Juneau Independent

Postal services in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy said they will stop shipping most merchandise to the U.S. effective immediately. France and Austria will follow Monday. The U.K.'s Royal Mail said it would halt shipments to the U.S. on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a lower court’s ruling, allowing the Trump administration to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health grants that addressed diversity, equity and inclusion issues.

An appeals court late Wednesday said it will allow the Trump administration, for now, to move forward with ending temporary protections for 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua.

B. said he left Cameroon nine years ago because he was scared for his life. Authorities in the West African nation threw him in prison because of his sexual orientation, he said. After his release, he feared that if he stayed in the country, he would be killed.

KTOO, other Alaska stations among those receiving grants; change part of Republicans’ vote to defund Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Following a “successful” meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump said he is going straight for a “peace agreement” in a Monday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.

World leaders end their historic meeting earlier than expected, and with few details about what occurred in a lengthy closed-door meeting.

A federal judge in Maryland has struck down the U.S. Education Department’s attempts to do away with diversity, equity and inclusion practices in schools.

U.S. president may offer access rights, lift some sanctions as part of deal to end war in Ukraine.

More than half the states restrict conversion therapy, but conservative courts could change that.

Some expect to tap into reserve funds, but many states will likely reduce services.

President Donald Trump met virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other European leaders before flying to Alaska for a U.S.-Russia bilateral meeting Friday.