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5:22 PM on Wednesday, December 17

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to leave job next month, ending brief tenure as bureau's No. 2 official

5:02 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Imprisoned former Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell is asking a federal judge to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence, saying “substantial new evidence” has emerged to prove constitutional violations spoiled her trial

4:59 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A federal judge in the nation’s capital has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing policies limiting Congress members’ access to immigration detention facilities

4:30 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The Senate has confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator

4:22 PM on Wednesday, December 17

More drops for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market lower, pulling Wall Street to its fourth straight loss and its worst in nearly a month

4:20 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Brown University says it's issuing early-decision admission offers Wednesday evening, even as the search continues for a suspect in the weekend mass shooting on campus

4:11 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. Postal Service says it intends to open its “last-mile” delivery network to large and small shippers, expanding beyond current arrangements with giants such as Amazon and UPS

3:32 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston has been sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts

3:18 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for clean energy projects across several states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election

2:53 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The Senate has moved quickly to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations, just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington, D.C., killing 67 people

12:47 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has achieved federal recognition as a tribal nation by attaching it to a defense bill passed by Congress

12:38 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. Treasury asked major philanthropic donors to contribute to new investment accounts for children Wednesday in part of what Secretary Scott Bessent called a “50 State Challenge” to raise funds for the Trump Accounts program

10:32 AM on Wednesday, December 17

The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs

8:04 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Mega billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos have donated $5 million to David Flink, founder of the Neurodiversity Alliance

7:19 AM on Wednesday, December 17

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12:16 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Democratic senators are criticizing the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air

12:14 AM on Wednesday, December 17

More drops for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market to its worst day in nearly a month

12:07 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Fani Willis has counterattacked during a Wednesday Georgia state Senate committee questioning her prosecution of Donald Trump

9:41 PM on Tuesday, December 16

An accused gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre has been charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals for the victims

4:38 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir “Nobody's Girl” has sold 1 million copies worldwide just two months after its release