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Remembering the life, presidency, and faith of former President Jimmy Carter—leaders in the United States and around the world are paying tribute. President Joe Biden announces a national day of mourning for Carter. How is Vice President Kamala Harris responding to the news of Carter's passing? For an in-depth look into Carter's White House years, we speak to his former chief domestic policy advis...

Jan. 9, 2025, will be a national day of mourning for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. The White House issued this proclamation following Carter's death on Sunday. President Joe Biden called on the American people to gather in places of worship on Jan. 9 to honor Carter. A federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against President-elect Donald Trump. Trump's...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter passed away on Sunday at the age of 100. U.S. leaders including President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump paid tribute to the late former president. Tributes came in from around the world, including from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. South Korea's acting president, Choi Sang-mok, has ordered an emergenc...

Former President Jimmy Carter has died at age 100. 179 people have been killed in the deadliest plane crash in South Korea. What caused the Boeing aircraft to burst into flames? At least four are dead after tornado-inducing storms hit the southeast United States. The severe weather system is now headed south. Azerbaijan's president says he's sure Russia shot down a commercial airplane on Christmas...

Trump shows support for H-1B Visas after Elon Musk says he would "go to war" to defend the program, facing backlash from some Trump supporters. Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to Azerbaijan's president Saturday after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace, killing 38 people. However, Putin stopped short of saying Russia was responsible for the incident. N...

Respiratory infections are on the rise in China. Plus, authorities are stepping up monitoring COVID-19 spread at over 1,000 hospitals. A Chinese Communist Party-controlled telecom company petitions to stay in the U.S. market. A U.S. appeals court is saying no. Beijing is hitting back at Washington over sending military aid to Taiwan. We have the details on the American firms hit by Chinese sanctio...

U.S. and Azerbaijani officials suggested that Russian air defense systems may have brought down the passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan. The White House did not elaborate, as the investigation is still unfolding. The man accused of burning a sleeping woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been charged with multiple counts of murder and arson. Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan n...

The United States says new actions by the Hong Kong government are part of an ongoing transnational repression campaign. The fate of TikTok could fall into the hands of the next administration. President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to push back the deadline for a possible ban on the app. Why is the Trump team divided over H1B visas, and how much influence would Elon Musk and Viv...

The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges, a prosecutor said on Friday, as authorities continue working to confirm the victim's identity. Azerbaijan Airlines said on Friday that preliminary results have shown that its plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day experienced "external physical and technical interference."...

Incoming border czar Tom Homan says family detention will likely return under President-elect Donald Trump. ICE is planning to use tent facilities for illegal immigrant families. Homan says families can choose to leave together or face potential separation. However, local resistance could complicate Trump's stricter immigration enforcement. San Diego recently adopted a policy to prevent local jail...

A Christmas message from President-elect Donald Trump accuses Chinese soldiers of illegally operating the Panama Canal. We have more on the canal's importance to the United States, and China's influence over it. Classical Chinese dance company Shen Yun Performing Arts is kicking off its 2025 world tour, undeterred after receiving threats to its Atlanta performances. Trump's transition team is repo...

A new poll shows that most Americans are exhausted by political news. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research conducted the survey in early December. About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit their media consumption regarding politics and government due to information overload. On Dec. 26, a Kremlin spokesperson commented on reports clai...

The Kremlin says it wants President-elect Donald Trump to take the initiative to improve relations between Russia and the United States. Trump previously said he would negotiate a deal to put an end to the Russia–Ukraine War. Russia now responds to speculation that its air defense systems downed the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25, killing 38 people. Every four year...

Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an "ambush" by forces loyal to the ousted Assad regime in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early on Thursday. Elsewhere, demonstrations and an overnight curfew marked the most widespread unrest since Bashar al-Assad's removal more than two weeks ago. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Miami-Dade...

Japan Airlines says a cyber attack delayed some flights in Japan and also overseas. The company says the apparent attack began on Thursday morning and disrupted the company's internal and external systems. A router was causing problems and ticket sales were suspended for Thursday flights. ANA, Japan's other big airline, said it found no signs of an attack on its systems. President Joe Biden shared...

Andy Dolich, a renowned sports executive, shares insights from a groundbreaking career in today's episode.   From creating the first sports management program at Ohio University to boosting attendance for the Washington Diplomats with soccer legends like Johan Cruyff, Dolich recounts the milestones of his journey.   "Sports is part of our society," Dolich says. "60, 70, 80 thousand people can come...

Russia launched attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Christmas Day, with explosions reported across the country. Soldiers are away from their families as civilians hide amid air raid alerts. Displaced Christians in Gaza gathered to celebrate Christmas amid the ongoing war. Across the Middle East, families and communities marked the holiday, including Iraqi Christians celebrating despite t...

A passenger jet crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, with many feared dead. The Azerbaijan Airlines flight went off course and officials did not immediately explain why, but the crash came shortly after drone strikes hit southern Russia. Top world leaders, including President Joe Biden, Pope Francis, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Ze...

For the second time since his first term, President-elect Donald Trump suggests that the United States should own Greenland. He says it's for national security. This comes as Trump named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as the United States ambassador to Denmark. However, the island's prime minister says it's not for sale. Despite noting some reservations, President Joe Biden signed the National Defen...

American Airlines on Tuesday lifted an hour-long ground stop of all its flights in the United States due to an unspecified technical issue, a notice on the U.S. aviation regulator's website showed. A U.S. NGO said that they believe the American journalist missing in Syria, Austin Tice, "is alive and we know that as a fact." Meanwhile, protests broke out in the Christian community of the Syrian cap...

The United States arrested seven Chinese nationals. Authorities say they illegally entered Guam while the island was conducting a missile test. We have more on the $10 billion plan to bolster Guam's missile defense against threats from China. President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to take back the Panama Canal—a passageway critical to U.S. commerce. We look at the details of China's growing i...

The House Ethics Committee released a report on its investigation into former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz . It concluded that Gaetz paid for sex and illicit drugs during his time in office, and violated state and federal laws on prostitution and statutory rape. Gaetz refuted the findings and denied any criminal wrongdoing. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal prisoners on death...

What President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks—an unconventional coalition with diverse ideologies—are vowing to do, and what they're showing us about Trump's incoming agenda. We bring you a deep dive. States are taking action to counter the Chinese Communist Party's harassment of dissidents in the United States. What are local players doing to take on a huge foreign adversary and its tendrils...

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, pleaded not guilty on Monday to state murder charges that describe him as a terrorist. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) filed a lawsuit against the House Ethics Committee on Monday. The Committee subsequently released a report on its investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct and...

President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates currently on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment. The move spares the lives of inmates convicted of killing police and military officers, as well as several involved in deadly bank robberies or drug deals. The three people who were not on Biden's commutation list are the surviving Boston Maratho...