The lead U.S. negotiator in trade talks with China cheered “a great deal of productivity” in resolving differences between the world’s two leading economic powers, after officials wrapped two days of bargaining in Switzerland following President Donald...
‘Beacon of freedom’ dims as US initiatives that promote democracy abroad wither
The United States is pulling back from its role in spreading democratic ideals abroad under President Donald Trump
From the left and right, US Catholics hope new pope fulfills their hopes
News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological spectrum in Pope Leo XIV’s homeland, raising the question of whether he might be able to ease some of the deep divisions withi...
Late abortions are rare. The US just lost a clinic that offered the procedure for over 50 years
An abortion clinic in Colorado that for more than 50 years served people who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the second or third trimester quietly closed last month
Puerto Rico seeks to lure manufacturing to boost economy as Trump tariff war deepens
A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the island attempts to strengthen its fragile economy
1st group of white South Africans heads for US after Trump offers them refugee status
A group of 49 white South Africans has departed their homeland for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration
Mother’s Day apartment building fire kills 4, critically injures others in Milwaukee
Four people are dead and four others critically injured in a Milwaukee apartment building fire
USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it
In a way, the requiem of a now dismantled agency that promoted U.S. security through development and humanitarian work abroad can be told through its people
Defendants in Georgia ‘Cop City’ case say they are in limbo as trial delays continue
It has been more than a year and a half since authorities in Georgia indicted 61 activists on racketeering charges in connection with protests against an Atlanta-area police training facility that critics derisively call “Cop City.”
Trump health cuts create ‘real danger’ around disease outbreaks, workers warn
Key programs from child-support services to HIV treatment also gutted, leaving global populations vulnerable Mass terminations and billions of dollars’ worth of cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have gutted key programs – from child support services to HIV treatment abroad – and created a “real...