SEOUL, South Korea — Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to brief him on the war in Ukraine ahead of the Russian president’s planned summit with President Donald Trump in Alaska.

During the call on Tuesday, Putin thanked Kim for supporting his war on Ukraine as the two leaders “exchanged views on...Read more

Tropical Storm Erin on Tuesday continued to push west through the Atlantic as the National Hurricane Center forecasted it to become a major hurricane with Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands in its potential path.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. Eastern time update, the center of Erin was located about 1,635 miles east of the northern Leeward ...Read more

A Miami judge overseeing an environmental lawsuit seeking to shut down Alligator Alcatraz said Tuesday at the end of a contentious afternoon of witness testimony that she would like to take up Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on his invitation to visit the Everglades immigration detention center.

Surprising attorneys for the DeSantis ...Read more

Victims of child sexual abuse linked to the Roman Catholic Baltimore Archdiocese will have a third chance to be seen and tell their stories.

On Monday, Judge Michelle Harner ordered a two-hour status conference for Oct. 6 at 1 p.m., meant to raise awareness of and understanding for sexual abuse victims of the Baltimore Archdiocese.

In February...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, was arrested late Tuesday in an ongoing investigation into allegations ranging from suspected stock manipulation to bribery, investigators said.

The arrest was made after the Seoul Central District Court approved an arrest warrant for the former first ...Read more

A $900 million request for humanitarian assistance for Haitians, millions of whom are facing starvation, has received the lowest level of support for any such plan in the world, the United Nations’ outgoing humanitarian coordinator said Tuesday.

Ulrika Richardson, who has spent the past three years guiding the U.N.’s response amid ...Read more

Illinois students could be held to new standards for school testing, a shift the state school board says will better prepare them for college and postsecondary education careers while accurately measuring performance levels.

The Illinois State Board of Education announced proposed changes to state standardized testing Tuesday — including the ...Read more

U.S. tariff revenue reached a fresh monthly record in July, though the increase wasn’t enough to prevent a widening in the monthly budget deficit — pointing to the federal government’s continuing fiscal challenges.

Customs duties climbed to $28 billion last month, marking a 273% surge over July last year, a Treasury Department release ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As national Democrats continue looking for a message that will resonate with the American public enough to put them back in power, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday it could be as simple as: “America is too expensive.”

Speaking in Illinois’ state capital about President Donald Trump and GOP ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Several hundred workers, organizers and immigrant advocates gathered in palm-tree-dotted MacArthur Park on Tuesday to denounce the Trump administration and immigration raids it has carried out in the city and in other parts of California.

Rows of parked cars clogged a stretch of Park View Street in the morning, blocking traffic....Read more

Americans are divided over President Donald Trump’s decision to take control of local law enforcement and activate the military in the nation’s capital, according to new polling.

On Aug. 11, Trump announced that his administration would federalize the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act, a 1973 law that grants the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is weighing a lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the renovation of the central bank’s headquarters, a project whose cost overruns have drawn scrutiny.

Trump in a social media post on Tuesday resumed his criticism of the Fed chair over the central bank’s decision to hold ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A new poll shows Democratic Gov. Wes Moore losing ground on his approval ratings in deep-blue Maryland — a downward shift political analysts and elected officials blame on “anxiety” and the economy.

Democrats, meanwhile, are calling the poll “silly.”

Conducted jointly in late July by Blended Public Affairs and lobbying ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Sarah Elfreth had planned to go to Israel. But she didn’t.

The House member from Annapolis was among several Democratic lawmakers who were expected to attend a sponsored trip to Israel during the first part of summer recess, but who ultimately changed their minds and decided not to go, according to people familiar with the...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For those who have been following the telework debate in the California government, Tuesday’s report from the state auditor was a catharsis.

The audit — which estimated the state could save up to $225 million in building expenses if California embraced telework — affirmed concerns state employees and their labor ...Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he won’t cede the eastern region of Donbas to Russia and pushed for Kyiv to be included in talks as the U.S. and Russian leaders prepare to meet Friday.

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that together form Donbas as a condition to unlock a ceasefire ...Read more

ATLANTA — He fired upwards of 500 shots, fatally striking a police officer, shattering glass and damaging buildings Friday afternoon at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Then, Patrick Joseph White turned one of the guns on himself, investigators said Tuesday. White, 30, had ...Read more

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and city religious leaders on Tuesday decried President Donald Trump’s plan to effectively take over local law enforcement in Washington, D.C., as rooted in racism and fearmongering. And although Trump has not expressed interest in taking a similar approach to combating crime in Philadelphia, any ...Read more

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and city religious leaders on Tuesday decried President Donald Trump’s plan to effectively take over local law enforcement in Washington, D.C., as rooted in racism and fearmongering. And although Trump has not expressed interest in taking a similar approach to combating crime in Philadelphia, any ...Read more