America, Updated Hourly.
Consequential national and regional reporting from across the United States.
New York City recorded historically low shootings and murders through October 2026, the NYPD said. Major crime declined 6.5%, although reported rape and felony assault increased.
Kathy Griffin says Ed Sheeran should have pushed back against Robert Kraft over Macklemore’s removal from the singer’s U.S. tour.
Bernie Sanders says large donors are exerting too much influence over the 2026 midterms. Here is what current reporting shows about campaign spending and dark money.
Robert De Niro criticized President Donald Trump at a June 14 First Amendment concert in New York, saying he wanted to love his country again.
Schwarzenegger made his remarks after the January 6 Capitol attack. Trump later returned to the presidency, so the prediction that he would soon become irrelevant did not match his political path.
The recession timeline offers a mixed answer: Obama took office during an active downturn, while the 1990–91 and COVID-19 recessions had officially ended before Clinton and Biden took office.
The White House says China will import at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal in both 2027 and 2028. The countries also advanced talks on possible tariff preferences.
Neil Young called Trump the “worst president” in a March 2026 post. The musician’s criticism—and his 2020 lawsuit over campaign use of his music—are part of a wider political debate.
