Trump to honor Artemis II crew with nation's top space medal

President Trump plans to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew​ of NASA's Artemis II mission​ in a ceremony Aug. 28.

• Aug 21

USS Abraham Lincoln leaving Middle East after 9-month deployment

The aircraft carrier and its 5,000 crew members will return to San Diego after an approximately nine-month deployment.

• Aug 20

Texas hemp shops file lawsuit against state over new regulations on THC

According to the suit the new rules are unlawful because they bypass the Legislature to change the definition of hemp.

• Aug 20

The fight to protect Big Bend, one of America's last wild places

Months after Congress approved billions for infrastructure across one of the least-trafficked stretches of the southern border, bulldozers arrived at Big Bend National Park.

• Aug 20

Democrats narrow 2028 convention finalists to 3 cities

The Democratic National Committee is on the hunt for the best host city for the 2028 Democratic convention.

• Aug 20

Vance says war in "new phase" of economic pressure as Iran dismisses Trump threat

Iran has shrugged off President Trump's threat to hit the Islamic Republic with an "economic D-Day" as a "doubling down on failed policies."

• Aug 21

He spied for the U.S. in the war on terror. Now ICE wants to deport him.

The Trump administration is trying to deport a self-described CIA spy who won permission to live in the U.S. by helping convict terrorists.

• Aug 19

DOJ asks court to reinstate criminal charges against Abrego Garcia

In May, a federal judge dismissed a criminal indictment against Abrego Garcia, who had been accused of smuggling immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

• Aug 17

Push back on data centers by Texas voters gains attention of state GOP leaders, Dem challengers

Many people across the state, including suburban and rural Texans, are unhappy about data centers, particularly AI data centers.

• Aug 17

Supreme Court won't rehear Trump's appeal of $5 million E. Jean Carroll case

The Supreme Court declined for the second time to consider President Trump's appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case.

• Aug 17

RFK Jr.'s hunt for autism culprits stalls amid Trump's baseless vaccine order

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s closed-door research has yet to produce evidence linking vaccines and autism.

• Aug 17

ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on shock-delivering gloves

U.S. ICE officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

• Aug 16

Jared Kushner met with Hamas leaders in Egypt to discuss Gaza peace deal

Jared Kushner, who is President Trump's son-in-law, is set to meet next with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who rejected the latest peace proposal last week.

• Aug 17

Beshear says he's "heard absolutely nothing" from McConnell

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he hasn't heard back from Sen. Mitch McConnell following formal requests for an update on his health last month amid a weekslong hospitalization.

• Aug 16

Bipartisan group of lawmakers critical of new Texas border wall construction

Residents have been protesting for months amid rumors over border construction.

• Aug 17

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