National News

8:56 PM on Monday, December 22

The Department of Homeland Security has dropped its plan to deport a Chinese national who entered the country illegally after his plight raised public concerns that the man, if deported, would be punished by Beijing for helping expose human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region

8:38 PM on Monday, December 22

A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must give legal due process to Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador, either by providing court hearings or returning them to the U.S. Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to come up with a plan within two weeks

7:27 PM on Monday, December 22

At least 2 dead after Mexican naval plane on medical transport mission crashes off Galveston, Texas, officials say

7:17 PM on Monday, December 22

The Federal Communications Commission says it will ban new foreign-made drones, a move that will keep new Chinese-made drones out of the U.S. market

6:51 PM on Monday, December 22

The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation is calling out Colorado for its slow response to what he describes as major violations of federal commercial driver’s license regulations

6:48 PM on Monday, December 22

Judge accepts guilty pleas from Colorado funeral home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

6:35 PM on Monday, December 22

Officials say a small Mexican Navy plane transporting a young medical patient along with seven others has crashed near Galveston

6:08 PM on Monday, December 22

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that financier Mark Wiseman will be Canada's next ambassador to the U.S. Wiseman will assume the role on February 15 and will be involved in negotiations regarding the review of their free trade agreement

6:04 PM on Monday, December 22

Vincent Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games as "Call of Duty," has died at 55

6:01 PM on Monday, December 22

Florida's Catholic bishops have appealed to President Donald Trump to pause immigration enforcement during the Christmas holidays

5:14 PM on Monday, December 22

Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimler AG have agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests

3:45 PM on Monday, December 22

President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “Golden Fleet.”

2:16 PM on Monday, December 22

Brown University has placed its campus police chief on leave as it reviews security policies following a tragic shooting

12:57 PM on Monday, December 22

Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000

12:18 PM on Monday, December 22

President Donald Trump has delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

11:40 AM on Monday, December 22

A state judge has accepted plea agreements for the owners of a Colorado funeral home for the abuse of 191 corpses, over the objections of relatives of the victims

10:45 AM on Monday, December 22

Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000

10:11 AM on Monday, December 22

U.S. proposals for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia meet many of Kyiv's demands, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

3:50 AM on Monday, December 22

The leaders of Denmark and Greenland are insisting that the U.S. won’t take over Greenland after President Donald Trump announced the appointment of a special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory

1:51 AM on Monday, December 22

The Kansas City Chiefs have announced they will leave their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium for a new, domed stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and be ready for the start of the 2031 season