41 min ago - Updated 8:26 PM EDT, May 13, 2026 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Denise Powell won the Democratic primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District on Wednesday in a contest focused on the state’s “blue dot” status in presidential electio ... (AP)

1 hr ago - Amethyst Martinez May 13, 2026, 2:20 p.m. ET As the deadline before Long Island Railroad workers strike nears, Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing pressure to step in. The potential strike would upend transportation for up to 300,000 commuters daily as multi ... (USA Today)

1 hr ago - May 13, 2026 CINCINNATI (CN) — State election officials must provide unredacted, electronic versions of voter registration lists to the federal government to comply with the Civil Rights Act and maintain election integrity, the federal governmen ... (Courthouse News Service)

1 hr ago - Hoskins, a Republican from Warrensburg, in an interview with The Independent accused Lennon of defying the state’s highest court. “It appears she’s saying she’s not going to do her job,” Hoskins said, “but she’s go ... (Missouri Independent)

1 hr ago - May 13, 2026, 4:12 p.m. ET President Donald Trump doubled down on his comment that he's "seriously considering" making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state, posting a map of the oil-rich country with an American flag. In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, May ... (USA Today)

2 hrs ago - Published May 13, 2026 at 03:45 AM EDT updated May 13, 2026 at 01:46 PM EDT The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently doesn't have a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test to detect the Andes strain of the hantavirus in pat ... (Newsweek)

2 hrs ago - Wednesday 13 May 2026 17:04 EDT A White House official has revealed that President Donald Trump has written Vice President JD Vance a letter in the event that he should be assassinated. Sebastian Gorka, who has led the Trump administration’s cou ... (The Independent)

2 hrs ago - Just days after Meta pulled support for encrypted direct messages on Instagram, the tech giant is now rolling out a new private AI chat feature. Meta announced on Wednesday that its new Incognito Chat feature will let users interact with its AI chatb ... (Gizmodo)

2 hrs ago - 10h Louisiana senators voted early Wednesday to advance a congressional map that eliminates one of the state's majority-Black districts. Why it matters: The proposed map pits U.S. Rep. Troy Carter against U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields for their seats, which ... (msn/Axios)

3 hrs ago - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) called for lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative maps for 2028, adding Georgia to the growing list of southern states poised to wipe out majority-Black districts before the next presidential el ... (Democracy Docket)

3 hrs ago - May 13, 2026 12:54 PM EDT Updated 4 hours ago May 13 (Reuters) - The Department ​of Justice has issued a formal legal justification for the federal government's demands that states share their ‌unredacted voter rolls, even though half a do ... (Reuters)

3 hrs ago - May 13, 2026 Updated 1:10 p.m. ET The chief spokesman for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. resigned on Wednesday in protest over the administration's push to allow major tobacco companies to begin selling flavored vapes that appeal to children. ... (New York Times)

3 hrs ago - The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from countries that have qualified for the World Cup and have bought tickets for the soccer tournament pay as much as $15,000 in bonds to enter the United States, the State De ... (AP)

4 hrs ago - May 13, 2026, 5:13 AM The Army is grappling with a sudden budget crunch and scrambling to slash training costs across broad swaths of the force, according to internal documents reviewed by ABC News and multiple U.S. officials. The move is to make up ... (ABC News)

4 hrs ago - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) is expected to call lawmakers back for a special session to redraw the state’s congressional map and eliminate its lone majority-Black district — after the state Senate appeared to derail the effort ea ... (Democracy Docket)

4 hrs ago - Updated 7:10 AM EDT, May 13, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Senate Democrats plan to force several votes on the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a maneuver aimed at making vulnerable Republicans take pol ... (AP)

5 hrs ago - May 13, 2026 RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — The Fourth Circuit sided with Virginia Wednesday, ruling the commonwealth’s decision not to fund vocational religious degrees doesn’t run afoul of the Constitution. The three-judge panel considered a c ... (Courthouse News Service)

5 hrs ago - 05/13/26 9:20 AM ET The wine importer who helped defeat President Trump’s tariffs at the Supreme Court has received a six-figure refund, his lawyers said Wednesday, as companies start getting their money back. The Treasury Department this week b ... (The Hill)

6 hrs ago - Updated on: May 13, 2026 / 7:17 AM EDT Just eight days after returning to the White House last year, President Trump announced plans to turn the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a massive detention center to hold 30,000 detainees faci ... (CBS News)

6 hrs ago - Wed 13 May 2026 14.49 EDT The US Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve, one of the most powerful roles in the federal government that holds enormous sway over the economy. The 54-45 Senate vote on Wednesday was split along part ... (The Guardian)