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8:14 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that former President Raúl Castro is involved in talks between the island and the United States

7:33 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport shows how the partial government shutdown is straining air travel as TSA workers miss shifts without pay

7:17 PM on Wednesday, March 25

President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Belarus recently revealed how he used vulgarity and vodka shots to help ingratiate himself with the country’s autocratic leader

6:01 PM on Wednesday, March 25

The federal government has not yet replaced the bullet-pocked windows that serve as a grim reminder of an attack at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than seven months ago

5:27 PM on Wednesday, March 25

5:26 PM on Wednesday, March 25

New Jersey is the latest state to limit when law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, can wear face coverings

5:24 PM on Wednesday, March 25

FEMA is reopening applications for its major resilience grant program after a judge ordered the program restored

5:09 PM on Wednesday, March 25

The Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit with Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty during the Republican’s first term to lying about phone conversations with a top Russian diplomat but was later pardoned

4:38 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Republicans face growing political trouble ahead of November's midterm elections as the war in Iran keeps gas prices high and voters worry about living costs

2:27 PM on Wednesday, March 25

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it would allow gas stations to continue selling slightly cheaper E15 this summer in a move that may be good for drivers and corn growers but will likely contribute to air pollution

2:05 PM on Wednesday, March 25

A bill introduced by two high-profile progressive lawmakers would pause new data centers in the United States until national safeguards are in place to protect workers and consumers and ensure the technologies don’t harm the environment

1:01 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Authorities in northern Nigeria say armed militants ambushed security forces who were responding to a distress call in the northwestern state of Kebbi, fatally shooting nine soldiers, a police officer and one resident

12:56 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Florida state Rep.-elect Emily Gregory is the latest face of Democrats' optimism after she won a special legislative election in President Donald Trump's home state House district

12:39 PM on Wednesday, March 25

The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says it may have to shut down operations at some airports if the budget impasse drags on as travelers are experiencing record waiting times

11:57 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that the Air Canada CEO’s English-only message of condolence after Sunday’s deadly crash in New York showed a lack of compassion and judgment

10:06 AM on Wednesday, March 25

At a House Homeland Security committee hearing that stretched over three hours lawmakers and Transportation Security Administration officials stressed the urgency of the ongoing government shutdown as TSA workers scrape by without pay and long security lines wind through some airports

8:56 AM on Wednesday, March 25

The NAACP has named Kristen Clarke, a former Biden Justice Department official, as its next general counsel

4:58 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in North Korea’s capital on Wednesday, where he is to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

12:03 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Conservatives are holding one of their largest annual gatherings as President Donald Trump faces a tough moment and a growing rift over the Iran war