USA & WORLD

Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence during the first Trump term. By Nathan Worcester President-elect Donald Trump has announced he has selected John Ratcliffe as director of the CIA.…

The award-winning ‘State Organs’ documentary will have a week-long theater run starting on Nov. 15.   By Eva Fu and Frank Fang NEW YORK CITY—Audience members who attended a recent…

The president-elect is expected to issue a series of executive orders and take other actions to fulfill pledges he made throughout the 2024 campaign. By Janice Hisle Based on his…

Trump’s total Electoral College count moves to 312 to Vice President Kamala Harris’s 226. By John Haughey President-elect Donald Trump has won Arizona, completing a sweep of the seven battleground…

With more than 7,200 public water systems affected, water and waste professionals say tackling America’s contaminated water is no easy task. By Autumn Spredemann  Formally identified as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl…

Trump’s election victory sparked a stock rally, with major indexes posting their best weekly gains in a year amid policy speculation. By Tom Ozimek A post-election stock rally following President-elect…

Relations with Moscow—and the fate of Ukraine—take center stage as Trump gears up to return to the White House. By Adam Morrow News Analysis In the run-up to last week’s…

U.S. authorities thwarted an ongoing Iranian plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, according to new charges released by the Justice Department. By Andrew Thornebrooke U.S. authorities thwarted an Iranian plot…

The Fed cut rates by a quarter point and continues to obtain confidence that inflation is heading to the central bank’s 2 percent target. By Andrew Moran  The Federal Reserve…

‘This is a magnificent victory for the American people,’ Trump said.       By Ivan Pentchoukov, Emel Akan, Janice Hisle and Austin Alonzo WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Former President Donald…