2025 Holiday Shipping Deadlines: USPS, FedEx, UPS important dates to remember

With the holidays right around the corner, you need to be sure to mail packages early to ensure on-time delivery. Keep these essential 2025 shipping deadlines in mind from USPS, FedEx, and UPS to ensure your cards and gifts reach their destinations in time for Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and other holidays.

Chris Brown arrested in England for 'bottle-tossing incident,' reports

R&B artist Chris Brown was arrested in the United Kingdom on Thursday, over a bottle-throwing incident in a nightclub two years ago, according to sources.

Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff charged with DUI after Trump speech

House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff, Hayden Haynes, was arrested and charged with drunk driving after hitting a parked car following President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress Tuesday night, according to U.S. Capitol Police.

'We should take over': Trump backs GOP push to have federal government control DC

Speaking from Air Force One Wednesday night, President Donald Trump said the federal government should "take over" D.C. He complained about crime and homelessness in the District and said that the federal government would "make it safe."

Rep. Luna discusses JFK "two shooters" theory
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At an announcement for a new federal agency tasked with declassifying information for the American public on multiple assassinations and also unidentified flying objects, Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna discussed her belief that there were "two shooters" in the JFK assassination in Dallas in 1963.

Senate Dems respond to Kash Patel FBI nomination
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Senators Amy Klobuchar (Democrat, Minnesota), Alex Padilla (California), Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Chris Coons (Delaware), and Dick Durbin (Illinois) spoke out on Thursday about Kash Patel?s nomination for FBI director by President Trump.

US shoppers hit with new fees on their packages, up to $50

U.S. consumers have already been feeling the impact of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on products made in China. 

What time is Trump's inauguration? Schedule of events

Nearly a quarter million ticketed guests are expected to attend Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Monday, January 20, 2025, in the nation’s capital. The festivities begin over the weekend and continue until the Tuesday following Inauguration Day. Here are some key events on the schedule.

Trump Inauguration 2025: Here's who will and won't attend

The second inauguration of Donald Trump is expected to draw former presidents, tech billionaires, world leaders, and performers. Here are some notable attendees for the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies:

FDA bans Red 3 food dye: What products contain the dye?

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering food and drug makers to remove Red 3 dye from products U.S. consumers eat and drink.

Where will Jimmy Carter be buried? A look at the small town where he will be interred

Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried in the small town where he lived, married, and died: Plains, Georgia. Carter spent more than 80 of his 100 years in and around the town, which still has fewer than 700 people, not much more than when he was born on Oct. 1, 1924.

Jimmy Carter Funeral: Where was Michelle Obama?

Former President Jimmy Carter is being honored with a state funeral Thursday in Washington, D.C. 

Teen hit, 75-year-old man killed by driver fleeing police near National Mall

A 75-year-old man was killed Wednesday and a child was injured after a driver fleeing police hit them near the National Mall, authorities say. 

Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, prosecutors say; An armed man was soon arrested there

Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home address of former President Barack Obama on the same day that a man with guns in his van was arrested near the property, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in revealing new details about the case.

F-16 causes sonic boom in DC area while scrambling to intercept plane that later crashed in Virginia

The pilot of a business jet that flew over D.C. and crashed in a remote part of Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, two U.S. officials said Monday, recounting observations by fighter pilots who intercepted the wayward flight.