Hong Kong’s post office will stop shipping small parcels to the United States after Washington announced plans to charge tariffs on small-value parcels from the southern Chinese city.

Two service members deployed to the U.S. Southern border were killed and a third is in serious condition after a vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, the military announced late Tuesday.

An IRS whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes is expected to be promoted to IRS acting commissioner, two sources familiar with the plan tell The Associated Press.

The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene.

Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

President Donald Trump says he wants to give money and an airplane ticket to any immigrant who is in the country illegally who chooses to “self-deport.”.

A federal judge has issued another order putting on hold an effort by President Donald Trump to retaliate against a law firm he opposes.

The Trump administration has expanded the power of adviser Elon Musk’s government-cutting team over the State Department.

South Africa’s new special envoy to the United States is already under scrutiny for calling U.S. President Donald Trump a racist, homophobic and narcissistic “right-winger” in a speech in 2020.

Taxpayers calling the IRS for help processing their taxes this filing season may find it harder than normal to get someone on the phone.

The Justice Department has charged a man with vandalizing a Tesla dealership in New Mexico and setting fire to the headquarters of the state Republican Party.

President Donald Trump has attacked CBS News and “60 Minutes."

President Donald Trump is urging Congress to “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day” in his latest dig at the semiannual changing of clocks.

Consumer sentiment fell sharply in April for the fourth straight month as the trade war has fueled worries about the health of the job market and inflation.

The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey says she launched an investigation into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and state Attorney General Matt Platkin over the state’s directive to local law enforcement not to cooperate with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement.

The Labor Department is reporting that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — was fell 0.4% from February.

Marjorie Taylor Greene bought some high profile stocks last week as other investors were bailing out of the market.

The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more than $1.3 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year.

The Justice Department will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing a fellow inmate at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, while serving a life sentence for killing his cellmate at another lockup.

The Education Department has withdrawn from an agreement to address disparities in discipline for Native American students at a South Dakota school system, saying it was wrongly rooted in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

This year's official White House Christmas ornament honors more than 150 years of culinary diplomacy practiced at state dinners.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says the Trump administration will immediately start considering “antisemitic activity” on social media and physical harassment of Jewish people as grounds for denying immigration benefits.

The House has passed a bill that limits the authority of federal district judges to issue nationwide orders.

President Donald Trump has long complained about modern rules that limit water flow for showerheads, making it harder for him to wash his “beautiful hair."

The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a rate increase this summer that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents.

In a story published April 9, 2025, about a House vote on bank overdraft regulations, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Rob Nichols is president and CEO of the American Banking Association.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she has formed a task force to consider big changes to America's spy agencies.

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former executive at Meta and author of an explosive insider account of her time at the social media giant testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, accusing the company of undermining national security and briefing China on U.S. artificial intelligence efforts in order to grow its business.

The prospect of high inflation stemming from widespread tariffs along with weaker hiring could put the Federal Reserve in a difficult spot, Fed policymakers said in minutes from last month’s meeting.

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Oil prices slid to a four-year low Wednesday as fears of a global recession grew amid the latest round of tariff increases.

The Justice Department has suggested to federal agencies that they are free to disregard a judge’s ruling that halted enforcement of a White House executive order that targeted a prominent law firm.

Cornell University and Northwestern University say they haven't received any notice from the U.S. government about paused federal funding even though the White House says more than $1 billion for Cornell and about $790 million for Northwestern have been frozen.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday mocked Washington and its Asian allies for what she called their “daydream” of denuclearizing the North, insisting that the country will never give up its nuclear weapons program.

The State Department says it's rolled back some of its sweeping funding cuts to U.N. World Food Program emergency projects in 14 impoverished countries.

The Army will begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery the week of June 2.

Wayne Gretzky says he has no political power or pull with the U.S. president or Canada's prime minister in his first public comments on the issue since Donald Trump began his second term.

The Department of Homeland Security is offering buyouts and early retirement options to staffers, as officials push forward with efforts to reduce and reshape the federal workforce.

The Trump administration has canceled $188 million in federal grants meant to reimburse New York City for sheltering migrants, saying the money was being spent to support illegal immigration.

The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. Two people familiar with Melanie Krause’s decision confirmed the intended resignation to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about it.

As President Donald Trump’s tariffs roil global markets, some of the thought leaders and influential podcasters who backed the Republican’s campaign are voicing doubts.

The Justice Department is disbanding a team of prosecutors who targeted cryptocurrency crimes and is shifting its focus away from complex crypto-related cases involving banking and securities law.

President Donald Trump’s top trade negotiator came under fire Tuesday from senators unnerved by the president’s sweeping global tariffs, a market meltdown and the heightened risk of recession from an upended global trading order.

The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the changes.

President Donald Trump has helped plant a replacement for a historic White House tree that was removed over safety concerns.

The reality of the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. foreign assistance are sinking in within the field of international development.

The Trump administrated has canceled millions of dollars in international grants that a Department of Labor division administered to combat child labor and slave labor around the world.

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that the special election to fill the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner's seat won’t be held until November.

The appointment of a junior foreign service officer to serve as the senior official in the State Department’s personnel office is meeting opposition from current and former U.S. diplomats and their union.

The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict.

A split appeals court says two board members fired by President Donald Trump can go back to their jobs for now in a ruling ahead of a likely Supreme Court showdown on the president’s power over independent agencies.

The impact from U.S. President Donald Trump's blast of tariff hikes is reverberating across world markets as America's trading partners puzzle over whether there is room for negotiating better deals.

A tentative deal has been reached in the House in the fight over proxy voting for new parents.

The political battle lines are drawn for a debate in Washington and beyond over a Republican budget plan that’s a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.

Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record by scoring the 894th of his career.

The Trump administration is ending a key program used by communities to pay for projects designed to help them prepare for natural disasters like flooding and fires.

Washington and Oregon have become the latest states to ask a court to reject President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul elections in the U.S., a day after Democratic officials in 19 others filed a similar lawsuit.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week to meet its leaders following recent U.S. allegations of Chinese interference in the operations of the critical Panama Canal shipping lane.

The trade wars launched by U.S. President Donald Trump are escalating to new heights.

The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a budget framework that includes multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts.

A White House official says the Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University.

Democratic officials in 19 states are suing over President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the U.S., calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states’ clear authority to run their own elections.

KPRC spoke to University of Houston economics professor Dietrich Vollrath about the Trump tariffs.

President Donald Trump is placing steep new tariffs on virtually all U.S. trading partners, stoking fears of rising prices for consumers and deepening trade wars.

As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to they're following federal civil rights laws and ending any discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

A 50-year-old government survey on drug use may be in jeopardy.

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A California man's attorneys say he'll plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.

An influential travel forecasting company says anger over the Trump administration’s tariffs and rhetoric will likely cause international travel to the U.S. to fall even further than expected this year.

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A federal judge in Virginia has blocked the Trump administration's move to fire more than a dozen intelligence agency employees who worked on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The Social Security Administration says it is investigating the root cause of website outages that have affected the “my Social Security” portal where recipients access their benefits.

Melania Trump has recognized eight women with the 2025 International Women of Courage Award.

Employers posted 7.6 million job openings in February, a sign that that the job market is slowing but remains healthy.

Jesse Chavez and the Atlanta Braves are back together again.

The Defense Department is going to offer a new round of voluntary resignations and retirements to the civilian workforce, but details are slim.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he is closing a one-room museum at the agency’s Washington headquarters, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year in operating costs.

The Trump administration says it has deported 17 more “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador, as it doubles down on a policy of removing people from the U.S. to third countries despite criticism over lack of transparency and human rights protections.

President Donald Trump has pardoned a Virginia man whose sentence already was commuted for his convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court.

A court filing says an official allied with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been put in charge of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank targeted by President Donald Trump for closure.

Since the plane crash that killed his parents, figure skater Maxim Naumov has become in many ways the face of the tragedy.

President Donald Trump says a tree that’s nearly two centuries old will be removed from the White House grounds because it’s deteriorating.

Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, have received email notices of their mass firing — the latest step in the Trump administration’s government downsizing.

President Trump's head of the FCC had Disney and ABC in his sights.

The race to fill a Texas congressional seat has candidates but no election date more than three weeks after Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death left a vacancy in a stronghold for Democrats, who are eager to cut into Republicans’ narrow U.S. House majority.

The Smithsonian, which oversees numerous museums and cultural centers, including the Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is coming under criticism from President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump is pushing the House of Representatives to pass a measure that would prevent immediate financial disaster for the District of Columbia.

With technology and AI increasingly used to perpetrate illegal acts, the IRS’ crime fighting arm is announcing a new program intended to improve how it interacts with financial institutions.

Researchers have performed the first known transplant of sperm-producing stem cells in hopes of restoring fertility in a man who survived childhood cancer.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law, while a court fight continues.

An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve remained high last month even before the impact of most tariffs has been felt.

Wisconsin’s spring election Tuesday for state Supreme Court, state schools chief and a proposed constitutional amendment requiring photo ID for voting will be the first major indication of the state’s political climate since Donald Trump recaptured the White House.

Alex Ovechkin initiated a memorable moment on the ice in Minnesota even though he went scoreless for Washington in a 4-2 loss.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”.

As part of a push to roll back dozens of environmental regulations, the Trump administration is offering coal-fired power plants and other industrial polluters a chance to receive exemptions from rules requiring them to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals, including mercury, arsenic and benzene.

Weak population gains and increased government spending will result in slower overall economic growth over the next 30 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday.

Justice Department leadership is proposing cutting some offices and dramatically restructuring the department, including combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug and gun laws, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee are requesting an investigation into how Trump national security officials used the Signal app to discuss military strikes.