8+ hour, 6+ min ago   (945+ words) Sep 12, 2026 at 05:28 PM EDT With less than two months ahead of Election Day, Republican groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Texas to bolster state Attorney General Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate bid. A Republican-aligned group known as Texas PAC,…...

8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (380+ words) President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation's first president. Trump, in social media posts late Friday, asked for…...

10+ hour, 42+ min ago   (760+ words) LONDON – Reform UK, the anti-immigration party led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, received 72 million pounds ($97 million) from two cryptocurrency billionaires this weekend, fueling concerns about money in British politics. After news broke that Ben Delo, a co-founder of the BitMEX…...

15+ hour, 51+ min ago   (620+ words) Julia Frankel And Qassim Abdul-Zahra BAGHDAD – Iraq’s government was racing Saturday to contain the fallout after local Iran-backed militias were accused of attacking and shuttering a key Saudi pipeline. Iraq's government confirmed the attacks had originated from its territory, pledged…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (759+ words) DALLAS – President Donald Trump said he wasn’t going to say it — and then he said it anyway. For the second night in a row at the Republicans’ midterm convention, he mocked Ken Paxton on stage. “I don’t really like the…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (477+ words) Gov. Greg Abbott took to the stage on the last night of the 2026 GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas to defend his record as governor. The two-day event from Sept. 9-10 even included a keynote from President Trump, where he doubled down…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (798+ words) NEW YORK – Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. Friday's milestone anniversary will bring memorial rituals — wreath-laying, flag-flying, moments of silence,…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1008+ words) Thomas Beaumont, Jill Colvin And Michelle L. Price DALLAS – As Vice President JD Vance addressed the crowd at the Republican midterm convention, he was interrupted by a fan who shouted “JD 48!” Others joined in, and Vance paused with a smile before…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (799+ words) Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke visited Texas A&M University-San Antonio Sept. 3 with Powered by People, a voter mobilization organization he founded in 2019, as part of an effort to register and engage college students ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Students stood…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (382+ words) Chants of "Charlie, Charlie" broke out on the second night of President Donald Trump's midterm convention as Republicans paid tribute Thursday to Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA leader who was assassinated one year ago. The normally festive and rowdy…...