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FILE - Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Iowa US Senate candidate ends bid to run against Republican incumbent Joni Ernst

5:29 PM on Monday, August 18

An Iowa Democratic state lawmaker is bowing out of the 2026 U.S. Senate primary race and endorsing a colleague as the “best hope” to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst

Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows strikes the gavel as the House calls a Special Session with a quorum, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A look at Texas' redistricting walkout and California's response, by the numbers

4:56 PM on Monday, August 18

A walkout by Democratic legislators in Texas has ended, and Republicans are arranging to push a plan for redrawing the state’s congressional districts through the GOP-controlled Legislature

FILE - Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Judge issues injunction preventing Trump's FTC from investigating watchdog Media Matters

4:34 PM on Monday, August 18

A judge for the U.S. District Court in Washington has issued an injunction preventing the Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission from investigating Media Matters for America, the liberal media watchdog organization

President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Back in the Oval Office, Zelenskyy wears a blazer and Trump doesn't shout

3:03 PM on Monday, August 18

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting in the Oval Office was notably different from their last encounter in February

FILE - The Department of Justice seal is seen during a news conference at the DOJ office in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

20 states and DC sue DOJ to stop immigration requirements on victim funds

2:27 PM on Monday, August 18

A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D

Editorial Roundup: United States

2:25 PM on Monday, August 18

Burkina Faso junta declares UN coordinator persona non grata over child rights report

12:16 PM on Monday, August 18

The military junta in Burkina Faso has declared the United Nations resident coordinator as “persona non grata” on its territory

FILE - A display shows a Newsmax logo on the day of their IPO on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims

11:46 AM on Monday, August 18

The conservative network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss

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11:00 AM on Monday, August 18

Signs of thaw as the Indian and Chinese foreign ministers meet in New Delhi

10:55 AM on Monday, August 18

The foreign ministers of India and China have met in New Delhi in a renewed effort by the nuclear-armed Asian rivals to ease tensions after a five-year border standoff

FILE - Stacy Garrity, the Republican state treasurer of Pennsylvania, poses for photos at a campaign event at the Beerded Goat Brewing Co., Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy,File)

Republican Stacy Garrity seeks to challenge Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reelection bid

7:16 AM on Monday, August 18

Pennsylvania’s two-term elected state Treasurer Stacy Garrity will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reelection bid in 2026

At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria's northwest

4:26 AM on Monday, August 18

At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized Sunday on a river in northwestern Nigeria

Judge weighs detainees' legal rights at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida Everglades

11:51 PM on Sunday, August 17

A federal judge considered whether detainees have been denied their legal rights at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades

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