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Republicans are launching a voting bill debate that could last days or even weeks
16+ min ago (643+ words) The floor debate is expected to eventually end with a failed vote. Republicans need 60 votes to advance the bill to a final vote, but they hold 53 seats, and all 45 Democrats and both independents, who caucus with the Democrats, oppose it....
Trump team applying pressure to media: Tell the war's story the way we see it
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (835+ words) Through lectures, scoldings and outright threats, President Donald Trump and his aides are ratcheting up the pressure on journalists to cover the war in the Middle East the way the administration wants. The Republican president has fumed on social media…...
The Latest: Israel says it killed a top Iranian security official and the Basij force chief
7+ hour ago (1756+ words) Israel's defense minister said Tuesday that the military killed top Iranian security official Ali Larijani in an overnight strike. The military also announced it killed Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's all-volunteer Basij force. Iranian state…...
Illinois voters pick a new generation of Democrats for House, Senate after near-record retirements
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (1006+ words) The retirement of longtime Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat, has triggered a competitive campaign, drawing as candidates two sitting House members and the lieutenant governor, among others. Sharp elbows and furious fundraising have marked the race, which also is a…...
Still no sightings of former AFRL commader missing in New Mexico
17+ min ago (495+ words) Investigators in New Mexico continue to search for a 68-year-old former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, they said in a new update on the case. Retired Maj. Gen. William McCasland has been missing…...
What's in the voting bill that Republicans are pushing to the Senate floor
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (848+ words) The bill, which the Senate will take up as early as Tuesday, would require voters to provide proof of citizenship when they register and to present approved identification when they go to the polls, among other new rules that Trump…...
Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as it struggles with deepening energy crisis
17+ hour, 20+ min ago (990+ words) The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X noted a "complete disconnection" of the country's electrical system and said it was investigating, noting there were no failures in the units that were operating when the grid collapsed. L'zaro Guerra, the…...
The Latest: UAE briefly closes airspace as Israel strikes Beirut and Tehran
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (318+ words) A drone attack in the United Arab Emirates sparked a fire at an oil tank farm Tuesday in Fujairah, an emirate on the country's east coast with the Gulf of Oman that has been repeatedly targeted, the state-run WAM news…...
Springfield store blends horror memorabilia and video games
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (616+ words) A life-sized recreation of Art the Clown " teeth bloodied, tiny top hat askew " sits on a bench outside of a Springfield strip mall. A beclawed Freddy Krueger waves menacingly from behind the marquee atop Nightmares and Video Games, a store…...
Trump's homeland security pick Mullin is poised to inherit a department beset by challenges
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (1014+ words) Immigration enforcement is at a crossroads. Disaster-hit states and their lawmakers are angry at delayed federal assistance. Frustrated travelers face long airport security lines due to a monthlong funding battle in Congress. Mullin would take over from embattled outgoing secretary…...