By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 5:53 PM

The keel for the future destroyer USS Quentin Walsh was officially laid Tuesday in a ceremony at Bath Iron Works in Maine. It's the first time an Arleigh Burke-class ship will be built in honor of a Coast Guard member. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 4:38 PM

U.S. Border agents in Texas seized hundreds of thousands of fake Apple USB chargers valued at millions of dollars. ... Read full Story

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The United States and United Arab Emirates are deepening their commercial and defensive ties following President Donald Trump's recent diplomatic trip to the Middle East. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 3:26 PM

The Republican-backed tax and spending bill would add trillions of dollars to the federal deficit and negatively affect the poorest of Americans, experts say. ... Read full Story

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his proposed budget for next year on Tuesday amid challenges from members of both political parties at a budgetary subcommittee hearing. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 1:23 PM

President Donald Trump visited Capitol Hill Tuesday to move those House Republicans who have so far chosen not to approve his legislative agenda bill to cease their opposition and move the legislation forward. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 12:43 PM

A maintenance worker was arrested for aiding in the escape of nearly a dozen inmates from a jail in New Orleans. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 11:27 AM

Clothing company Levi Strauss announced Tuesday it will sell its Dockers line to Authentic Brands Group in a more than $300 million acquisition. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 11:13 AM

The Newark airport task force is discussing solutions to communications issues that grounded multiple flights over the past month while the air traffic industry struggles with shortages. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 7:45 AM

The U.S. Justice Department charged Rep. LaMonica McIver in connection with her alleged actions during an incident at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in her congressional district. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 5:28 AM

The State of Indiana executed a 45-year-old man on Tuesday for the 2000 murder of a police officer, making him the 17th person to have their death sentence carried out in the United States this year. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 4:45 AM

Authorities in northern Ohio announced they have recovered the body of a 5-year-old from the Sandusky River, raising to the death toll to three family members killed when they were struck by a train over the weekend. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 2:00 AM

The Trump administration is imposing visa restrictions on India-based travel agencies and their owners for facilitating illegal migration to the United States. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/20/2025 12:56 AM

The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating Saturday's deadly crash of a Mexican Navy tall ship into New York's Brooklyn Bridge, is focused on the ship's guide tugboats and sudden acceleration. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/19/2025 11:51 PM

A near collision between two commercial jets at LaGuardia Airport in New York City earlier this month is under investigation, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Monday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/19/2025 10:37 PM

The National Weather Service in Alabama warned Monday that weather radio broadcasts are offline for routine maintenance as severe storms are forecast to hit the state Tuesday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/19/2025 9:14 PM

President Donald Trump awarded the first-ever Medals of Sacrifice, during a ceremony Monday at the White House, to three "heroic law officers" who were killed in the line of duty last year. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/19/2025 8:36 PM

The first immigrants who agreed to self-deport and accept a $1,000 stipend left on a chartered flight out of the United States on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security said. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/19/2025 7:56 PM

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to Washington, D.C., on Monday and will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to discuss "global issues of interest" amid strained relations. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 5/19/2025 7:36 PM

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday is investigating after another outage at the Philadelphia air traffic control center responsible for handling flights at Newark Liberty International Airport. ... Read full Story