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White House, Ukraine nearing rare earth metals deal that would boost ties

The progress in talks comes after President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traded sharp rhetoric this week about their differences over the matter

Pentagon says it will cut 5,400 probationary workers starting next week

Probationary employees are generally those on the job for less than a year and who have yet to gain civil service protection

Trump admin reverses decision, reinstates legal aid for migrant children

The Trump administration told the groups that they can resume providing legal services to tens of thousands of unaccompanied children

Top immigration official reassigned amid frustration over deportations

The statement made no mention of why Vitello, a career ICE official with more than two decades on the job, was reassigned or who his replacement will be

Explosion at a beachside resort in Hawaii injures 7 people, scatters debris

The explosion Thursday night left a pile of debris at The Whaler on Kaanapali Beach, a popular tourist area where a string of hotels, timeshares and rental properties line white sands

3 shot, killed outside Louisville, Kentucky, motor vehicle office: Police

Officers were called to the office around noon and found a man dead and two women wounded in the parking lot, according to a statement from the Louisville Metro Police Department

US SC deals severe blow to Holocaust survivors' lawsuit against Hungary

The survivors filed the lawsuit with the goal of pursuing a class action case against Hungary and its railway on behalf of all Hungarian Holocaust survivors and family members of Holocaust victims

New FBI director Kash Patel to relocate 1,500 employees to field offices

The new plans reflect Patel's long-stated determination to reduce the FBI's footprint in Washington and have more of a presence in offices in other cities

Kash Patel sworn in at WH as new FBI director, calls it 'greatest honour'

Patel has spoken of his desire to implement major changes at the FBI, including a reduced footprint in Washington and a renewed emphasis on the bureau's traditional crime-fighting duties

Israeli PM Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as ceasefire violation

The incident raised questions about the future of the fragile ceasefire deal, which has paused over 15 months of war and is due to see its first phase end in early March

Costa Rica, Honduras join Panama as stopovers for foreign deportees

The flight of 135 deportees, half of them minors, added Costa Rica to a growing list of Latin American nations to serve as a stopover for migrants

Here's how Trump govt's mass layoffs raise risk of wildfires in US West

The Forest Service firings on the heels of deadly blazes that ripped through Los Angeles last month are part of a wave of federal worker layoff

Nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants deported from Guantanamo Bay via Honduras

In a court filing Thursday, federal immigration and military authorities said that Venezuela has historically resisted accepting repatriation of its citizens

Lawyers to deliver closing arguments in trial of man who stabbed Rushdie

Throughout the trial, Matar often took notes with a pen and sometimes laughed or smiled with defense attorneys during breaks in testimony

European troops, US support for Ukraine plan faces many challenges

But Western officials say what's being discussed is a reassurance force, not an army of peacekeepers posted along the 600-mile (1,000-kilometer) front line in Ukraine's east

US Senate pulls all-nighter to push GOP budget amid Democrats' objections

Tom Homan, told senators that the administration's deportation operations are out of money and need more funding from Congress

Amazon MGM takes creative reins of James Bond, ending era of family control

Amazon MGM Studios, Wilson and Broccoli formed a new joint venture in which they will co-own James Bond intellectual property rights

Body released by Hamas was that of a Gazan woman, not a hostage: Netanyahu

Hamas militants had turned over four bodies under the tenuous ceasefire that has paused over 15 months of war

South Korea requests to be excluded from Trump's efforts to raise tariffs

South Korea's top economic think tank this month slashed its growth forecast for the second time since November, expressing concern about the impact of Trump's expanding tariffs

Trump admin defying order to pause freeze on foreign aid, says judge

Despite an order to the contrary, USAID Deputy Secretary Pete Marocco, a Trump appointee, and other top officials had "continued their blanket suspension of funds", the judge said