Headlines & Global News

6 days ago | hngn.com | Taylor Odisho

Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell denied intentionally releasing the names of immigration agents, as alleged by Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration, which claimed the disclosure put agents' lives at risk. At a Friday press conference, O'Connell explained that the names were unintentionally included in a report produced under an executive order requiring city employees to notify the mayor's office of all interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

1 week ago | hngn.com | Danielle Ong

A Texas bill that seeks to ban minors under 18 years old from accessing social media failed on Thursday after state lawmakers failed to meet a key deadline over the weekend. Officials did not take a key vote on creating one of the country's most onerous restrictions on keeping minors off of social media platforms, including Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.

2 weeks ago | hngn.com | M.B. Mack

President Donald Trump presented South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with a video he claimed proved a "white farmer genocide"—but the footage actually showed a 2020 protest, not a mass grave. In a dimly lit Oval Office presentation Wednesday, Trump showed Ramaphosa images and clips, including one of rows of white crosses that he said were burial markers for murdered white farmers.

2 weeks ago | hngn.com | Ben Sheppard

Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot dead late Wednesday outside a Jewish museum in Washington by a gunman who shouted "free Palestine," authorities said, with US, Israeli and other world leaders expressing outrage over the killings. President Donald Trump condemned the attack in the heart of the US capital, saying: "These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!""Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA," he said on social media.

2 weeks ago | hngn.com | Danny Kemp |W.G. Dunlop

US President Donald Trump unveiled new details Tuesday on his plan for a "Golden Dome" missile shield system to protect the country against attacks, saying it should be operational in about three years. The president announced $25 billion in initial funding for the plan, which he said could eventually cost a total of some $175 billion. "In the campaign I promised the American people I would build a cutting-edge missile defense shield," Trump said at the White House.