American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks in Kyiv this week after meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, part of a Trump administration effort to restart stalled negotiations to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

The mistrial in the case of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy has reopened one of the most closely watched criminal proceedings in recent memory, drawing sharp commentary about the conduct of the trial and dividing public opinion over how she should be understood.

American employers added 162,000 jobs in August, exceeding the consensus forecast and easing worries of a slowdown that had built ahead of the report.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into Tesla's Cybercab, a driverless taxi designed without a steering wheel or pedals, a day after Elon Musk began offering rides in the vehicle.

The Trump administration has proposed stripping tax-exempt status from schools that factor race into their policies, part of a broader campaign against diversity programs that also extends to threats against the Smithsonian Institution's federal funding.