'They have a mystical value': Why Iran won't budge on its prized ballistic missiles Reaching a deal to constrain Iran's nuclear enrichment is an uphill battle. View article →

States Offer Community College Bachelor's Degrees as Alternatives to Pricey Four-Year Campuses More states are authorizing community colleges to grant bachelor's degrees as an affordable alternative to four-year universities. View article →

Democrats present Virginia's Law with Epstein victims, Virginia Giuffre's family Democratic lawmakers and victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday applauded Virginia's Law, which would end the statute of limitations on adult sex trafficking. View article →

Trump to Rescind 'Holy Grail' Climate Change Regulation The Trump administration this week will repeal the 2009 endangerment finding that the federal government has used for decades to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, White House officials said. View article →

See the video: FBI releases first surveillance images of masked person on Nancy Guthrie's porch Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released the first surveillance images Tuesday showing a masked person on her porch the night she went missing, as law enforcement and her family intensified calls for public help more than a week into the search. View article →

Free McNugget Caviar kits 'sell out' in minutes after McDonald's turns viral meme into reality McDonald's is officially making one of the internet's most unlikely food pairings a reality, launching limited-edition McNugget Caviar kits exclusively online today as a Valentine's Day promotion. View article →

Democrat-run Virginia goes big on gun control Virginia's Democratic leaders are moving full steam ahead with their first batch of gun-control laws now that the party controls every lever of power in Richmond. View article →

ICE Says It Does Not Maintain Database on Americans Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons flatly rejected the accusation that his agency maintains a database of Americans who have protested against President Trump's deportation efforts. View article →

Sen. Susan Collins launches reelection bid in 'toss-up' Maine Senate race Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday she's running for a sixth term representing Maine, pitching herself as an independent problem-solver who wants to push back against the partisan fighting in Washington. View article →

U.S. military strike against suspected drug vessel kills two, leaves one survivor The U.S. military struck its 39th suspected drug-smuggling vessel on Monday, killing two people and leaving one survivor. View article →

Indonesia says it's preparing to send up to 8,000 troops to support Trump's Gaza peace plan Indonesia says it plans to send up to 8,000 troops to support an international peacekeeping force in Gaza under the U.S.-backed peace plan. View article →

Vice President J.D. Vance visits the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan Vice President J.D. Vance on Tuesday visited a memorial to the estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed by Ottoman Turks in the early 20th century. View article →

Hong Kong fire survivors wait for resettlement two months after deadly blaze killed 168 More than two months after Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades killed 168 people and destroyed seven apartment buildings at the Wang Fuk Court complex, displaced residents remain in temporary housing while awaiting government resettlement plans, with many fearing they may not live to see permanent homes rebuilt. View article →

House finds rare moment of unity to tackle housing affordability Legislation to address housing affordability passed Monday with overwhelming support in the House, where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have homed in on pocketbook issues for the midterm campaigns. View article →

House passes bills to create 250th anniversary commemorative coins, congressional time capsule The House on Monday passed a pair of bills in honor of America's 250th anniversary that would create a commemorative coin and a congressional time capsule. View article →

Trump threatens to block Canadian-U.S. bridge as major trading partner turns toward China President Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a bridge between Michigan and Ontario until the U.S. is given control of half of it as well as adequate compensation. View article →

Vonn's father wants her to retire after her Winter Olympics crash Lindsey Vonn's father said Monday that the American superstar will no longer race if he has any influence over her decision and that she will not return to the Winter Olympics after breaking her left leg in the downhill over the weekend. View article →

Student shot inside Wootton High School in Rockville, suspect in custody A student was shot inside Thomas S. Wootton High School Monday afternoon, and another student has been arrested in connection with the incident, according to Montgomery County police. View article →

Democrats want to lie, cheat and steal U.S. elections Democrats have been trying to steal our elections for the past several years. View article →

'Home Alone,' 'Beetlejuice' actress Catherine O'Hara's cause of death revealed Catherine O'Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause. View article →