Defiant GOP congressman rejects push by party bosses to drop out of Texas primary, scrambling race for Senate majority

GOP leaders in Washington are ramping up pressure on Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt to drop out of the Texas Senate race, warning that his candidacy could cost their party tens of millions of dollars and ...

As a child, he bonded with his bus driver over a love of public transit. Over a decade later, they’re colleagues at DC Metro

Though Sam Mencimer didn’t know it at the time, all those moments with his favorite bus driver, Joy Kenley – the never-ending questions, the bus depot tour – would have a lasting impact on his life.

The government shutdown may have made it tougher to fix the air traffic controller shortage

America hasn’t had enough air traffic controllers for more than a decade – and the recent government shutdown might have made it even worse.

For the next two weeks, NFL players are wearing their philanthropic passion on their cleats

Being a professional athlete, especially in the NFL, creates a unique brotherhood, and one of the quickest-growing connections throughout the league is in players’ philanthropic efforts, which are on ...

The health care struggle is sharpening this fundamental tension in the GOP

The latest ideas from President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to reconfigure the Affordable Care Act face the same dilemma that every GOP alternative has confronted since Trump’s first ...

She’s single, gorgeous and ready to mate. She’s also a turkey

Astoria the wild turkey moved to downtown New York looking for love. She’s still single, but she’s attracting plenty of admirers.
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Trump administration latest: Top US and Ukrainian officials discuss peace plan as deadline looms

Top US diplomats will meet with Ukrainian and European officials in Geneva today as President Donald Trump presses forward with his Russia-Ukraine peace plan. Follow for live updates.

Trump’s signals to Zelensky and Europe: Accept this plan or you’re on your own

The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned.

Germany wants to build Europe’s strongest army – a new conscription bill is moving that closer

Earlier this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect.

An unusual trend in the economy is worrying the Fed

Something in the US economy isn’t adding up, and it’s rattling the people charged with wrangling inflation and keeping the labor market intact.

US-Ukraine talks set to take place in Geneva ahead of Trump’s 28-point plan deadline

Top US and Ukrainian officials are due to meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday to discuss next steps for ending the war in Ukraine as Kyiv’s allies move to assemble a cohesive response to the Trump ...

Texas A&M committee rules professor’s firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified

A Texas A&M committee agreed that the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature ...