For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval. The roll call was similar to earlier efforts this summer. None of the resolutions have mad
The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists. The cuts affected all 50 states and the Distric
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Charlie Kirk’s family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist’s assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit. Attorneys for the family said Kirk’s death resulted from a string
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South Africa. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday he would revoke U.S. visas or rej
Sept 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as soon as Wednesday on bipartisan legislation that seeks to rein in electricity bill increases tied to the expansion of data centers that support artificial intelligence. The vote comes as government officials nationwide are
On the way home from a recent trip, Eriech Tapia drove past a sea of dark industrial buildings lining an already jam-packed northern Virginia road: data centers. “It was interesting to see how many were going up,” said Tapia, a 30-year-old Republican from Arlington, Virginia, who works in higher edu
The leading AI industry voices rarely agree — so when they do, it’s no wonder it captures attention. Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk and other prominent industry leaders have said in recent days that AI’s development needs to slow down. The consensus came after an
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Peter Martin went missing two years ago from the Fond Du Lac reservation in Minnesota. His family hasn’t stopped looking, but they say the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs investigation into Martin’s disappearance has stalled since the agent assigned to the case left the role i
A man convicted in the shooting deaths of three people is set to be executed Wednesday in Texas. Meanwhile, another execution that was scheduled for the same time in Georgia has been halted by a judge. This would be the fifth execution in Texas, while Georgia has yet to put anyone to death this year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A news helicopter crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing at least three people while reporters were covering the collision of an SUV and a city bus, officials and the news outlet said. Colleen Williams, an NBC4 Los Angeles anchor, confirmed
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has put on hold an execution scheduled for Wednesday, saying the condemned prisoner is entitled to a hearing on whether his sentence should be reduced under a new state law that allows victims of abuse to have their sentences reconsidered. Stacey Humphreys, 53, was con
By Bipasha Dey and Akanksha Khushi Sept 15 (Reuters) – A helicopter providing news coverage of a bus collision in Los Angeles crashed on Tuesday, killing a journalist, the pilot and a person on the ground, broadcasters and authorities said. No cause was given for the helicopter crash in the city’s C
WASHINGTON — (SRN NEWS) President Donald Trump’s effort to give the federal government a larger role in election administration has suffered a setback at the Supreme Court, but the administration says its broader campaign to strengthen election security will continue. The justices this week declined
Seven people in Texas who are not U.S. citizens have been charged with illegally voting in federal elections or falsely claiming citizenship, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced Tuesday as part of a broader Trump administration focus on noncitizen voting. District Attorney
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that proposes to fix some of the biggest problems in college sports — spiraling spending, constant lawsuits and a transfer portal run amok — cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when the Senate voted 74-24 to halt debate and move the measure one step closer to a final up-or-down v
Sept 15 (Reuters) – U.S. military forces and FBI agents boarded a Texas-bound oil tanker to investigate a cyberattack on August 21, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing the U.S. Coast Guard. Coast Guard personnel and the Federal Bureau of Investigation boarded the foreign-flagged vessel follow
BROOKFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Dolly Parton ’s megawatt smile and big wavy locks are gracing fields across the U.S. and Canada this fall. Twenty farms have carved out large corn mazes to honor the late country music icon, actor and philanthropist and raise money for her Imagination Library, which provides
NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of President Donald Trump’s boldest efforts to reshape November’s elections — a plan that would have demanded a dramatic overhaul of the nation’s mail voting processes on what most election officials agreed was an impossibly short
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans value press freedom — with some exceptions. About three-quarters of U.S. adults said press freedom is “extremely” or “very” important to society’s well-being, according to a newly released Pew Research Center study. But at least half said they also support government restri
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sixty-three years ago, dynamite planted by Ku Klux Klan members exploded through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls as they prepared for Sunday services. Hundreds of people filled the church on Tuesday on the 63rd anniversary of the bomb
By Kanishka Singh Sept 15 (Reuters) – Pop star Ed Sheeran said on Tuesday dropping American rapper Macklemore from his U.S. concert tour was not Sheeran’s decision but that of the tour’s promoter, even as Sheeran distinguished his political approach from Macklemore’s. Macklemore was dropped from She
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. war against Iran has cost the Department of Defense more than $38 billion through Aug. 1, and will continue costing up to $3 billion a month or more depending on the intensity of the conflict, according to an assessment released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Bud
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building. In a social media post, Trump said the closure was needed fo
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday appealed a ruling blocking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from sending landmark California vehicle emissions rules to the Republican-controlled Congress for a potential fast-track repeal. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell i
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. nuclear power regulator’s overhaul of rules, part of a push to cut approval times for new reactors to 18 months, will continue well into next year, its chairman told Reuters on Tuesday, as the Trump administration seeks to quadruple the country
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday that the FBI had discovered new information regarding the shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump during a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024. “It is new
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities charged a dozen people Tuesday for fraudulently collecting more than $10 million in government childcare payments in Southern California, when the operators had few or even no actual children attending their facilities. The charges, jointly announced in San Diego
Sept 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the vote by the board of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts to shut down the center for repairs means the building will close immediately. (Reporting by Costas Pitas and David Ljunggren; Editing by Doina Ch
Sept 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday told reporters the Department of Justice would investigate “anybody associated” with AI if they violated the law. “As far as AI is concerned, there’s a lot of criminal laws,” Blanche told reporters at the White House. “So if anybody a
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case of a former youth detention center worker charged with repeatedly raping a teenage boy after his accuser briefly testified about allegations involving other staff. Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, is charged with
