The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees(AFSCME) Council 5 and Hennepin County have reached a tentative agreement.According to AFSCME, the coalition representing 4000 workers in Hennepin County, the agreement will include several changes for workers, including wage increases, deductible increases that will be capped, and shift differentials.“This m...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be Agriculture secretary, WSJ reported.

Columnist Steve Bousquet writes that as a choice for U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi is a major upgrade over Matt Gaetz, but that her record warrants close and critical scrutiny by the Senate.

The suspect in the double-fatal homicide of a mother and 4-month-old son in Hartford has been caught after a nationwide search, officials said. On Saturday, the suspect in the shooting, 23-year-old Lance Morales, was located by members of the U.S. Marshalls Violent Fugitive Task Force in Puerto Rico and was taken into custody, according to […]

State of the Union: Rutte also met with members of Trumps national security team.The post NATO Leader Rutte Meets With Trump in Florida appeared first on The American Conservative.

"You're going to have to pick the rogue ICC versus America," the GOP senator said on Friday.

Gen. Jennie Carignan, chief of defence staff, was responding to comments about Donald Trump's pick for U.S. defence secretary Pete Hegseth's opposition to women in fighting units.

The people that president-elect Donald Trump has selected to lead federal health agencies in his second administration include a retired congressman, a surgeon and a former talk-show host. All of them could play pivotal roles in fulfilling a new political agenda that could change how the government goes about safeguarding Americans...

A major U.S. theater chain has banned Wicked singalongs, but star Cynthia Erivo thinks it's fine.

Matthew Byars, who appeared on Bravo reality show The Real Housewives of Potomac, died by suicide, it has been confirmed.  The Sun newspaper in the U.S. first reported a statement from Marylands Chief Office of Medical Examiner, adding that the autopsy report had been completed.Deadline has now independently verified the statement. The Medical Examiner said […]

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U.S. Postal Service operations have continued to improve, but state leaders say more work is needed to get the service to a level Virginians deserve.

Disabled people who use rideshare apps Lyft and Uber say their experience is not a seamless task of pressing a few buttons and being whisked to their destination minutes later.

An Albanian man with dual citizenship in the U.S. was charged Friday for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State and distributing instructional material on making explosives, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Erald Alimehmeti, 33, of Tirana, Albania a former New York City resident served from late 2015-2019 and...

Refresh for Latest: Universals Wicked is sitting pretty in its global debut, now with a projected $165M through Sunday. As expected, the bulk of the bucks going into the witches cauldron is coming from North America, with the anticipated split at $117M domestic and $48M from the international box office. Globally, Wicked will see the […]

The escalation in Beirut comes after a U.S. envoy traveled to the region in pursuit of a ceasefire deal to end months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

Representative Michael McCaul said that if the U.S. allows Putin to take over all of Ukraine, it "would invite more aggression" from him.

Chinese hackers are positioning themselves in U.S. critical infrastructure IT networks for a potential clash with the United States, a top American cybersecurity official said on Friday. Morgan Adamski, executive director of U.S. Cyber Command, said Chinese-linked cyber operations are aimed at gaining an advantage in case of a major conflict with the United States. […]