Some parents abuse their kids. Child welfare workers are supposed to stop that to protect the kids. But bad things often happen while they watch. "Children have a right to safety," says Tim Keller. "If home is a danger, we as a society have to step in and protect those ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When the White House fired Susan Monarez as director of the premier U.S. public health agency, it was clear to two of the scientific leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the political meddling would not end and it was time to quit. "We knew ... if ...

Today is Friday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2025. There are 124 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in southeast Louisiana, breaching levees and spurring floods that devastated New Orleans. Katrina caused nearly 1,400 deaths and an ...

The MSNBC anchor Lawrence O'Donnell believes he's on to a scandal — the U.S. president who held a snap summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, and then immediately after, hosted a spontaneous meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and major European leaders at the White House, is so ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government exerting its power over the nation's capital. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the takeover Wednesday alongside ...

Today is Thursday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2025. There are 125 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1963, during the March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech before an estimated 250,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial in ...