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Read full article: Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies at 94

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies at 94

Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas has died.

FILE - The BBC logo is displayed at its headquarters in London, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Read full article: Trump urges court to reject BBC's bid to secure records from his family in defamation case

Trump urges court to reject BBC's bid to secure records from his family in defamation case

President Donald Trump has urged a federal judge to reject the BBC’s request for the court’s help in securing testimony and documents from three members of the president’s family in response to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster.

FILE - Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Read full article: A trade war between Canada and the US further ruptures a once-close and durable alliance

A trade war between Canada and the US further ruptures a once-close and durable alliance

Canada and the United States have long had one of the world's closest and most durable alliances.

Denise Powell, the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in Nebraska's second congressional district, walks with the Nebraska Democratic Party in a Juneteenth Parade in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Read full article: This rare Nebraska district backed Harris but sent a Republican to Congress. Can Democrats win here?

This rare Nebraska district backed Harris but sent a Republican to Congress. Can Democrats win here?

Just eight of 435 congressional districts backed a Republican in their House race and Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

FILE - A bronze depiction of Thomas Jefferson seated and signing the Declaration of Independence is seen before President Donald Trump speaks during an event to honor the 2025 World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rose Garden of the White House, July 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Read full article: Inside Trump's remake of the White House Rose Garden. First a stone patio, then statues

Inside Trump's remake of the White House Rose Garden. First a stone patio, then statues

President Donald Trump has transformed the White House Rose Garden by adding statues of America’s founders.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attends a cabinet meeting, Friday, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Read full article: US and Canada fall deeper into a trade war with new tariffs as talks collapse and blame is spread

US and Canada fall deeper into a trade war with new tariffs as talks collapse and blame is spread

The United States and Canada have fallen deeper into a trade war.

Members of the Arkansas National Guard continue their patrol after carrying an elderly woman in her wheelchair down the steps to the train platform due to an out-of-service elevator at the Columbia Heights metro station, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Read full article: Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime

Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime

President Donald Trump is threatening to sue a left-leaning think tank unless it retracts a report that said his National Guard deployments to various cities did not reduce crime as he said.

FILE - The UN flag flies on a stormy day at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Read full article: US plans to pay $850 million of the $5 billion it owes the United Nations

US plans to pay $850 million of the $5 billion it owes the United Nations

The Trump administration has notified Congress of its plans to pay more than $800 million of the several billion it owes to the United Nations.

Work continues on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Read full article: National park maintenance work sidelined as Trump's Freedom 250 takes precedence

National park maintenance work sidelined as Trump's Freedom 250 takes precedence

The 250th anniversary of U.S. independence was just months away when National Park Service employees received a directive from Washington.

FILE - Ed Martin speaks at an event at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Read full article: Trump loyalist Ed Martin is leaving the Justice Department to focus on election 'legal battles'

Trump loyalist Ed Martin is leaving the Justice Department to focus on election 'legal battles'

Ed Martin, a loyal White House ally who held multiple Justice Department posts despite unconventional tactics that sometimes rankled his superiors, is leaving President Donald Trump’s administration.

FILE - The Department of Defense seal is seen on the podium in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Read full article: More troops are reporting unwanted sexual contact, but numbers still fall, Pentagon says

More troops are reporting unwanted sexual contact, but numbers still fall, Pentagon says

A new Pentagon report says that more U.S. troops are reporting unwanted sexual contact to authorities.

FILE - The Pentagon is seen from the air, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Read full article: Pentagon dismisses Stars and Stripes leadership after editor, reporter oppose military interference

Pentagon dismisses Stars and Stripes leadership after editor, reporter oppose military interference

The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes says the Pentagon has fired him as well as its publisher and a reporter.

Construction continues on a helipad and the White House Ballroom on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)

Read full article: Supreme Court's chief justice allows work on Trump’s $400M White House ballroom to continue for now

Supreme Court's chief justice allows work on Trump’s $400M White House ballroom to continue for now

President Donald Trump has expressed his gratitude to the Supreme Court for allowing the White House to continue construction for now on his $400 million White House ballroom project.

FILE - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, and wife Nancy Kissinger arrive for a State Dinner with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and President Donald Trump at the White House, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky,File)

Read full article: Philanthropist Nancy Kissinger, wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, dies at 92

Philanthropist Nancy Kissinger, wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, dies at 92

Philanthropist Nancy Kissinger, the wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, has died.

FILE - Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Read full article: MAHA activists urge Trump against promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers

MAHA activists urge Trump against promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers

Nearly 200 activists in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump's promotion of coal to power artificial intelligence data centers.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Read full article: Trump announces plan to lower beef prices, but ranchers and some Republicans are already balking

Trump announces plan to lower beef prices, but ranchers and some Republicans are already balking

President Donald Trump has announced his administration will temporarily allow more beef imports into the U.S. without triggering higher tariffs.

FILE - A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Read full article: Enrollment in SNAP grocery aid is dropping faster than expected

Enrollment in SNAP grocery aid is dropping faster than expected

The number of people receiving SNAP food aid has fallen more than 13% in a year as changes to the biggest U.S. food aid program start to kick in.

Workers build a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House, left, and continue construction on the new White House ballroom, right, as seen from the Washington Monument, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Read full article: The Latest: Trump is in South Carolina to stump for Sen. Darline Graham ahead of GOP Senate runoff

The Latest: Trump is in South Carolina to stump for Sen. Darline Graham ahead of GOP Senate runoff

President Donald Trump is in South Carolina making a last-minute appeal for Sen. Darline Graham.

FILE - Ernesto Sobern Guzmn, Cuban ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to reporters in New York, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig,File)

Read full article: Cuba says US sanctions are blocking its efforts to open the economy to private investment

Cuba says US sanctions are blocking its efforts to open the economy to private investment

The United States has demanded that Cuba open up to private investment, and Cuba has passed sweeping reforms to encourage just that.

This combination of book cover images shows "American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump by Kai Bird, "Music Against the Night: A Novel" by Yiyun Li, Promise Me, America by Joe Biden, "Switzy" by Emma Cline, and "The Disappearers" by Marlon James. (Scribner/FSG/Little, Brown & Co./Random House/Riverhead via AP)

Read full article: 5 books to read this fall, from Marlon James to Joe Biden

5 books to read this fall, from Marlon James to Joe Biden

Notable new books for the fall season range from Emma Cline's novel about a dying man's final journey to former President Joe Biden's White House memoir.

This combination of images show, top row from left, "A Court of Splintered Harmony" by Sarah J. Maas, "American Hagwon" by Min Jin Lee, "American Scoundrel" by Kai Bird, "Birth of a Culture" by Grandmaster Flash with Scoop Jackson, "Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea" by Emily Wilson, "Exit Party," by Emily St. John Mandel, second row from left, "In Latin America You Could Be Free" by Yesenia Barragan, "Life of M" by Rachel Cusk, "Music Against the Night" by Yiyun Li, "Partita" by Barbara Kingsolver, "Peculiar Stars" by Rebecca Yarros, "Ply" by Hernan Diaz, third row from left, "Renaissance Men" by Harriet A Washington, "Staying Still" by Hieu Minh Nguyen, "Taipei Story" by R.F. Kuang, "The Brightness" by Chad Harbach, "The Disappearers" by Marlon James, "The French Illusion" by John Grisham, bottom row from left, "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State" by Jill Lepore, "The Rush" by Nathaniel Philbrick, "The Telephone" by James Gleick, "The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman" by Deeshaw Philyaw, "Threshing Day" by Rebecca Yarros, and "The Witches of Cambridge" by Alice Hoffman. (AP Photo)

Read full article: Fall books: Fiction takes the spotlight in bookstores during the midterm season

Fall books: Fiction takes the spotlight in bookstores during the midterm season

Election news will likely fill the headlines this fall, but among book buyers fiction will likely have top billing.

Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks as President Donald Trump listens at a campaign rally for Graham at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Read full article: Trump urges South Carolinians to make Sen. Darline Graham the GOP nominee for US Senate

Trump urges South Carolinians to make Sen. Darline Graham the GOP nominee for US Senate

President Donald Trump says the first step toward keeping Darline Graham as a U.S. senator from South Carolina involves helping her win a Republican runoff next week.

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Cleveland Cliffs Middletown Works, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in Middletown, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

Read full article: Vance campaigns at the Ohio steel plant where his grandfather worked

Vance campaigns at the Ohio steel plant where his grandfather worked

Vice President JD Vance has returned to his hometown to campaign for Republican candidates at a steel plant where his grandfather worked.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Read full article: Trump warns of 'economic D-Day' against Iran, but Tehran is well acquainted with sanctions

Trump warns of 'economic D-Day' against Iran, but Tehran is well acquainted with sanctions

President Donald Trump's administration is touting a crushing financial campaign against Iran.

The exterior of the Kennedy Center is seen, Friday, July 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Read full article: Federal court is asked to block Kennedy Center from returning Trump's name to building

Federal court is asked to block Kennedy Center from returning Trump's name to building

Rep. Joyce Beatty has asked a federal court to block the Kennedy Center from adding President Donald Trump’s name to the building.

State Sen. Aisha Wahab, a Democratic candidate for Congress in California's 14th district, speaks during a primary election night event on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Hayward, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Read full article: California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in Congress

California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in Congress

California state Sen. Aisha Wahab has secured victory in a special election to serve the rest of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s House term, which ends in January.

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, and partially redacted by source, shows boxes of records being stored on the stage in the White and Gold Ballroom at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (Justice Department via AP)

Read full article: Investigators examining foes of Trump seek interviews related to Mar-a-Lago search, AP sources say

Investigators examining foes of Trump seek interviews related to Mar-a-Lago search, AP sources say

Investigators are seeking to interview law enforcement officials in connection with the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of a Florida-based inquiry aiming to establish a conspiracy against the Republican president.

FILE - Michael Cohen speaks during a news conference announcing his new radio show in New York, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Read full article: Trump appears on former fixer-turned-enemy Michael Cohen's radio show after detente

Trump appears on former fixer-turned-enemy Michael Cohen's radio show after detente

President Donald Trump appeared on his former fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen's radio show.

FILE - Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Read full article: Trump keeps embracing data centers even as they become toxic in midterm races

Trump keeps embracing data centers even as they become toxic in midterm races

President Donald Trump has voiced strong support for AI and data centers, emphasizing their economic benefits and importance in the global AI race.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives with Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger, not shown, to the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)

Read full article: US ramps up Cuba sanctions and detentions of Americans returning from the island

US ramps up Cuba sanctions and detentions of Americans returning from the island

The Trump administration is increasing pressure on Cuba by imposing more economic penalties on industries in the heavily sanctioned socialist country.

FYI - Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., talks with reporters after holding a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Read full article: Federal agents seize devices from ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell in sexual misconduct probe, AP source says

Federal agents seize devices from ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell in sexual misconduct probe, AP source says

Federal agents have seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell and searched his Washington home as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the ex-Democratic congressman from California.

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Read full article: Lawmakers demand answers about conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincolin

Lawmakers demand answers about conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincolin

Retired Vice Admiral Robert Murrett, who, among other things, served on three aircraft carriers, joined News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton to discuss the difficult reality of “life on board.”

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Read full article: The Latest: Over 750 US troops have been wounded since the Iran war began, Pentagon says

The Latest: Over 750 US troops have been wounded since the Iran war began, Pentagon says

Pentagon data shows more than 750 U.S. troops have been wounded during operations against Iran.

A plane carrying the deportees from the United States arrives at the Roberts International Airport outside of Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Wiaplah)

Read full article: US carries out its first deportations under pact for Liberia to accept 1,200 non-Liberians

US carries out its first deportations under pact for Liberia to accept 1,200 non-Liberians

The United States has carried out its first deportation under an agreement for Liberia to accept up to 1,200 people who are not from the African country.

FILE - The Boston harbor and the city skyline are photographed, Oct. 28, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)