Politics Aug 07 WATCH: Senate passes Graham's Russia sanctions bill, confirms dozens of nominees The Senate passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill negotiated by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday.
Nation Aug 06 Man charged with arson in Spokane told police he planned to spark wildfire for weeks A Spokane County detective who interviewed the man accused of starting one of the city’s wildfires said the man confessed, described his planning process and explained how he created a device to ignite the blaze.
Nation Aug 05 Man arrested at Trump's California golf course faces illegal weapons charges A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home, authorities…
Politics Aug 05 WATCH: Trump talks about the economy in Las Vegas Las Vegas’ tourism-dependent economy has been hit by a slump in visits from tourists and the city’s mayor has said visits from Canada — Nevada’s largest international market — has dried up in the wake of Trump’s trade policies and…
World Aug 04 Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks with 5 people killed in each country The U.N. children's agency on Tuesday urged both countries to uphold international humanitarian law requiring the protection of children, citing recent deaths in Russia's Belgorod and Krasnodar regions, as well as in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions.
Politics Aug 03 WATCH: Trump signs executive order forming Military Spouse Commission Jennifer Hegseth, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife, will lead it, Trump said.
Politics Aug 03 Supreme Court won't halt $656 million judgment against the PLO and Palestinian Authority Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused Monday to halt a $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities in a long-running lawsuit filed by Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel.
Nation Aug 03 Authorities seek a motive in mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger Investigators are trying to determine what led a 24-year-old man to open fire at an Idaho fast-food restaurant over the weekend, in an attack that left three people dead and seven others wounded before authorities say he killed himself.
Politics Aug 03 WATCH: Trump says Jeanine Pirro 'made a mistake' and 'choked' on Reflecting Pool vandalism case reversal The president reiterated his disappointment with Pirro for a court filing in which her office blamed a contractor’s shoddy work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool rather than vandalism.
Arts Aug 03 Beloved author Benjamin Alire Sáenz, first Latino PEN/Faulkner winner, dies at 71 Sáenz, born in New Mexico, was an ordained Catholic priest who came out as gay in his 50s. He wrote the acclaimed novel “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.”…