The average tax refund is higher this year, but falls short of promises. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Early spring means the return of warm weather and … taxes.
Rachel Reyes, holds a photo of her son, Ruben Ray Martinez, a U.S. citizen who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic encounter in Texas.
If you're flushing a toilet in the US, you're probably accustomed to that characteristic whoosh as a jet of water fills the bowl and then siphons down the contents with a dramatic gulp. In Europe, on the other hand, the process looks much different.
US immigration officers on Monday have detained a former Brazilian intelligence chief who fled to the United States after being convicted for his role in a coup plot.
A federal judge has tossed out US President Donald Trump's $10 billion (€8.5 billion) defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its owners, which include Rupert Murdoch. In his ruling, Judge Darrin P. Gayles said Trump hadn't come close to meeting the "actual malice" threshold that public figures must clear in defamation cases.
US President Donald Trump on Monday deleted his own social media post where he portrayed himself as a Jesus-like figure.
A computer workstation bears the National Security Agency logo inside the Threat Operations Center in the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Md. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images A key tool of the U.S. spy community will expire this month without action from Congress.
"The things I say are not meant as attacks on anyone," Pope Leo XIVsaid on Monday as he flew to Algiers for a four-day African tour. "I am not a politician.
Observers film Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they hold a perimeter after one of their vehicles got a flat tire on Penn Avenue in Minneapolis on Feb. 5.
The Pentagon is seen from an airplane, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP WASHINGTON — The U.S.
Get out and vote for Viktor Orban, US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform in all caps ahead of the national elections in Hungary as campaigning reached the final stretch. This Sunday, Hungarians will decide Orban's fate at the ballot box.
Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. Rod Lamkey/AP hide caption toggle caption Rod Lamkey/AP Construction on a proposed White House ballroom can continue until April 17, the U.S.