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June 17, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Monday released legislation that would cut Medicaid far more aggressively than would the House-passed bill to deliver President Donald Trump’s do...

June 17, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Hawaii County’s amateur radio community gathered Thursday at Aunty Sally Kaleohano’s Luau Hale for the first-ever Keanakolu Amateur Radio Summit.

June 17, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Hawaii County’s top housing official said the Office of Housing and Community Development “has implemented or is actively working on all seven of the county auditor’s recomme...

June 17, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Hawaii’s hurricane outlook calls for a below-normal season, but ongoing cuts to the federal government have U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda concerned about the state’s ability to both predic...

June 16, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump took a call from Brooke Rollins, his secretary of agriculture, who relayed a growing sense of alarm from the heartland.

June 16, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

When an assassin visited the homes of two Minnesota lawmakers Saturday, it exposed the long-standing tension between a public official’s accessibility and their security.

June 16, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Israel and Iran traded new attacks early today, as the most intense fighting between the two countries in decades entered its fourth day, with international pleas for de-escalation falling on...

June 16, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

For some American consumers, “buy now, pay later” loans aren’t just for big-ticket items like televisions and vacations. They’re for groceries, too.

June 15, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the country Saturday, mounting a mass mobilization against a president that many demonstrators decried as authoritarian. The protests unfolde...

June 15, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

President Donald Trump presided over a show of American military might in the nation’s capital Saturday evening, a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that became a tes...

June 14, 2025 | 10 MIN READ

The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years.

June 14, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Iran was reeling and firing missiles and drones Friday after Israel carried out its largest attack ever against Iran, waves of coordinated airstrikes that hit nuclear sites and killed much of...

June 14, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The last time tanks paraded through the streets of Washington, the U.S. Army was at the peak of its confidence and power.

June 13, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

AHMEDABAD, India — More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London crashed moments after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, in...

June 13, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

LOS ANGELES — A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily barred President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement...

June 13, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Three deceased U.S. military veterans from the Big Island who served in the Vietnam War will be honored Saturday in a national ceremony in Washington, D.C..