President Trump speaks in the Blue Room of the White House on Monday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP KYIV, Ukraine — The Pentagon said on Monday that it will send additional defensive weapons to Ukraine at the request of President Trump, reversing a Pentagon decision a week ago to pause air defense
The exterior of the Terrorist Confinement Center as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 26, 2025. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the Venezuelan men who were deported
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World leaders pose for a group photo at the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, July 6, 2025. Silvia Izquierdo/AP hide caption toggle caption Silvia Izquierdo/AP RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil's president says the BRICS group of major emerging economies has just concluded its most important summit yet. But what was
Parents drop off their children at the private San Vicente School in Lima, Peru, which was targeted for extortion, in April. Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images LIMA, Peru — At a Roman Catholic elementary school on the ramshackle outskirts of Lima, students are rambunctious and seemingly
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories At least 82 people have died in central Texas after a flash flood last week. Searchers are continuing to look for victims.
President Donald Trump speaks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Netanyahu and Trump are to meet again on Monday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America WASHINGTON — Israel Prime
Erin Patterson pictured outside her home in Leongatha, Australia, in 2023. That year, four people became seriously ill — and three of them died — after eating a meal she cooked containing death cap mushrooms. Jason Edwards/Newspix via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jason Edwards/Newspix via Getty Images After nearly two years and a
