The beating of Sen. Charles Sumner in 1856 by Rep. Preston Brooks over a speech against slavery sparked a nationwide debate over free speech, political violence and the relationship between the two.
July 13, 2026
August primaries in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota will be another gauge of Democratic voters’ frustration with the establishment
July 13, 2026
ASEAN's re-engagement with Myanmar runs the risk of providing legitimacy to the military-led government and undermining the regional group's own plan to end violence in the war-
July 13, 2026
The European Commission and more than a dozen countries launched an initiative on Monday to deliver €883.6 million ($1 billion) in aid projects to help Gaza recover from
July 13, 2026
The U.S.
July 13, 2026
The European Union and Britain have imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence officers, hackers and private companies
July 13, 2026
India and the U.S. did not reach a consensus on a trade agreement in recent talks, with New Delhi
July 13, 2026
By Foo Yun Chee and Bart H.
July 13, 2026
Justices Barrett and Kagan to face lawmakers after divisive Supreme Court term
July 13, 2026
Graham and Trump’s unlikely alliance: From opponents to key allies — and golf buddies
July 13, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll finds that support for Israel is a key component of the religious identity of many Jewish adults ages 45 and older in the United States, but younger Jewish adults are more likely to prioritize other forms of connection, like celebrating Jewish holidays
July 13, 2026
Congo's AFC/M23 rebels have used a small Ebola outbreak in territory they control to showcase their ability to govern, mounting a response largely
July 13, 2026
A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison on Monday after finding him guilty of illegally receiving opinion polling services worth
July 13, 2026
EU countries have yet to reach agreement on a broad 21st package of sanctions against Russia, but may decide on Monday to add 250 individuals and entities to their Russia sanctions
July 13, 2026
Florida is in the process of executing three of its oldest death row inmates back to back — each one older than the last
July 13, 2026
U.S. and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting U.S.
July 12, 2026
The U.S. military has launched several waves of strikes on Iran over Tehran's attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing earlier in the weekend
July 12, 2026
By Andrew Gray and Bart H.
July 13, 2026
McConnell says after weeks of speculation that hospitalization was due to a fall
July 13, 2026
Houston officials call out lack of federal collaboration after fatal ICE shooting
July 10, 2026
By Erwin Seba July 12 - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mobilized state National Guard troops on Sunday to battle wildfires on the state's northern border with Canada.
July 13, 2026
NATO allies, Ukraine and Israel have paid tribute to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham as a friend and advocate of trans-Atlantic ties
July 12, 2026
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has died after a brief illness
July 12, 2026
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said he will not rejoin the Senate when it returns to work on Monday because he is still recovering from a fall and from pneumonia.
July 13, 2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell has for the first time revealed what led to his hospitalization
July 13, 2026
Lindsey Graham’s death will shake the Senate, and the November election. Here’s what comes next
July 12, 2026
Lindsey Graham was the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners and he rose to become a prominent senator and fixture on the global stage
July 13, 2026
An off-duty Chilean navy member has crashed a private vehicle into an open-air market in Viña del Mar, killing several people
July 13, 2026
Residents of Philadelphia and some surrounding counties are cleaning up and assessing damage after a series of severe storms called microbursts swept through with winds up to 60 or 70 miles per hour
July 13, 2026
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74
July 12, 2026
Israel is set to hold a national election on October 27, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, its first since Hamas' 2023 attack and the wars that
July 12, 2026
Israeli fire in Gaza has killed at least six Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl
July 12, 2026
Lindsey Graham's relationship with Donald Trump was a roller coaster
July 12, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron is decrying the resurgence of antisemitism in France
July 12, 2026
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko has stepped down as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced fresh changes to Ukraine’s government
July 12, 2026
Israeli attacks killed at least six people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a 9-year-old girl, Palestinian health officials said, as mediators
July 12, 2026
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July 12, 2026
28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering former UK lawmaker
July 12, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he planned to replace Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko after only a year in office, triggering the
July 12, 2026
There is no evidence that the suspected murder of former British government minister Ann Widdecombe was politically
July 12, 2026
The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN was told on Sunday by Myanmar's foreign minister that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was "a sister" who was in
July 12, 2026
It was supposed to be Trump’s big legislative achievement. It could be a weapon for Democrats to win in the midterms
July 12, 2026
The legislation is the first major housing bill to pass in decades.
July 11, 2026
Israel's prime minister and other leading officials offered their condolences on Sunday for the death of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, saying they had lost a dear friend.
July 12, 2026
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July 12, 2026
Iraq's prime minister will visit Washington on Monday to deepen strategic ties with the United States, with oil and gas deals expected to be signed as part of a broader
July 12, 2026
Qatar's former emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, a sweeping moderniser who seized power in 1995 and broke with tradition to hand it over to his son 18
July 12, 2026
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's coalition suffered a crushing defeat to a key partner in a regional poll on Saturday, raising questions
July 12, 2026
The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston
July 11, 2026
Iran says it again considers the Strait of Hormuz closed after a vessel using an ‘unauthorized route’ was struck by a warning shot in the critical waterway — potentially further menacing the already tenuous ceasefire agreement with the United States
July 11, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that officials who allowed weapons warehouses to operate in a residential area outside Kyiv where explosions killed 10
July 12, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's ordered the U.S. military to destroy Iran if he were to be assassinated
July 11, 2026
Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Ukraine on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding dozens more, officials said, as President Volodymyr
July 11, 2026
A Democratic senator says whistleblowers have alleged numerous problems with rushed reconstruction of the Kennedy Center
July 12, 2026
A congressman says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the West Bank
July 12, 2026
Trump’s DC beautification push navigates troubled waters
July 12, 2026
The Department of Justice confirms that it's subpoenaed New York Times journalists after they reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One
July 11, 2026
Trump administration subpoenas New York Times journalists who reported security concerns around new Air Force One
July 11, 2026
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July 11, 2026
A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government’s landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy
July 11, 2026
New Russian attacks on Ukraine have killed six people, including a child, and wounded 29
July 11, 2026
Many longtime residents of the small Alaska fishing community of Petersburg say they opposed efforts by the state to keep a local man named Dan Sullivan from running in this year's U.S. Senate race, even if they're not voting for him
July 11, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his Omani counterpart on Saturday discussed arrangements for the safe passage of
July 11, 2026
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July 11, 2026
Moldova's pro-European President Maia Sandu has nominated 44-year-old financier Vasile Tofan to be the country's prime minister, Sandu told a press
July 11, 2026
Michigan Democrats are angry at their party. Abdul El-Sayed thinks he knows why
July 11, 2026
Renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources
July 11, 2026
The view from Tehran: Anger and vengeance in the air as Iran buries its longest-serving leader
July 11, 2026
Takeaways from the preliminary hearing for Charlie Kirk’s accused killer
July 11, 2026
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July 11, 2026
North Korea condemned the United States and its allies on Saturday for what it called strengthening military blocs and accelerating arms buildups after a NATO summit this
July 11, 2026
A new $4.7-billion bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, which President Donald Trump threatened to block, is set to open
July 11, 2026
Graham Platner has formally withdrawn from the Maine Senate race. Here’s what we know about the process to replace him
July 10, 2026
England captain Harry Kane has confirmed he once played golf with U.S. President Donald Trump, describing the experience as "surreal" and praising the president's game.
July 11, 2026
The United States and a group of countries in Latin America said on Friday they had "deep concern" about statements and actions that cast doubt on the
July 11, 2026
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July 11, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon upgraded their nations' diplomatic ties on Saturday, as Modi seeks to bolster New
July 11, 2026
The White House spent months looking for ways to bypass a federal election agency and use emergency powers to force changes to voting
July 11, 2026
Graham Platner has submitted his paperwork to formally withdraw from Maine’s U.S. Senate race, officially ending an upstart yet troubled campaign whose dissolution threatens Democrats’ pursuit of chamber control
July 11, 2026
The United States is demanding that Iran publicly state it will stop attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and that all lanes in the strait will be
July 11, 2026
A self-identified white supremacist in Pennsylvania was indicted by a federal grand jury after he threatened violence against a member of Congress,
July 11, 2026
Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed on Friday in the second nationwide outage this week and the fourth this year
July 11, 2026
The Trump administration finalized a major change on Friday to how threatened species are considered in agency actions, removing regulatory language aimed at preventing damage to
July 11, 2026
Voters in Malaysia's southern state of Johor will cast their ballots on Saturday in a regional election that could test the unity of Prime Minister
July 11, 2026
Vance leasing part of multimillion-dollar Virginia farm as an additional residence
July 11, 2026
The U.S. issued new Iran-related sanctions on Friday targeting a key financier for Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and 13 other
July 11, 2026
The New York Times in a court filing on Friday accused the U.S.
July 11, 2026
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner has officially withdrawn from the state's U.S.
July 11, 2026
Trump administration opens endangered species’ habitats to development, reversing 50 years of environmental law
July 11, 2026
The U.S. is demanding that Iran make a public statement saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and that ships crossing the vital corridor won’t be attacked anymore
July 10, 2026
The newest Air Force One is flying, but is it ready to deal with all the threats a president faces?
July 11, 2026
Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are trying to sow doubt about the case
July 10, 2026
Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool again as President Donald Trump's problem-plagued effort to renovate the site pushes past his initial July 4 deadline
July 10, 2026
Three men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a U.S. agent in Houston on Tuesday have challenged
July 11, 2026
Ukraine is setting up a "long-range impact" command within its armed forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Kyiv's campaign against Russian energy and
July 10, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran had agreed to continue talks despite a recent escalation
July 10, 2026
A federal judge on Friday paused a union lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from shutting down the top U.S. watchdog for consumer financial protection,
July 11, 2026
Baptisms, heat, MAHA: A look back at 16 days of Trump’s Great American State Fair
July 11, 2026
Three men who survived a fatal shooting involving federal immigration officers in Houston say no officer was threatened
July 10, 2026
Americans expect prolonged US-Iran war as ceasefire falters, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
L3Harris gets $955 million US contract to supply 18 satellites for Golden Dome missile shield
Argentina's YPF Electric Energy reveals revenue jump in US IPO filing
Trump sends Congress formal notice that Iran conflict has resumed
US states tap private law firm Milbank to fight Paramount-Warner Bros deal
Baseball's All-Stars don't like MLB's salary cap proposal but say there's time to find a deal
Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah as Republicans reshape land management