the top federal prosecutor for a Virginia office that pursued cases against foes of President Donald Trump has been swiftly fired by the Justice Department in the latest clash over the appointments of powerful U.S. attorneys

6:48 PM on Friday, February 20

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect

6:41 PM on Friday, February 20

US appeals court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effect

6:39 PM on Friday, February 20

NORAD intercepted five Russian military aircraft near Alaska’s western coast, but officials say the flights were not provocative

6:06 PM on Friday, February 20

PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $575 million to resolve the federal government's claims for damages stemming from six wildfires in Oregon and California

5:44 PM on Friday, February 20

Eric Dane shared his thoughts about his life and a final message for his daughters in a new episode of a Netflix series called “Famous Last Words.”

5:30 PM on Friday, February 20

The Trump administration says it supports a strict Biden-era rule that forces cities to replace most lead water pipes within 10 years

5:23 PM on Friday, February 20

A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during a late-night traffic stop nearly a year ago in a Texas beach town crowded with young people celebrating spring break

5:01 PM on Friday, February 20

Cuban officials say a U.S. fuel blockade is pushing Cuba’s health system toward collapse and putting lives at risk

4:53 PM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump’s vision of the Supreme Court, in which his three appointees are personally loyal to him, collided with the court’s view of itself when six justices voted to strike down Trump’s signature economic policy, global tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law

3:22 PM on Friday, February 20

Las Vegas police say they’re investigating a car that rammed into a power substation as a “terrorism-related event.”

1:38 PM on Friday, February 20

The former police chief in New Haven, Connecticut, faces larceny charges after officials say he stole money from police department funds

12:41 PM on Friday, February 20

A U.S. appeals court late Friday says the Trump administration can halt work on a National Park Service slavery exhibit in Philadelphia while it appeals a judge's order to reinstall it

11:30 AM on Friday, February 20

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants

10:35 AM on Friday, February 20

There’s little that Donald Trump has cherished more in his second term than tariffs, a symbol of his imperious approach to the presidency

9:34 AM on Friday, February 20

The Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs

7:30 AM on Friday, February 20

Five big European military powers have launched a joint effort to build cheap drone defenses and autonomous drones, using Ukraine’s battlefield expertise

6:01 AM on Friday, February 20

Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including some who were allowed to enter from the occupied West Bank

4:33 PM on Thursday, February 19

A federal judge has ordered a takeover of health care operations in Arizona’s prisons and will appoint an official to run the system after years of complaints about poor medical and mental health care