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Under the program, families, regardless of income, can receive state vouchers to cover public and private child care fees.

Watch as President Trump discusses testing nuclear weapons, U.S.-China relations, Israel, the government shutdown, immigration, tariffs, and whether he'll try to stay in the White House beyond 2028.

State Department officials have asked the Pentagon to join the U.S. response to Hurricane Melissa, in a test of the Trump administration’s disaster-response capabilities after major cuts to foreign aid.

The United States will look at "flexibility" for U.S. troops stationed in South Korea to operate against regional threats, but the core of the alliance with Seoul will remain focused on deterring North Korea,

Customers can access many postal products and services through the Postal Service’s network of more than 2,600 self-service kiosks.

Microsoft's announcement Monday was part of its planned $15.2 billion investment in technology in the UAE, which it says has some of the highest per-capita usage of AI.