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Amid a funding stalemate in Congress and a federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump’s planned termination of nearly $8 billion for energy projects primarily in states that didn’t vote for him includes $583 ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Energy is canceling 12 grants for energy projects in Minnesota, including a $464 million proposal to build large transmission lines in seven states, according to a list reviewed by The Minnesota Star...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge denied the U.S. Justice Department’s request to pause several upcoming deadlines during the government shutdown in a legal fight over President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The cost to build the long-touted Brightline West Las Vegas to Southern California high-speed rail line has ballooned to $21.05 billion, according to a U.S. Transportation Department document.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, unwilling to accept defeat at the hands of the Kansas Supreme Court, is asking lawmakers to take extraordinary measures to help him prevent transgender Kansans from...Read more

Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, fellow veterans and others gathered Thursday at the same spot ...Read more

The Department of Energy is canceling $1 billion in federal funding intended to jump-start a green hydrogen hub in the Pacific Northwest.

The federal spending cuts are part of a broader effort announced this week by the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A popular and promising young mountaineer fell to his death on Yosemite's El Capitan on Wednesday, a tragedy that was reportedly live-streamed on social media.

Balin Miller, 23, from Anchorage, Alaska, had...Read more

Leaders of the organization that oversees high school sports in Minnesota gave no indication Thursday of how they plan to respond to a looming threat by the Trump administration to withhold federal education aid if the ...Read more

Ozzy Osbourne has revealed being forced to sit on a throne during his last-ever concert "p***** me off no end".

The 76-year-old Black Sabbath frontman, who died less than three weeks after the July 2025 show at Villa Park...Read more

Bruce Springsteen has inspired a hotel suite.

The 76-year-old rocker's decades-long link to Asbury Park has been immortalised in a grand room complete with photographs, records and even his favourite late-night snack.

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Emily Blunt's children are largely unimpressed by her Hollywood career.

The 42-year-old actress, whose latest film is the The Smashing Machine, joked one of her daughters even recoiled at seeing her in full makeup after a...Read more

Ford Motor Co. is investigating an incident in which a vulgar anti-return-to-office message was displayed on Thursday in Dearborn corporate buildings.

A photo of the face of CEO Jim Farley with a red prohibition symbol ...Read more

Congressional Democrats accused President Donald Trump of politicizing the U.S. military in a recent speech, denouncing his remarks as alarming and “deeply un-American.”

Twenty-five House Democrats outlined their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown rolled on Thursday with both sides dug in and President Donald Trump using the funding lapse as an excuse to cut billions of dollars in “dead wood,” as he put it, ...Read more

Millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance face higher premiums in 2026. Just how much higher will depend on who blinks first in the government-shutdown fight.

Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies put in ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to pull “billions of dollars” in state funding from any California university that signs a Trump administration proposal offering preferential funding in exchange for certain ...Read more

Advocates warn that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning a crackdown on whistleblowers and victims of misconduct, pushing policies they say will end critical protections, silence dissent and embolden abusers.

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OpenAI has completed a deal to help employees sell shares in the company at a $500 billion valuation, propelling the ChatGPT owner past Elon Musk’s SpaceX to become the world’s largest startup.

Current and former ...Read more

Ozzy Osbourne wanted his epitaph to be: "I told you I wasn't feeling well".

The Black Sabbath singer, who died aged 76 after playing his final concert before 42,000 fans at Villa Park in July, lifted the joke from comedy ...Read more