2 min ago - The Trump administration is preparing to ​unveil a series ‌of grants in Europe and beyond to ​support Maga-aligned initiatives ​in pursuance of a ⁠dramatic overhaul of ​U.S. foreign aid priorities, ​the Financ ... (Reuters)

21 min ago - Jul. 18, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Two political action committees affiliated with President Donald Trump paid nearly $8 million in legal bills over the first six months of this year, paying law firms that have been defending him in personal and political co ... (MS NOW News)

1 hr ago - 12h WASHINGTON – As President Donald Trump has fought to exert more federal control over elections, courts have unanimously rejected his Justice Department's contention that it should have access to state voter rolls. The department has lost al ... (msn/USA Today)

1 hr ago - By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and PHILIP MARCELO Updated 12:20 PM CDT, July 18, 2026 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Smoke from the Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey area just in time ... (AP)

2 hrs ago - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military on Saturday announced the first U.S. troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, saying two were killed and another was missing in an attack on a base in Jordan. ... (Associated Press)

2 hrs ago - Published Jul 18, 2026 at 12:58 PM EDT Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaskan Republican, detailed her opposition to the GOP-backed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act in a Friday opinion piece that was published in the Wall Street Journal, ... (Newsweek)

3 hrs ago - By BILL BARROW Updated 9:29 AM CDT, July 18, 2026 ATLANTA (AP) -- Nearly a decade ago, Jon Ossoff was a 30-year-old Democratic congressional candidate promising Georgia suburban voters he would "cut wasteful spending" and make "both parties in Washin ... (AP)

3 hrs ago - Trump administration activates never-before-used ‘alien terrorist’ deportation court The court has been dormant since it was created in 1996. Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters are seen in Washington, D.C. on July 9, 2026 | Francis Ch ... (Politico)

4 hrs ago - Published Jul. 18 2026 9:56AM EDT MAGA MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is still not registered to vote in the state where he is running for governor. Lindell, 65, who President Donald Trump has endorsed in Minnesota’s gubernatorial race, is still a r ... (Daily Beast)

6 hrs ago - July 18, 2026 6:03 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago July 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week ordered annual testosterone-deficiency screening for active-duty and reserve service members age 30 and older, which he says will help to ... (Reuters)

6 hrs ago - ri 17 Jul 2026 22.18 EDT Last modified on Fri 17 Jul 2026 22.19 EDT More than a thousand people rallied for Justin Pearson, a Democratic state representative running for Congress, in the wake of four fatal shootings by members of the Memphis Safe Tas ... (The Guardian)

7 hrs ago - 11h Immigrations and Customs Enforcement shared Medicaid data it improperly obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service with data analytics firm Palantir, NPR reported Friday. Palantir’s “ELITE” app is utilized by ICE a ... (msn/Huff Post)

8 hrs ago - 12h The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has suspended campaign fundraising efforts for more than two dozen House Democrats who voted to cut off billions of dollars in U.S. military aid to Israel earlier this week. More than 100 House ... (msn/The Hill)

8 hrs ago - They Were Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents. The Cases Are Crumbling. The Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of criminal cases against protesters and immigrants, a Times investigation found. Jaime Diaz, an undocumented immigrant, wa ... (The New York Times)

8 hrs ago - July 17, 2026 / 11:53 PM EDT The Justice Department determined this week a federal law banning TikTok from government devices no longer applies to the social video app. The written opinion from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel — ... (CBS News)

9 hrs ago - Jul 17th, 2026, 10:08 pm The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a stay on Friday, temporarily lifting a lower court’s block on USPS’s mail-in ballot proposal, in a major win for President Donald Trump. On Ma ... (MEDIAite)

9 hrs ago - Updated 7:24 PM EDT, July 17, 2026 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota cannot enforce its abortion advertising ban against a reproductive health nonprofit, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler issued a prelimina ... (AP)

10 hrs ago - Workers seek staffing, pay increases comparable to CVS Mark Hamstra July 17, 2026 Supermarket pharmacists across Southern and Central California voted on Thursday to authorize an unfair labor practice strike against Kroger- and Albertsons-owned store ... (Supermarket News)

10 hrs ago - Jul 17th, 2026, 6:01 pm White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said President Donald Trump’s administration will be pushing to de-bank illegal immigrants — a move he said will be a “major driver of self-deportation.” M ... (MEDIAite)

10 hrs ago - 07/17/26 5:32 PM ET U.S. firms signed several oil-related and other deals with Iraq on Friday, days after President Trump said the two sides would be “doing a lot of deals” because of the Middle Eastern nation’s oil. Among the U.S. co ... (The Hill)