Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is calling on Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger to ensure that an illegal immigrant accused of raping a teenage girl remains in custody rather than being released back into the community.

According to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security, the suspect is currently being held in a Virginia jail on serious sexual assault charges involving a minor. Federal immigration officials have lodged a detainer request seeking custody of the individual should local authorities decide to release him.

President Donald Trump said Monday that a potential agreement with Iran could be finalized "over the next week" after what he described as a temporary diplomatic setback caused by escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Los Angeles mayoral politics took another sharp turn this week after city councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman accused fellow candidate Spencer Pratt of representing “fascism” during a recent podcast interview. 

Communist China has once again blocked Taiwan from participating in the World Health Assembly (WHA), the annual decision-making meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO), reigniting concerns over politics interfering with global health cooperation. 

President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a historic state visit centered on trade, global security, and the future of U.S.-China relations. Chinese officials rolled out a formal red-carpet welcome as Trump landed aboard Air Force One ahead of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. 

A massive international evacuation effort is underway after passengers aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondiusbegan returning home from Spain’s Canary Islands following a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has already claimed three lives. 

Ted Turner, the outspoken media mogul who founded CNN and reshaped the modern news landscape, has died at the age of 87, according to statements released by Turner Enterprises. 

Turner, born Robert Edward Turner III in 1938, rose from running his father’s billboard business to building one of the most influential media empires in history. After acquiring a struggling Atlanta television station in the 1970s, he transformed it into a national “superstation,” laying the groundwork for what would become Turner Broadcasting.