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Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek is backing down on a threat to cease operations at the agency after a federal judge blocked staffers at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data housed at the agency.

Steve Witkoff said the Russian leader had an artist paint a portrait of Trump and gave it to the American president as a gift. Witkoff called Putin “super smart” and not “a bad guy.”

Momodou Taal, who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests last year, sued the Trump administration this month over actions aimed at student protesters.

Those seeking to begin or change direct deposit payment plans with the Social Security Administration will soon see big changes to those processes.

Francis was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened. He later developed a life-threatening case of pneumonia.

An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation.

Women’s rights and Holocaust remembrance advocate Kitty Dukakis, the former first lady of Massachusetts, has died, Gov. Maura Healey said Saturday.

He remains in detention in Louisiana as his attorneys fight his detention and the Trump administration argues he “led activities aligned to Hamas.”

Police in Las Cruces, New Mexico were investigating Saturday after multiple people were injured in a mass shooting overnight at a city park.

A Quebec town says U.S. authorities have unilaterally decided to “close the main Canadian access” to a library that straddles the border, ending a decades-long custom off passport-free travel.

The percentage of women screened for cervical cancer fell, especially in rural areas, as rates of the disease have been edging up among women in their 30s and 40s.

Over 12 years, Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome power of the papacy.

Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or more. Nearly 50 field trials have taken place in the past four years, with startups raising hundreds of millions in early funds. But the field remains...

British Airways said it expects around 85% of its Saturday Heathrow schedule to run as planned, but warned customers to expect delays.