Jacki Thrapp

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a news conference.

Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed apologizes for comments after synagogue attack

August 31, 2026 at 10:38 a.m.

“My comments may have been misconstrued to justify something I did not mean to justify,” Progressive Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, said on Saturday in...

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, above, was supported by President Donald Trump, in Tuesday's primary. She will face Democratic state Rep. James Byrd in the general election for the U.S. Senate seat after winning the Wyoming Republican primary. (MEAD GRUVER/AP FILE)

Trump-endorsed candidates have very different results in Wyoming primary

August 19, 2026 at 11:35 a.m.

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, supported by President Donald Trump, will face Democratic state Rep. James Byrd in the general election for the U.S. Senate seat after winning the Wyoming Republican...

Country music superstar Brad Paisley call the proposed data facility a “nightmare scenario” and urged people to sign the Nashville Zoo's petition. “It doesn’t belong there,” Paisley said. “It would be an enormous monstrosity, an absolute eyesore and detract, in every way, from not only the zoo, but that area.” (MATT LICARI/AP FILE)

Nashville Zoo pushes back against proposed data center; 524,000 sign petition

June 26, 2026 at 9:18 a.m.

Nashville Zoo officials fear the proposed data center will negatively affect the already-strained stormwater retention system and hurt the animals, suggesting “exposure to unabated, tonal noise and infrasound coming from...

A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. (VAHID SALEMI/AP)

State Department approves sale of $151.8 million in munitions to Israel

March 9, 2026 at 2:38 p.m.

The US State Department waived the congressional review requirements under Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act after Israel requested 12,000 BLU-110A/B general-purpose, 1,000-pound bomb bodies. The U.S. is...

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