The day Minneapolis shooting motives and federal appointments contested

President Trump is working with Republican congressional leaders on a “comprehensive crime bill,” once-in-a-generation legislation that would put his popular crime-fighting agenda in front of voters ahead of the midterm elections next year.

Police are investigating whether staff members followed state-mandated protocols to report reasonable suspicions that a child was abused.

Multiple resignations took place after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at the organization’s director.

Two young children were killed and 17 others injured in a shooting during a Catholic Mass packed with young students. The shooter is also dead.

Local authorities recovered additional firearms at three residences in the Minneapolis area that are linked to the shooter.

Susan Monarez was said to have refused to adopt Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stance on vaccinations. A lawyer for Dr. Monarez said the firing was “legally deficient.”

JD Vance told USA TODAY the Oval Office was "kind of dark and gloomy" before President Trump gave it a gold-heavy makeover.

Susan Monarez was said to have refused to adopt Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stance on vaccinations. A lawyer for Dr. Monarez said the firing was “legally deficient.”

The pews of a Minneapolis church were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren paired with older ‘buddies’ listening to a prayer on their third day of the new school year.

In a twisted handwritten journal he shared on YouTube before the massacre, Westman groaned about his long hair and his decision to transition.

The strikes on Ukraine’s capital, nearly two weeks after the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska, injured at least 45 people, officials said.

The closing of campuses and staff reductions in L.A. Unified fail to keep pace with declining enrollment, creating financial peril. But cutting back has risks.

One of the young victims of Wednesday's deadly mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school remains in critical condition Thursday, at the same hospital where her mother works as a pediatric critical care nurse.

In exclusive NPR reporting looking at the U.S. role in the famine, former officials say efforts to increase aid hit a wall with Israel — and efforts to hold Israel accountable hit a wall in the Biden White House.

The strikes, which hit an apartment building and buildings used by European governments, were the largest on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit.

Franklin Schneider

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June Holine, 9, described hearing the gunshots as she sat in the back of Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor who Trump said he fired, filed a federal lawsuit fighting her removal.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming President Donald Trump has no power to remove her from office, setting up a legal battle that could reset long-established norms for the U.S. central bank's independence. [Full Story]

The president is trading insults with another Democratic governor.

The anti-Israel group provides educational materials including 'American Jews and Political Power: Myth or Reality'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, tightly locked in war with Russia, may have found the “card” President Trump once insisted he lacked.

Europeans can’t tell what American officials agreed to with the Russian leader.

President Donald Trump has teased a national convention aimed at uniting Republicans prior to the 2026 midterms. [Full Story]

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Investigators are pouring over the videos, writings and movements of the shooter who fired through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, killing two children and wounding 17 people.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming President Trump lacks the authority to remove her, setting up a major clash over presidential power and the independence of the central bank.

President Donald Trump has announced that he is considering holding the Republican National Convention ahead of the midterm elections.

United States and Israeli officials met in Washington, D.C., to discuss the future of a post-war Gaza, after President Donald Trump predicted “a conclusive ending” within the next few weeks.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week, remaining within the historically low levels seen since the COVID-19 pandemic, economists say.

White House border czar Tom Homan criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, after the Democrat governor accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement of serving as President Trump's "private police force." [Full Story]

Jill Filipovic

The Minneapolis police chief says shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen children 116 fired rifle rounds into the Minneapolis church.

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Vice President JD Vance has criticized MSNBC host Jen Psaki after she attacked those praying following the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minnesota.

Authorities said online posts from the shooter were timed to publish during the attack at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.

Vice President JD Vance has criticized MSNBC host Jen Psaki after she attacked those praying following the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minnesota.

Investigators in Minneapolis say the shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded 18 other people inside a church had become obsessed with the thought of killing defenseless children.

Tina Smith had no patience for the health secretary’s suggestion that antidepressants were behind the school shooting in Minnesota.

No country other than North Korea has contributed more manpower to Russia’s armed forces than the estimated 7,000 Cuban mercenaries fighting and dying in the war in Ukraine.

The former president is stepping back into the spotlight to confront his successor head-on.

Jessie Merkel, Fletcher’s father, struggled to fathom how the actions of such a “coward” could’ve taken his son away.

The administration says the changes would prevent the likelihood of “visa abuse.”

Annunciation Catholic Church and School has been a neighborhood anchor in Minneapolis for more than a century.

Tina Smith had no patience for the health secretary’s suggestion that antidepressants were behind the school shooting in Minnesota.

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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), in the reelection fight of his political life in conservative Georgia, stands out for his silence after a President Donald Trump-hating male identifying as a female murdered school children in Minnesota Wednesday. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA),

Catalina "Xochitl" Santiago, 28, has renewed her DACA status several times, which her attorneys point out requires "rigorous background checks."

Argentinian President Javier Milei has been rushed out of a public event by his security team after protesters threw rocks and other objects at him.

Argentinian President Javier Milei has been rushed out of a public event by his security team after protesters threw rocks and other objects at him.

The sale came as Russia continues to step up attacks on Ukraine even after President Trump met with Russian leader Putin in Alaska this month to press for a negotiated settlement to the three-year-old conflict. Russia launched one of its most devastating assaults on Ukraine in recent months on Thursday; waves of missiles and drones struck Kyiv, killing at least 21 and raining destruction on the capital city, [Full Story]

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), in the reelection fight of his political life in conservative Georgia, stands out for his silence after a President Donald Trump-hating male identifying as a female murdered school children in Minnesota Wednesday. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA),

Minnesota families struggling with 'unimaginable loss' remembered the children slain in this week's attack at a Catholic school.

By Hannah Parry

The second young victim whose life was tragically taken as a result of the Annunciation Catholic School shooting has been identified as 10-year-old Harper Moyski.

The speculation surrounding President Donald Trump’s health has gotten grizzlier and grizzlier, and it gives off an uncomfortable vibe that is very much like that old Soviet joke.

U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved "updated" COVID-19 vaccines, but significantly narrowed their use for many Americans, while removing one of the two options available for young children.

Local authorities are reviewing hundreds of pieces of evidence. They say the shooter left troves of notes and plans expressing hate toward multiple groups.

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were found guilty in a 2024 federal trial. They were acquitted on state counts.

During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) responded to questions on if the Minneapolis shooter’s gender dysphoria could have played a role in their mental issues and the shooting by