8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (853+ words) It was a heart-pounding escape. As Houthi rebels backed by Iran swept south along Yemen's Red Sea coast this week, some residents had little time to flee. “We set out in hysterical panic on a motorcycle, not knowing where we…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (526+ words) WASHINGTON – A federal judge has ruled that a plan by the Trump administration to slash staffing at the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters by 50% was unlawful. The opinion issued late Friday marked a victory for labor groups who…...

12+ hour, 46+ 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,…...

11+ hour, 31+ min ago   (697+ words) NEW YORK – The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without it, Dario Amodei warned AI could be capable within six to 12 months of leading a…...

13+ hour, 24+ 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…...

20+ hour, 30+ 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…...

22+ hour, 59+ min ago   (469+ words) Darlene Superville And Jill Lawless A general view of Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland after putting on the 14th green on day two of the Irish Golf Open in Doonbeg, Ireland, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP) DUBLIN – President Donald…...

1+ day, 8+ 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…...

2+ day, 39+ min 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, 7+ 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…...