• House passes annual defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases

    House passes annual defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases

    Dec 11, 2025 12:00 AM EST

    ... Smith, the top Democrat on the armed services panel, called the bill “the most ambitious swing at acquisition reform that we’ve taken.” Still, Smith lamented that the bill does not do as much as Democrats would like to rein in the Trump administration but called it “a step in ...

  • James Solomon wins Jersey City mayoral election, defeating ex-Gov. Jim McGreevey

    James Solomon wins Jersey City mayoral election, defeating ex-Gov. Jim McGreevey

    Dec 03, 2025 06:41 PM EST

    ... to Jersey City in 2013, is married and has three daughters. In 2015, about a month after his wedding, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Now in full remission, he told The AP in an interview that that challenge inspired him to run for public office. “I had one ...

  • Pope Leo XIV encourages Turkey to be a force for stability and peace as he opens first foreign trip

    Pope Leo XIV encourages Turkey to be a force for stability and peace as he opens first foreign trip

    Nov 27, 2025 02:54 PM EST

    ... stabilization force in Gaza to help oversee a fragile ceasefire. Leo didn’t cite the conflicts specifically, but he quoted his predecessor, Pope Francis, in lamenting that the wars ravaging the world today amount to a “third world war fought piecemeal,” with resources spent on armaments instead of fighting hunger ...

  • The factors influencing turkey prices this Thanksgiving

    The factors influencing turkey prices this Thanksgiving

    Nov 26, 2025 11:30 PM EST

    ... is also more expensive due to tariffs, but: David Ortega: Domestic wine prices are slightly down compared from last year. That has to do with some excess supply, but also some softening demand. Tim McPhillips: For PBS News, in charge of key lime pie this Thanksgiving, I'm Tim McPhillips.

  • 5 things to know as Zelenskyy faces growing pressures

    5 things to know as Zelenskyy faces growing pressures

    Nov 21, 2025 05:39 PM EST

    ... The Russian army continues to steadily advance in multiple areas. In the northeastern Kharkiv region, Russian forces are pushing on the cities of Kupiansk and Lyman, which Ukraine wrested back from Russia in the first year of the war. But the fiercest battles are around the besieged Ukrainian city of ...

  • Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte has ended, sheriff says

    Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte has ended, sheriff says

    Nov 20, 2025 07:43 PM EST

    ... on Tuesday. Agents were seen in a suburb where officials say almost 20% of the population was born outside the U.S. Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, a Democrat, said Thursday she was glad the enforcement operation had apparently ended.“I’m relieved for our community and the residents, businesses, and ...

  • Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards

    Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards

    Nov 20, 2025 05:59 PM EST

    Alameddine's speech, like his novel, combined humor and agony. He began with a lament for the bombing of a Palestinian refugee camp, but went on to joke about the demands of his agent, Nicole Aragi, and thank everyone from his gastrointestinal doctor to the “psychiatrist who has been telling ...

  • 5 plead guilty to terrorism-related charges tied to antifa after Texas shooting

    5 plead guilty to terrorism-related charges tied to antifa after Texas shooting

    Nov 20, 2025 12:15 AM EST

    ... an umbrella term for left-leaning militant groups that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists at demonstrations. Nathan Baumann, Joy Gibson, Seth Sikes, Lynette Sharp and John Thomas each entered guilty pleas to one count of providing material support to terrorists in federal court in Fort Worth. They ...

  • New poll reveals signs of hope for Democrats and red flags for Republicans

    New poll reveals signs of hope for Democrats and red flags for Republicans

    Nov 19, 2025 11:40 PM EST

    ... that she will. If she doesn't, I wonder what that's going to mean as Trump continues to look further and further like a lame-duck and is on the wrong side of these issues. In the polling here, only 39 percent say that they approve of the job ...

  • Raleigh mayor says federal immigration agents will expand enforcement action to state's capital city

    Raleigh mayor says federal immigration agents will expand enforcement action to state's capital city

    Nov 18, 2025 02:49 PM EST

    Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said Monday she was "deeply concerned" about videos she's seen of the crackdown but also said she appreciates protesters' peacefulness. "To everyone in Charlotte who is feeling anxious or fearful: You are not alone. Your city stands with you," she said in a statement. The ...