Elon Musk-backed super PAC spends $800,000 to back GOP midterm candidates

Elon Musk's super PAC disclosed over $800,000 in spending last month to support Republican Senate and House candidates in competitive races, with the bulk in Texas and Maine.

• Sep 3

Military personnel told last month to stop calling Iran conflict "Operation Epic Fury"

The Pentagon says "Operation Epic Fury" ended on May 5, after an Air Force email last month told service members to stop using the name for ongoing Iran operations.

• Sep 3

Judge blocks Trump's latest effort to narrow birthright citizenship

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump executive order that would prevent certain people from automatically becoming U.S. citizens at birth.

• Sep 3

New testosterone guidelines temporarily rescinded, Pentagon says

The Pentagon will begin requiring male service members ages 30 and older to get screened for testosterone deficiency, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the change over the summer.

• Sep 3

Dark money in Texas Senate race spurs Talarico complaint to FEC against Paxton

James Talarico's Senate campaign is accusing Ken Paxton and his campaign treasurer of "illegally spending" $1 million that was routed to a Paxton-aligned super PAC.

• Sep 2

House rejects GOP effort to ban Supreme Court expansion in Constitution

A GOP-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices failed in the House, coming up well short of the two-thirds majority needed.

• Sep 2

Family blames suicide of 20-year-old Haitian immigrant on ICE crackdown

A 20-year-old Haitian native died by suicide in Ohio this week, his family says, a death his father said was driven in part by feelings of despair and humiliation after ICE fitted him with an ankle monitor.

• Sep 2

Plane carrying Mullin makes emergency landing after engine failure

"The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine. No panic, just straight professionalism," Mullin said on X.

• Sep 2

USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after more than 9 months at sea

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has docked in eastern Thailand after its grueling deployment in the Middle East.

• Sep 2

Alaska's top 4 primary puts unlikely longshot candidates on ballot

Alaska's House and Senate contests are set for November's general election, after the results in the state's nonpartisan top-four primary put fringe candidates on the ballot.

• Sep 2

Here are the military officials who've been fired or resigned under Hegseth

At least 20 generals, admirals and civilian defense leaders have been fired or have departed their jobs since Pete Hegseth became defense secretary at the beginning of the second Trump administration.

• Sep 2

House censures Rep. Chuck Edwards over "inappropriate conduct" toward aides

The House Ethics Committee detailed the North Carolina Republican's "unprofessional and inappropriate conduct" toward two young women who worked for him.

• Sep 1

House votes to condemn socialism, with 8 Democrats joining Republicans

GOP leaders scheduled the vote after Democratic primary voters embraced a number of democratic socialist candidates.

• Sep 1

Trump says Venezuelan oil could replenish depleted U.S. stockpiles. Will it?

President Trump framed last week's deal for the U.S. government to take a stake in Venezuelan oil as a boon for the depleted Strategic Petroleum Reserve. But the plan faces some hurdles, experts say.

• Sep 1

Congress passes funding bill to avoid shutdown before midterms

The House on Tuesday passed a measure to extend government funding into December, averting a shutdown in the final stretch of the midterm campaign.

• Sep 1

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