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6:19 PM on Tuesday, June 16

President Donald Trump's remodeled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has turned chartreuse from an algal bloom

6:09 PM on Tuesday, June 16

5:27 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The U.S. Justice Department has accused New York state officials of facilitating fraud by letting a Georgia company use a sham bidding process to gain control of a $10 billion program to provide home care to disabled Medicaid patients

5:04 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk’s companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center in Mississippi

4:23 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The Senate has tried again to advance a war powers resolution that would force an end to the U.S. military action against Iran

4:19 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro on Tuesday for coercion

3:35 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold confirmation hearings July 15 and 16 for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as some Republicans remain undecided on supporting him for the post

3:19 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The White House has informed supporters that President Donald Trump has accomplished his goals in the war with Iran despite the details of an initial agreement remaining unclear

3:05 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is using his bully pulpit to call for an end to the death penalty in his state

3:04 PM on Tuesday, June 16

A federal judge has ruled that transgender people won't face criminal charges for using public restrooms in Idaho that match their gender identities

2:48 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Vice President JD Vance is promoting his new book, but that wasn’t the main focus when he went on ABC’s “The View” to plug his memoir on faith

2:16 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Contractors running Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities can rely more heavily on artificial intelligence tools to communicate with detainees and continue refusing to pay wages for detainees’ “voluntary work."

1:52 PM on Tuesday, June 16

President Donald Trump’s attorney for the 2020 campaign in Wisconsin and two former aides have all pleaded not guilty to felony forgery charges for their roles in a fake elector scheme designed to overturn Trump’s loss in the swing state

1:34 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Congo's opposition has denounced a bill that could allow President Félix Tshisekedi a third term and called it a power grab

11:47 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Sean Penn will direct a movie about a police officer who was at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021, Warner Bros

11:44 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding federal agents during a massive immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year

10:41 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Police in Chicago say a person is in custody in an investigation of a large cross set on fire in a well-known park

2:58 AM on Tuesday, June 16

A shadowy figure known as El Money orchestrated arson attacks in London linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

2:29 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Group of Seven leaders are meeting for talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative deal with Iran

11:05 PM on Monday, June 15

President Donald Trump and G7 leaders are focusing on the Ukraine war and Trump is considering reimposing sanctions soon on Russian oil shipments