Nation Jun 24, 2026 7:45 AM EDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A private company that oversees the transmission and distribution of power in Puerto Rico countersued the U. S. territory's government on Tuesday. Luma Energy...
Eager to lessen the chaos of the transfer portal era and court fights with players trying to extend their careers, the NCAA approved a new eligibility model for Division I athletes on Tuesday that will allow five...
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Federal student loans will undergo significant changes starting July 1. These changes will not only restructure the loan system, but also the repayment options for millions of borrowers. Some might see higher monthly...
PBS News Get news alerts from PBS News Turn on desktop notifications? Full Episodes Podcasts Newsletters Live Jun 23, 2026 6:45 PM EDT Audio In our news wrap Tuesday, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump...
Green water, floating liner chunks, and workers dumping jugs of hydrogen peroxide. These are the images that have characterized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the weeks since its reopening following President...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the 10th time, the Senate will vote on a war powers resolution to block U. S. military action against Iran as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump's efforts to resolve a conflict that the...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal to viewers Tuesday to come forward with any information about her missing mother, a day after news organizations said a ransom note...
The U. S. is easing its restrictions on Iran's World Cup team, allowing the squad to travel into the country two days before its next match, the U. S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The team will still be...
PBS News View all episodes Jun 23, 2026 1:12 PM EDT Tressie McMillan Cottom says the second Trump administration has revealed uncomfortable truths about power in America. Today, we're revisiting her episode of Settle In...
Nation Jun 23, 2026 12:33 PM EDT FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A demonstrator who shot and wounded a police officer outside a Texas immigration center last July 4 was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison Tuesday, while...
In our news wrap Monday, the Supreme Court reinstated a murder conviction in the case of Etan Patz, tornadoes killed at least three people across the Midwest, Colombia voted for its next president, authorities said that...
Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, died Monday of complications from Parkinson’s at the age of 100. Greenspan was widely considered the most powerful Fed chair in modern times, largely presiding...
A recently released Justice Department memo questions decades of protections for Americans with disabilities. It’s the latest effort by the Trump administration to shift longstanding practices for the disability...
The Utah judge in the murder case of Charlie Kirk's killing has denied a defense request to force Tyler Robinson's former roommate to testify in person during the preliminary hearing, saying that the credibility of any...
When the year began, I set out to talk to a cross-section of people across the country, alongside some historians, to understand what it means to us to be an American at the two-and-a-half-century mark. The "America at...
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. (AP) — Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico...
Nation Jun 22, 2026 11:34 AM EDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The superintendent of Los Angeles public schools has resigned four months after he was put on paid leave during a federal investigation, the district's Board of...
Nation Jun 22, 2026 10:12 AM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New...
BOSTON (AP) — A Delta Air Lines jet was roughly 300 feet from an American Airlines plane during a close call at Boston's airport that forced the Delta aircraft to abort a weekend landing attempt, an aviation expert said...
Nation Jun 21, 2026 3:59 PM EDT Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt...
This article is republished from The Conversation. People who rent their homes, or don't have enough money to make major upgrades to their homes, have for many years been left out of a major shift in heating and cooling...
Nation Jun 21, 2026 3:19 PM EDT CHICAGO (AP) — A spate of shootings in Chicago has led to at least 38 injuries and seven deaths since Friday evening, police say, prompting President Donald Trump to renew his call for a...
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park are being warned about extreme heat that will plague the popular destination early next week after a recent increase in heat-related...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The paint is peeling from Washington's Reflecting Pool after the renovation ordered by President Donald Trump, and he is now alleging that someone damaged it intentionally. "We've had some real...
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This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. A country in a sour mood. Inflation and gasoline prices soaring. A culture war raging. A president with sagging approval ratings. America at 250? Actually, America at 200...
The Obama Presidential Center is now open to the public in Chicago. Former President Obama says he does not want the center to feel like a shrine or a museum, but rather a representation of an American story still being...
ROME (AP) — The Italian government closed ranks on Friday to slam U. S. President Donald Trump over his claim that Premier Giorgia Meloni had "begged" for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit, a pushback that...
World Jun 19, 2026 11:35 AM EDT JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A Vietnamese national deported to South Sudan by the Trump administration under its controversial third-country deportation program was repatriated to Vietnam on...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Hours after U. S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth upbraided his NATO allies and announced a Pentagon review of their performance, the leaders of many European nations were assessing a check list of...
DALLAS (AP) — As people gather across the U. S. to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, former President Barack Obama's presidential center will open its doors to the public for the first time. Located on a sprawling campus...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U. S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing three people, as the Trump administration wages a monthslong campaign against alleged...
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