President Donald Trump accepted an invitation on Thursday from King Charles III for a second state visit to the United Kingdom. The invite came in a letter presented to Trump by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is meeting with Trump at the White House regarding ending the war in Ukraine. “This is really special. This has never happened before. This is unprecedented,” Starmer said as he was...

National Public Radio could see its funding slashed as a new bill would scrap both “direct or indirect” federal taxpayer support for the news organization. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., and Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced the “Defund NPR Act” this week as spending across the board is being scrutinized by Republican lawmakers. “I’m glad to join my longtime friend, Senator Banks, in introducing the Defund NPR Act in...

A city hall building, the mayor’s house and some residences of current and former council members in Huntington, California, were raided on Wednesday in a major corruption probe of a $14 million project, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman. The investigation, named “Operation Dirty Pond,” has been focusing on the “potential misuse of millions of dollars in public funds allocated for the construction of an...