The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration’s increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%.    The world’s biggest...

   Naha, Okinawa – Japanese troops demolished 24 suspected U.S. shells off the coast of Okinawa’s capital on Wednesday, marking the third disposal of World War II ordnance within a month on the historic island battleground.    Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers...

   House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is planning to vote on Tuesday on a bill that, if passed, will avert a partial government shutdown during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s term.    Republicans don’t have much support from Democrats, so Johnson...

   President Donald Trump targeted Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to be primaried after the "grandstander" refused to back a continuing resolution to fund the government through September.   Although members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus signaled support for a...

   Fort Lauderdale, Florida – A man has been indicted in the tragic shooting that took the life of a 3-year-old boy at a birthday party in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The incident occurred during a gathering where multiple families were present to celebrate the...

   Democratic lawmakers may have bristled at President Donald Trump’s triumphant return to the Capitol, but polling suggests their constituents felt differently.    A CBS News/YouGov survey, conducted immediately after Trump’s joint address to Congress, polled a...

   President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order aimed at his long-held goal of abolishing the U.S. Department of Education, The Wall Street Journal reports.    The order might come as soon as Thursday, the newspaper said late Wednesday, citing people...

   Pocheon, South Korea – A military exercise turned disastrous in Pocheon, South Korea, when two fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in a civilian district, injuring 15 people, two of them seriously. The incident involving Air Force KF-16 aircraft occurred...

   Vice President JD Vance visited Capitol Hill on Monday and provided a key update on the negotiations with Ukraine.    Vance was on Capitol Hill to offer a message of support for his “friend,” Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Pentagon’s No. 3...

   President Donald Trump boasted to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night about the whirlwind of accomplishments since he was inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol, exclaiming "we are just getting started."    "Six weeks ago, I stood beneath the dome of this Capitol...