By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 3:54 PM

President Donald Trump hosted Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin at the White House on Tuesday during their annual St. Patrick's Day visit. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 2:45 PM

President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he has delayed his trip to China for "five or six weeks" to focus on the war against Iran. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 2:44 PM

Ukrainian President Zelensky warned that the rise of AI and cheap drone technology has made "mass drone warfare" quicker and more common. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 2:29 PM

The White House negotiators are reviewing a proposal from Senate Democrats to fund the Department of Homeland Security sent Monday evening. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 12:22 PM

U.S. gasoline prices have surged by 27% and diesel by 34% since the start of U.S. attacks on Iran last month, fuel costs reported Tuesday indicate. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 12:12 PM

Joe Kent, national counterterrorism director, resigned Tuesday in protest of the war with Iran. He said Iran posed "no threat" to the United States. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 11:11 AM

The man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington D.C., on Jan. 6, is arguing that President Donald Trump's pardon should apply to him. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 10:10 AM

The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh the Trump administration's authority to end the temporary protected status of Syrian and Haitian immigrants. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 10:09 AM

Kouri Darden Richins, the Utah woman who published a children's book about grief, has been found guilty of his murder by poisoning him with fentanyl. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 4:49 AM

The 39-year-old man killed in a standoff with Dallas police last week was a member of Rep. Jasmine Crockett's security team, her office confirmed Monday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/17/2026 1:54 AM

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated a Jewish Iranian-American imprisoned for nearly a year in Iran as wrongfully detained, according to his family. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/16/2026 11:53 PM

Customs and Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, who spearheaded several operations in the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, will retire at the end of the month. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/16/2026 10:30 PM

A federal judge on Monday blocked all votes and changes by a CDC vaccine committee remade by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from going into effect. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/16/2026 8:01 PM

Extreme weather snarled all manner of transportation across the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast on Monday, making the partial shutdown of TSA worse. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/16/2026 4:13 PM

A group of Tennessee teens and one adult sued Elon Musk's xAI on Monday for allowing it to undress them creating child pornography. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/16/2026 3:52 PM

The Kennedy Center board voted Monday to shutter the facility for two years to carry out renovations that some worry could result in an overhaul. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/16/2026 3:25 PM

House and Senate Democrats are calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem for perjury. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/16/2026 2:51 PM

Illinois will have busy primary elections Tuesday as voters select candidates to fill six seats representing the state in the U.S. Congress. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/16/2026 2:20 PM

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has an "excellent" prognosis, President Donald Trump announced. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/16/2026 11:22 AM

Workers at a JBS plant in Greeley, Colo., went on strike this morning demanding higher wages and safer working conditions. ... Read full Story