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Mediators see progress in efforts to halt Iran war as drone attacks rattle region

By SAMY MAGDY and ELENA BECATOROS
Jul 27, 2026 8:19 am - Mediators have achieved progress in getting the United States and Iran back to negotiations, regional officials said Monday, after both sides paused attacks following a period of rapidly escalating tensions. But scattered attacks by armed groups across the region underscored the lingering tensions.
Trump administration reviewing ICE vetting process after Maine shooting

By Mariana Alfaro
Jul 26, 2026 8:47 pm - The Trump administration is reviewing its process for vetting U.S. immigration officers after reports that a man allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of an immigrant in Maine had a history of violent outbursts, a senior White House official said Sunday.
US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump’s order to create a federal voter list

By RUSS BYNUM
Jul 26, 2026 5:31 pm - A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that halted President Donald Trump's executive order in nearly half of U.S. states to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list.
Illinois election authorities say checks in place to prevent non-citizen voting

By Peter Hancock
Jul 26, 2026 3:21 pm - Illinois election officials believe the state’s voter registration rolls are accurate and up to date, and that safeguards are in place to prevent non-U.S. citizens from inadvertently becoming registered to vote.
Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years

By DEE-ANN DURBIN, TERRY TANG, MAGGIE SCALES, SANDY GUATIBONZA and HIKARI MAE HIDA
Jul 25, 2026 8:09 pm - What’s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack’s house, it’s whatever is on sale.Jack, 50, scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries. When she reaches the store, she looks in the weekly circular for coupons she might have missed.
Brazil denies visas to US delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say

By Marina Dias, Terrence McCoy and Samantha Schmidt
Jul 25, 2026 5:37 pm - Brazil has denied visas to two senior State Department officials that the Trump administration planned to dispatch on a mission to cast doubt on the fairness and integrity of the country’s electoral system before millions of Brazilians vote in a presidential election on Oct. 4, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan Collins

By PATRICK WHITTLE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI
Jul 25, 2026 5:08 pm - Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday and will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a race that could decide which party controls the chamber.
‘We were shovel ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablaze

By Brianna Sacks
Jul 25, 2026 1:08 pm - Last year, the Trump administration delayed a $10 million grant that was supposed to help Minnesota thin out about 4,000 acres of dense, dry forest at high risk of burning. Most of that work never got started, according to five people familiar with the situation and a document reviewed by The Washington Post. And now, some of those areas are on fire.
Trump orders warning signs near Smithsonian, escalating fight over history

By Jonathan Edwards
Jul 25, 2026 12:49 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History that warn people that the museum does not accurately reflect American history while pointing them to material that does — a dramatic escalation in his campaign to wrest control of how the nation’s story is told.
White House correspondents’ dinner, redux: New venue, fewer guests, and a presidential speech

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jul 24, 2026 7:54 pm - President Donald Trump addressed a huge roomful of journalists Friday night at a correspondents' dinner rescheduled from April after a shooting upended the first edition....

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