USA

Rubio threatens bounties on Taliban leaders over detained Americans

Threat comes days after the Afghan Taliban government and the US swapped prisoners

Rain in southern California creates mudflows but helps firefighters

Precipitation also boosts the risk of toxic ash runoff in areas scorched by Los Angeles-area wildfires

CIA: COVID likely originated in a lab, but agency has ‘low confidence’ in report

New assessment points finger at China

Haitian leader: Trump administration's deportation plans will be 'catastrophic'

Administration has chosen to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees

US migrant deportation flights arrive in Latin America

The Mexican government has not confirmed either the arrival of flights or any agreement to receive a specific number of planes with deportees

Trump restores US participation in two anti-abortion pacts 

Democrats and abortion rights advocates contend the rule disrupts other forms of health care access and blocks nongovernmental organizations abroad from receiving U.S. funds, even if they use their own money on abortion care.

Trump visits Las Vegas casino to promote his plan to not tax tips

Trump fires independent inspectors general at US agencies

The action removes oversight of the new administration

Trump administration begins raids on undocumented migrants

From TikTok to tariffs, Trump's next move on China

Big Tech wants data centers plugged into power plants; utilities balk

The rapid growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence has fueled demand for data centers that need power to run servers, storage systems, networking equipment and cooling systems

US Senate confirms Noem as homeland security secretary

The Senate will next vote Monday evening on Scott Bessent's confirmation as treasury secretary