2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (557+ words) For decades, conservatives have warned Americans about the dangers of big government: too much federal power, too many government databases, too much Washington interference in matters better left to the states. Now a Republican administration is pushing for greater federal…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (250+ words) Today is Sunday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2026. There are 109 days left in the year. On Sept. 13, 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. In…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1076+ words) By MICHELLE L. PRICE and LISA MASCARO Republicans know they are up against history, which traditionally rebuffs the party in power during midterms, but they’re relying on Trump’s personal appeal to voters. Vance, with a primetime speaking slot right before the…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (657+ words) By MATTHEW LEE and ASTRID SUÁREZ Standing next to new Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori, Rubio told reporters that while the U.S. has “the capacity to act unilaterally,” it would rather work with its allies because that is “the most…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (654+ words) By DAVID A. LIEB and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press Hoskins announced the change in a statement following Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, following weeks of legal wrangling. The decision appears to clear the way for the state to use a map…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (614+ words) By RIO YAMAT, ANNA WILDER and JEFFREY COLLINS | Associated Press Five members of a crew killed when an Amazon cargo jet smashed into their van were wrapping up their eight-hour shift cleaning planes at the Miami airport when the crash…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (440+ words) Iranian state television also is reporting that U.S. forces attacked Iranian oil tankers near the southern port of Jask and near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. The latest tit-for-tat strikes come as Washington and Tehran lurch back toward fighting during…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (176+ words) Daniel Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to death for the April 1996 killing of Richard Montgomery. The victim was found in a wooded area in Charlotte County, Florida, which was described as what appeared to be a dumping area that contained a…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (485+ words) MIAMI — An Amazon cargo plane barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, striking multiple vehicles and bursting into flames in a crash that sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky and forced the closure of…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (799+ words) The U.S. military has denied Iran ’s claim to have struck an unmanned American military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a “total lie.” Meanwhile, Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed four people and leveled a hospital, according to…...