ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined the grieving family of a Kentucky man who was the seventh U. S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war as his remains were brought back to the U. S. Monday evening. The dignified transfer, which honors U. S. service members killed in action, took place at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Hegseth and Vance saluted alongside high ranking military officials as the transfer case draped with...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he won’t sign any other legislation into law until Congress passes a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill that he says also must end Americans' ability to vote by mail, a startling demand months before the midterm elections. Trump told House Republicans during their annual retreat at his golf club in Florida that he doesn't think they will win elections unless voting laws are toughened up to prevent fraud — even though mail ballots...

It may be cold comfort for Americans in the East and Midwest who shivered through blizzards and subfreezing blitzes, but this past winter was the second-warmest on record for the continental United States, federal meteorologists calculated Monday. The Lower 48 states averaged 37. 13 degrees Fahrenheit (2. 85 degrees Celsius) from December through February, which is considered meteorological winter. That's just one-third of a degree below that of the warmest winter, a record set two years ago...