4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (421+ words) By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ALI SWENSON The promise comes after Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections and as affordability has become a central issue for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (719+ words) The Massachusetts ballot initiative process has come under intense scrutiny lately, and understandably so. Following a chaotic ballot-question cycle marked by legal challenges and judicial intervention, the state Legislature has proposed a sweeping, fundamental overhaul of the system. While appreciating…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) A second witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent has been ordered released from custody after more than a month in detention. Daniel Tirado Pantoja was one of three passengers riding in a work van…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (652+ words) The prosecution’s final witnesses in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial Tuesday attempted to cast doubt on claims that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and that a voice ordered her to kill her three young children. Clancy’s mental health is…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (375+ words) As if there was any doubt, Republicans’ midterm convention will be the Donald Trump show, with the president appearing at both nights of the event in Dallas next month. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are both set to headline…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (485+ words) Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, said he would immediately appeal. In a lawsuit brought on behalf of the Ohio Alliance of Retired Americans and the progressive group Red Wine & Blue by the Democrat-aligned Elias Law Group, U.S. District Court…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (348+ words) Even under strict limitations, the reopening of the trade channel brought relief to Mexico’s ranching industry, which was dealt an economic blow by the controls. The flesh-eating worm is now present on both sides of the border. In the sprawling…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (504+ words) By NASSER KARIMI and DAVID RISING The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading opened on currency markets. Iran’s official Central Bank rate stood at around 1.5 million rial to the dollar, but the market rate is what most…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (367+ words) Today is Sunday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2026. There are 130 days left in the year. On Aug. 23, 2003, former priest John Geoghan (GAY’-gun), the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (340+ words) By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, as well as its publisher and a reporter, the editor said. He said he was dismissed for insubordination after an interview he gave…...