Prison officers guarding gang members in a cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador, on April 4, 2025. Alex Peña/Getty Images The U.S. State Department has designated the Barrio 18 street gang as a foreign terrorist organization, expanding Washington’s campaign against transnational gangs
People walk through the campus of the University of California—Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles on Aug. 11, 2025. Daniel Cole/File Photo/Reuters A federal judge in San Francisco on Sept. 23 ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to restore $500 million in grant funding to researchers at the University of California—Los Angeles (UCLA). U.S. District Judge
A Florida jury on Tuesday found Ryan Routh guilty of an assassination attempt against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Routh represented himself in the trial. He was found guilty of all five charges, which included attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate and assaulting a federal officer. Routh was arrested in September 2024 at Mr. Trump’s
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sept. 23 that Ukraine should go on the
A Florida jury on Tuesday found Ryan Routh guilty of an assassination attempt against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Routh represented himself in the trial. He was found guilty of all five charges, which included attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate and assaulting a federal officer. Routh was arrested in September 2024 at Mr. Trump’s
The U.S. Secret Service has dismantled a network of sophisticated electronic devices in the greater New York area that had been used to threaten U.S. government officials. The devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. First Lady Melania Trump is attending an event in New York City on…
U.S. warships head to Venezuela U.S. warships head to Venezuela to combat drug cartel threats 03:35 The State Department announced on Tuesday it is designating Barrio 18 as a foreign terrorist organization, saying the gang has carried out attacks on officials, security personnel and civilians in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Barrio 18 is one