2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (657+ words) By JULIA FRANKEL and STELLA MARTANY With fighting flaring again and diplomacy appearing to sputter, both sides made moves suggesting an escalation was possible. U.S. embassies in the Middle East began alerting Americans in the region that options to leave could…...

8+ hour, 16+ min ago   (552+ words) By DAVID A. LIEB and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM A federal judicial panel has allowed Tennessee to use a new congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis, providing another legal victory for Republicans who hope to gain an additional seat…...

7+ hour, 4+ min ago   (729+ words) By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MEG KINNARD Either South Carolina or Nevada is expected to go first, and each state has aggressively campaigned for the coveted spot. The decision by the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee will need to…...

21+ hour, 34+ min ago   (377+ words) Kagan, one of the court’s three liberal justices, told an audience of lawyers and judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit in Bellevue, Washington, that at significant times, on some big issues, “the court has checked the executive branch.” “Is this court…...

21+ hour, 49+ min ago   (499+ words) By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and JOCELYN NOVECK A Navy official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation, said Thursday afternoon that Tresch’s statement was the result of a misinterpretation of a recently released Navy policy that has…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (120+ words) Houthis say they attacked 2 Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea as US carries out 12th night of strikes The Vacaville Reporter By ELENA BECATOROS, FATMA KHALED and COLLIN BINKLEY The Houthis have threatened to shut down another key trade route,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (588+ words) By COLLIN BINKLEY, AAMER MADHANI and MICHELLE L. PRICE In a post on social media, the Republican president said the deal doesn’t allow for enrichment of uranium. Nonproliferation experts have raised concerns that the deal fails to include guardrails to prevent…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (638+ words) It also would provide for a pay raise next year ranging from 5% to 7% for service members, depending upon their rank. The National Defense Authorization Act is generally one of the more bipartisan bills that Congress takes up on an annual…...

2+ day, 19+ min ago   (989+ words) By MATT ROURKE, JULIA DEMAREE-NIKHINSON and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press The president saluted as four transfer cases carrying the service members’ remains were escorted off an airplane during the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base. The ritual is one…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (85+ words) The Vacaville Reporter In announcing the tariffs, Trump accused Canada of unfairly discriminating against U.S. automobiles, alcohol and dairy products, escalating tensions with one of the United States’ closest allies. “In light of trade action threatened by the United States earlier…...