A look at the status of US executions in 2025
Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and four other people are scheduled to be put to death in three states during the remainder of 2025.
Author: Associated Press
Pentagon leaders double down on the destruction from US attacks on Iran
The Pentagon’s top leaders doubled down Thursday on how destructive the U.S. attacks had been on Iran’s nuclear facilities and described in detail the study and planning behind the bombing mission.
Key Medicaid provision in Trump’s big tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules
The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a key Medicaid provider tax overhaul that is central to President Donald Trump’s big tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow to Republicans rushing to finish the massive package this week.
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.
Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months
A U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment.
Trump defends US strikes on Iran as intel assessment stirs debate
President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that U.S. strikes delivered a crushing blow to Iran’s nuclear program despite a preliminary American intelligence assessment suggesting that the assault inflicted only a marginal setback.
Trump says US and Iranian officials will talk next week as ceasefire holds
The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Wednesday while U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that U.S. and Iranian officials will talk next week, giving rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace even as Tehran insisted it will not give up its nuclear program.
Trump administration postpones classified briefings for lawmakers on Iran
The Trump administration on Tuesday postponed classified briefings for Senate and House members as lawmakers look for more answers about President Donald Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend and his announcement on Monday that the two countries had reached a ceasefire agreement.
Trump says whether he’ll commit to NATO mutual defense guarantee ‘Depends on your definition’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday injected some uncertainty over whether the U.S. would abide by the mutual defense guarantees outlined in the NATO treaty as he headed to its summit — comments that could revive longstanding concern from European allies about his commitment to the military alliance.
Oil prices drop sharply, and Wall Street nears its record as stocks rally worldwide
Oil prices are dropping further, and U.S. stocks are pulling closer to their all-time high Tuesday on hopes that Israel’s war with Iran will not damage the global flow of crude, even if a tentative truce seemed to fray under fire in the morning.
