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8:50 AM on Saturday, August 8

Right-leaning legal activists and Elon Musk's AI company are challenging the right of private groups to sue to enforce several major laws

8:47 AM on Saturday, August 8

Troy Jackson's path to politics started during his time as a logger in Maine's north woods

8:26 AM on Saturday, August 8

Many in the Howard University community are focused on an enrollment debacle rather than the start of the new academic year

7:58 AM on Saturday, August 8

Traveling with a baby can be daunting, especially on long-distance flights and international trips

6:21 AM on Saturday, August 8

At least 163 Nigerian captives, mostly women and children, have spoken of the suffering and fear they lived in for six months They were handed over by security forces in Kwara on Friday and were anticipating their return home to reunite with their families

5:15 AM on Saturday, August 8

Senators have headed for the exits in the predawn hours without having met President Donald Trump’s push to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill

3:59 AM on Saturday, August 8

The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season

12:04 AM on Saturday, August 8

In a landmark ruling against Meta, a New Mexico judge likened the company’s social media platforms to factories

12:01 AM on Saturday, August 8

The Trump administration has announced renewed efforts to limit birthright citizenship for children born to immigrant parents under specific circumstances and children who are the result of “birth tourism.”

Saturday, August 8

States are debating whether to crack down on social media influencers making political advertisements without disclosing that they were paid

11:31 PM on Friday, August 7

Authorities in eastern China are shutting schools and tourist sites as Typhoon Dolphin heads for the coast

9:42 PM on Friday, August 7

9:05 PM on Friday, August 7

The Pentagon has revoked former U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's access to classified information

7:30 PM on Friday, August 7

Senior Health and Human Services adviser Mark Cruz will now lead the U.S. agency that provides healthcare to some 2.8 million Native Americans

5:13 PM on Friday, August 7

Authorities say a heavy-lift helicopter battling a Utah wildfire has crashed and an uncontained blaze in Oregon killed a bulldozer operator

1:37 PM on Friday, August 7

U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month, and Labor Department revisions shaved 103,000 jobs off payrolls in May and June

10:30 AM on Friday, August 7

Michigan Democrats are showing unity behind their statewide candidates

6:58 AM on Friday, August 7

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says he’ll vote for Todd Blanche as attorney general, likely paving the way for Blanche to be confirmed to lead President Donald Trump’s Justice Department

12:08 AM on Friday, August 7

A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok, killing at least five and wounding several others

11:17 AM on Thursday, July 16