How concrete, asphalt and urban heat islands add to the misery of heat waves

Groups like IRC that relied on U.S. funding are reeling. Other leading donors, including Britain, are also paring back humanitarian aid as they seek savings to boost defence spending.

The Senate passed the legislation by the narrowest possible margin after intense debate on the bill's hefty price tag and substantial cuts to the Medicaid healthcare program.

The move is a significant expansion of President Donald Trump's crackdown against the academic institution.

A handful of the agencies he targeted trimmed their combined spending by about $19 billion, far below Elon Musk's initial goal of $2 trillion.

President Donald Trump's trade war has cost companies more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher costs, according to a Reuters analysis of corporate disclosures, a toll that is expected to rise as ongoing uncertainty over tariffs paralyzes decision making at some of the world's largest companies.

The United States has removed hundreds of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua using now-blocked authority from the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.

Federal workers responsible for America's nuclear weapons, scientists trying to fight a worsening outbreak of bird flu, and officials responsible for supplying electricity are among those who have been accidentally fired in President Donald Trump's rush to lay off tens of thousands of workers.

The Kansas City Chiefs' two-time MVP Patrick Mahomes and his Philadelphia Eagles counterpart Jalen Hurts made history two years ago, becoming the first Black quarterbacks to face each other in the Super Bowl's 57-year existence.

Donald Trump will be sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, ushering in another turbulent four-year term with promises to push the limits of executive power, deport millions of immigrants, secure retribution against his political enemies and transform the role of the U.S. on the world stage.

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday released Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the last act of a prosecutor whose historic criminal cases were thwarted by Trump's November election victory.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on promises of aggressive import tariffs, strict immigration curbs, deregulation and smaller government, but the economy he inherits next week may be screaming for something different.

New York's top court rejected on Thursday U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's request to halt his sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, court papers showed.

Wildfires raged deep into the storied heartland of the American film industry.

President-elect Donald Trump declined on Monday to rule out military or economic action as part of his avowed desire to have the U.S. take back control of the Panama Canal and acquire Danish-controlled Greenland.