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Analysis: Sept. 11 commemoration again tests Trump's uneven record as consoler in chief
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has never quite mastered the role of consoler in chief.
He tried again Thursday as the nation marked the 24th year since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But even before he arrived at the Pentagon for a memorial ceremony ahead of a scheduled evening appearance at a Yankees baseball game in New York City about ...Read more

Trump blames 'radical left' for killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
Even as the person who shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah Wednesday remains at-large, President Donald Trump appears to be assigning some blame for the murder.
“For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals,” Trump ...Read more
Lawmakers recall Sept. 11 attacks that launched their military service
WASHINGTON — Rep. Troy Downing remembers being on a moose hunt in rural Alaska when planes hijacked by terrorists attacked the Pentagon and felled the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, in the deadliest attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor.
“I was probably the last person on the planet to find out about it,” the Montana Republican ...Read more

RFK Jr.'s vision for the CDC should alarm Congress
Susan Monarez’s 28-day tenure as the nation’s top public-health official was doomed from the start. Her boss, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wanted her to do two things: champion his dubious anti-vaccine agenda and uphold “gold-standard science” at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recognizing the conflict, Monarez chose the latter...Read more

MAGA Supreme Court justices show their true colors by joining Trump's attack on the federal judiciary
Writing in 1788, Alexander Hamilton famously described the judiciary as “the least dangerous branch” of the federal government. He thought that it would never be in a position to do serious damage to American life because it had neither “the sword nor the purse…but merely judgment.”
President Donald Trump and his allies seem to ...Read more

Hochul Pushing Trump to Fast-Track New York Nuke Plan
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is appealing to the White House for help fast-tracking a plan to build a nuclear reactor in the state.
Hochul announced in June a goal of adding at least 1 gigawatt of nuclear capacity, and she’s been in contact with President Donald Trump about accelerating the federal approval process, she said during an ...Read more

Amy Coney Barrett visits Southern California a day after the Supreme Court's immigration raid ruling
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Jadyn Winsett twisted her new engagement ring around her finger, scanning the sea of navy sport coats, sailor stripes and string pearls at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for a glimpse of a Supreme Court justice.
Across the room stood Amy Coney Barrett, the high court’s youngest member, who could hardly have ...Read more

Nevada school board trustee makes bid for Congress
A Clark County school board member is the latest to enter a crowded field of Republicans looking to oust Democratic Rep. Susie Lee in 2026.
Lydia Dominguez, who launched her campaign last week, joins former mayoral candidate Tera Anderson, Dr. Aury Nagy, “Halo” composer Marty O’Donnell and others in the June 2026 primary for Nevada’s ...Read more

One transgender SC student still can choose school bathroom, US high court says
One transgender student from the Charleston area can still use the bathroom of his choice after a Wednesday U.S. Supreme Court order.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and state Superintendent Ellen Weaver had asked the highest court in the U.S. to block a federal injunction that allowed one Berkley county student to use the bathroom ...Read more

Ex-prosecutor in Trump case sues AT&T for handing cell records to defendants
ATLANTA — Nathan Wade, the former special prosecutor who once quarterbacked Fulton County’s election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others, is suing AT&T for handing over his cellphone records to defense attorneys as they sought to remove him from the probe.
In a suit filed Tuesday in federal district...Read more

Ted Cruz looks to advance Trump AI strategy with new framework
WASHINGTON — One of the Senate’s Republican leaders on artificial intelligence released the broad strokes of a plan on AI regulation Wednesday, along with a draft bill that would establish a regulatory “sandbox” with the hope of driving AI innovation.
Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, put forward what he called a regulatory “light-...Read more

Rosie O'Donnell missed daughter's graduation for fear of returning to the US
NEW YORK — Comedic actor Rosie O’Donnell said she missed her daughter’s college graduation because she was advised that returning to the U.S. might not be safe.
The “League of Their Own” star moved to Ireland when President Donald Trump took office in January. The gay performer said at the time that she and her autistic, nonbinary ...Read more

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu takes victory lap after trouncing Josh Kraft in preliminary
BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu took a victory lap Wednesday after trouncing Josh Kraft by a 48-point margin in the preliminary election, saying that her sweep of every ward was indicative of voters feeling the city is moving in the right direction.
Wu, flanked by her allies on the Boston City Council and state delegation, said outside City...Read more

Spencer Pratt visits Capitol Hill to spotlight investigation into Palisades fire
WASHINGTON — Reality TV star Spencer Pratt joined two Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to bring attention to a newly launched congressional investigation into the response to the Palisades fire in Los Angeles.
“I feel like this is going to be so powerful for all of the United States because there shouldn’t be disasters ...Read more

Charlotte train stabbing weighed on voter's minds as primary turnout grew
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Turnout in Charlotte’s primary came close to doubling results from two years ago as voters cast ballots amid growing national attention around a fatal light-rail stabbing.
The fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on the Blue Line light rail Aug. 22 entered the national spotlight this weekend after video of ...Read more

Poll: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander leads Rep. Dan Goldman by 19% in hypothetical matchup for 10th District congressional seat
NEW YORK — Comptroller Brad Lander leads incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman by 19% in a new progressive poll of a potential Democratic primary matchup in the deep-blue NY-10 district spanning lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn.
Lander, who is enthusiastically backing Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral candidacy, leads Goldman 52% to 33% in the poll of a...Read more

Democrat James Walkinshaw wins Virginia special election for Connolly seat
WASHINGTON — Democrat James Walkinshaw won Tuesday’s special election for Virginia’s 11th District to fill the unexpired term of his former boss, the late Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly.
Walkinshaw, a Fairfax County supervisor, was leading Republican Stewart Whitson, an Army veteran and former FBI official, 75% to 25%, when The ...Read more
Hollier dropping Congress bid to run for Michigan secretary of state
DETROIT — One of the Democrats running against two-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar says he's dropping out of the primary contest to seek the party's nomination in the statewide secretary of state race instead, leaving state Rep. Donovan McKinney as the congressman's most prominent challenger, for now.
Former state Sen. Adam Hollier of Detroit ...Read more

Trump orders Missouri senators to pass new congressional map: 'Watching closely'
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As the Missouri Senate prepares to debate a gerrymandered congressional map, President Donald Trump has ordered Republican senators to fall in line and pass it with no changes.
“I will be watching closely,” the Republican president posted on social media.
The post came just hours after the Missouri House approved ...Read more
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