The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case in which Republicans sought to keep in place a policy introduced under former President Donald Trump that had let American officials quickly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants at the U.S.-Mexican border.

The Ukrainian military and Russia’s Wagner private army both reported further Russian retreats around the city of Bakhmut on Thursday, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for six months ahead of a planned counteroffensive.

Vice President Kamala Harris and top White House economic adviser Lael Brainard said on Thursday that a default on the U.S. debt of $31.4 trillion would throw the American economy into a recession.

The U.S. and Taiwan reached agreement on the first part of their “21st Century” trade initiative covering customs and trade facilitation, regulatory practices, and small business, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Thursday.

Ukraine shot down 29 of 30 missiles launched by Russia in overnight air strikes.

The fate of four children who were missing after a plane crash in southern Colombia was unclear.

Democrats in the U.S. Congress expressed frustration with President Joe Biden’s willingness to engage with Republicans.

The Ukrainian military and Russia’s Wagner private army both reported further Russian retreats around the city of Bakhmut.

New Zealand police expect to start removing bodies from the hostel in Wellington where at least six people died in a fire earlier this week, authorities said on Thursday.

South Carolina’s Republican-controlled state House of Representatives late Wednesday passed a “fetal heartbeat” bill to ban abortions about six weeks into pregnancy.

The U.S. Supreme Court left in place a Democratic-backed ban on assault-style rifles and large capacity magazines enacted in Illinois after a deadly mass shooting in Chicago’s Highland Park suburb in 2022, handing a setback to gun rights advocates.

The world’s oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1 million, Sotheby’s said, one of the highest prices ever for a book or document sold at auction.