11 min ago - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday in an emergency national address televised live. Yoon said the decision was made to protect freedom and constitutional order, as he accused the opposition of trying to paralyze the ... (Bloomberg)

17 min ago - Updated 10:27 PM EST, December 2, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading back to Europe on Monday for what will likely be the last high-level NATO meeting before the Biden administration leaves office next month. Sho ... (AP)

53 min ago - Dec. 3, 2024, 12:34 AM EST TOKYO — President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he would block a Japanese company’s $15 billion bid to acquire U.S. Steel, a contentious deal that faces widespread political opposition. Nippon Steel, Japan&# ... (NBC News)

1 hr ago - December 2, 2024 / 10:01 PM EST Monterey, California — The battle over President-elect Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, may become a test of loyalty for Republican stalwarts — some of whom stood at the center of a bid 10 ... (CBS News)

1 hr ago - Published 10:34 PM EST, Mon December 2, 2024 CNN — A Republican-led House committee investigating broad aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects in the US released a final report Monday summarizing its two-year effort, saying it hoped ... (CNN Health)

2 hrs ago - 11 hours ago The Biden administration announced a new $725 million security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday that includes a provision for more land mines and precision rocket launchers. Why it matters: President Biden has committed to a "sur ... (Axios)

2 hrs ago - Mon 2 Dec 2024 18.24 EST Last modified on Mon 2 Dec 2024 19.04 EST Donald Trump announced on Monday he has picked investment banker and Republican mega-donor Warren Stephens to serve as ambassador to the UK. “Warren has always dreamed of serving ... (The Guardian)

3 hrs ago - Monday 02 December 2024 23:00 GMT A California senator has said that the state won’t aid the incoming Trump administration in its mass deportation efforts because it would be legally unable to. Sen. Alex Padilla of the Golden State appeared on C ... (The Independent)

3 hrs ago - Posted December 2, 2024 at 6:00pm A pardon from President Joe Biden appears to put an end to ongoing criminal cases against his son Hunter, but Congress under full Republican control still could further investigate the younger Biden or other members ... (Roll Call)

3 hrs ago - 12/02/2024 05:22 PM EST MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions scored a major legal victory Monday with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state law that sparked weeks of protests and ... (Politico)

4 hrs ago - Updated 5:02 PM EST, December 2, 2024 TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a Canadian mi ... (AP)

4 hrs ago - December 2, 20244:37 PM EST Updated 12 hours ago Dec 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a student who said her First Amendment rights were violated because she could not freely criticize the consumption ... (Reuters)

5 hrs ago - 12/02/24 4:28 PM ET Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday indicated that bipartisan negotiations to avert the threat of a government shutdown this month are “on the right track,” but he warned against “divisive” ... (The Hill)

7 hrs ago - Conservative lawyer Mike Davis is warning Senate Republicans that they will feel his "political wrath" if they dare to block the confirmation of Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director. Patel, a staunch Trump loyalist who ... (Newsweek)

10 hrs ago - Fianna Fail has won the most seats in the Dil (lower house of parliament) following the Republic of Ireland's general election. It won 48 seats while Sinn Fein - the main opposition party in the last Dail - won 39. Fine Gael, which has been in coalit ... (BBC)

12 hrs ago - Published Dec 02, 2024 at 9:35 AM EST Florida State Senator Ileana Garcia has introduced legislation to prohibit weather modification activities in the Sunshine State. The bill was filed on November 20 by Garcia, a Republican who has served in the Fl ... (Newsweek)

12 hrs ago - Updated 4:37 PM EST, December 2, 2024 Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft’s business practices, starting a big legal project that an incoming Trump administration must tak ... (AP)

13 hrs ago - President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense reportedly had to step down from a pair of nonprofit veterans groups he headed after workers filed allegations of mismanagement and sexual misconduct. The New Yorker reports P ... (nj)

13 hrs ago - Roger Golubski, the former Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective accused of misconduct, criminal behavior and "the grossest acts of corruption a police officer can commit," has died of an apparent suicide. He was 71. Police rushed to Golubski's home ... (KCUR-FM via Kansas Reflector)

13 hrs ago - Updated on: December 2, 2024 / 4:11 PM EST Federal investigators found nearly a dozen children to be working dangerous, overnight shifts at Seaboard Triumph Foods' pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, Iowa, the Department of Labor announced. Employe ... (CBS News)