News for May 15, 2025

The Greer Fire in eastern Arizona has grown to more than 9,500 acres, forced evacuations, and remained 0% contained as firefighters worked to slow its spread.

The Department of Homeland Security has asked for about 20,000 National Guard troops to support a wider interior deportation effort, and the Defense Department is still reviewing the request.

A Philadelphia team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine used custom gene editing therapy to treat baby KJ Muldoon, marking a medical first for a child with a rare metabolic disease.

President Donald Trump’s tax bill leaves out his promise to end taxes on Social Security benefits, and the House instead approved a smaller tax break for some seniors.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said a U.S. recession is still a real possibility, even after recent tariff rollbacks.

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan pleaded not guilty to federal charges that she helped block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting an undocumented immigrant in her courtroom.

The Supreme Court said a lower court used the wrong standard in a deadly Houston police shooting case, letting Janice Hughes pursue her excessive force claim for now.

Walmart says new Trump tariffs are likely to force it to raise prices in the US, even as it tries to limit the impact on shoppers.

President Donald Trump’s claim that white farmers are facing genocide in South Africa is disputed by South Africans who say the country has serious crime and land reform issues, but no race-based campaign of killing.