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The number of migrant encounters at the United States-Mexico border dropped nearly 40% — from a record of about 252,000 in December 2022 to about 156,000 in January — according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP credits the…

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured the wreckage Thursday of this month's Ohio train derailment and toxic spill, and he urged freight rail companies not to stand in the way of tougher safety regulations.  In a preliminary…

Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for the 2013 rape of an actress in…

There are fears of a new global nuclear arms race after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this week he will suspend the country's participation in the New START treaty, which limits the number of warheads deployed by Russia and the…

Ukraine’s power grid has been a target of Russian attacks since mid-October. The United States now is in the process of sending a third round of assistance to help restore damaged infrastructure. But the ultimate goal is to help Ukraine…

Not all branches of the U.S. military are equally worried about keeping pace with China’s military expansion. While U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro warned earlier this week that he needed more ships to meet the threat posed by China’s…

There are fears of a new global nuclear arms race after Russia’s president announced this week that he would suspend the country's participation in the New START treaty, which limits the number of warheads deployed by Russia and the United…

North Korea said it fired four strategic cruise missiles Thursday, continuing its rapid pace of launches, as it blasted the United States and its allies for escalating military tensions. The four Hwasal-2 cruise missiles flew 2,000…

Fresh from a meeting with China’s top diplomat and a U.N. Security Council session regarding Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Central and South Asia next week for international talks that will put him in the same…

The United States is nominating former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday, crediting him with critical experience on global challenges including climate change. The news comes days…