Caribbean strikes: The president of the Dominican Republic announced on Wednesday that he had authorized the U.S. military to temporarily operate inside restricted areas of his island nation to ...

Senate Republicans offered a deal that would reopen the government by the weekend, with Majority Leader John Thune saying ahead of Senate votes today, Nov. 6, that it's "up to" Democrats to accept a ...

Editor's note: Read USA TODAY's live coverage of flight cancellations due to the ongoing government shutdown for Friday, Nov. 7. Americans are bracing for flight cancellations at dozens of major ...

This page reflects the news from the federal government shutdown on Sunday, Nov. 2. For the latest updates, read USA TODAY's live coverage for Monday, Nov. 3. WASHINGTON – It's not clear when millions ...

Trump calls on Republicans to "Get rid of the Filibuster" In a series of Truth Social posts late Thursday night, President Trump called on Republican lawmakers to do away with the filibuster. "It is ...

Food stamps: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson late Friday temporarily halted a lower court order that would have required the Trump administration to fund food stamps in full, fueling new uncertainty ...

Melissa is expected to become a Category 4 hurricane by Sunday. Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to intensify into a major hurricane over the weekend and bring catastrophic flash flooding and ...

Over the weekend, roughly 1,300 employees at the CDC received notices they were fired. As the Trump administration realized it had fired some key staff, reportedly half of them were reinstated the ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer fired away at President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress as hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown faded. Watch Schumer’s remarks in the video ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza "in the coming days," after Hamas said it has agreed to parts of the peace plan that President ...

OpenAI and Google DeepMind Outshine Students at World’s Top Coding Contest Your email has been sent GPT-5 leads the way with first-try correct solutions Gemini showcases Google DeepMind’s leap in ...