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4:13 PM on Wednesday, December 31

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

4:13 PM on Wednesday, December 31

After legal setbacks, Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now

3:57 PM on Wednesday, December 31

Farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a $12 billion package that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month

3:45 PM on Wednesday, December 31

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration can continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue

3:27 PM on Wednesday, December 31

Two brothers who both received illegal prison sentences that were years longer than the maximum penalty for their crimes have been granted clemency by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves

2:48 PM on Wednesday, December 31

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2:24 PM on Wednesday, December 31

Marching bands, floats and thousands of spectators are bracing for a rare dose of New Year’s Day rain for the prestigious Rose Parade in Southern California

2:17 PM on Wednesday, December 31

Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will make history as the city's first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran

1:49 PM on Wednesday, December 31

The Department of Justice has expanded its review of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to 5.2 million as it also expands the number of attorneys trying to comply with a law mandating their release

12:16 PM on Wednesday, December 31

President Donald Trump has issued the first vetoes of his second term, rejecting two bipartisan natural resources bills

12:14 PM on Wednesday, December 31

The advice that legendary investor Warren Buffett offered on investing and life over the years helped earn him legions of followers who eagerly read his annual letters and filled an arena in Omaha every year to listen to him at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings

12:09 PM on Wednesday, December 31

Eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at 77

10:13 AM on Wednesday, December 31

6:02 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The new year swept closer for the Middle East and parts of Europe and Africa after drummers in Asia pounded in 2026 and fireworks lit the skies

5:11 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Russian drones have blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in Ukraine's city of Odesa, injuring six people including three children

12:58 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Thailand has repatriated 18 Cambodian prisoners of war

12:03 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last through New Year’s Day

9:21 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Wall Street fell on the final day of trading for 2025, a banner year for markets that was driven by both optimism and uncertainty

2:42 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Authorities say rescue crews responding to a report of an injured hiker who fell down a slope near a Southern California mountain trail found the 19-year-old man and two other hikers dead

7:02 AM on Friday, December 5

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts