National News

8:30 PM on Friday, January 2

President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this year

8:20 PM on Friday, January 2

The United Arab Emirates says it has withdrawn all its troops from Yemen

7:22 PM on Friday, January 2

Retired baseball player Lenny Dykstra faces charges after Pennsylvania State Police say a trooper found drugs and paraphernalia in his possession

7:21 PM on Friday, January 2

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard on a cruise ship near Cuba

7:19 PM on Friday, January 2

A company known for its "cupcake ATMs" has shut down after decades in the U.S. Sprinkles Cupcakes' former owner Candace Nelson announced the closure Dec. 30

7:06 PM on Friday, January 2

The Coast Guard said it's still searching for people who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked them days earlier

6:45 PM on Friday, January 2

Zohran Mamdani, New York City's new mayor, begins his term with a symbolic commute

6:37 PM on Friday, January 2

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the unraveling of a $2.9 million computer chips deal that he concluded threatened U.S. security interests if the current owner, HieFo Corp., remained in control of the technology

6:18 PM on Friday, January 2

Minnesota officials are rushing to provide information to the Trump administration about child care providers and parents receiving federal funds

5:06 PM on Friday, January 2

Louisiana is preparing for its biggest celebration, Carnival season

12:58 PM on Friday, January 2

A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice

12:11 PM on Friday, January 2

The FBI says it disrupted a New Year’s Eve attack plot in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year-old who allegedly pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group

9:19 AM on Friday, January 2

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks to buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row

9:18 AM on Friday, January 2

A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded

6:35 AM on Friday, January 2

Yemen’s separatist movement has announced a constitution for an independent nation in the south and demanded other factions in the war-torn country accept the move

5:35 AM on Friday, January 2

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed the head of the country’s military intelligence as his new chief of staff

4:32 AM on Friday, January 2

U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials have exchanged dueling threats as widening economic protests sweep across parts of the Islamic Republic

12:50 AM on Friday, January 2

Investigators say they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they came too close to the ceiling of a bar crowded with New Year’s Eve revelers

11:39 PM on Thursday, January 1

U.S. stocks mostly edged higher on Wall Street in a wobbly start to the new year

4:13 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The Trump administration has frozen child care funds to all states after allegations of fraud at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents