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Russian attacks kill at least 3 in Ukraine as US talks on the war are expected

By SAMYA KULLAB
Sep 04, 2026 6:47 am - Russian attacks overnight killed at least three people in Ukraine, local officials said Friday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said U.S. envoys are expected to visit Kyiv within the coming days as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war.
Trump promises to campaign for Republicans and says they have a winning midterm message

By COLLIN BINKLEY and JONATHAN J. COOPER
Sep 03, 2026 7:23 am - President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers facing tough reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House despite his sagging popularity, and he pledged to campaign in all of the roughly three dozen contests that are likely to determine control of Congress.
EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on data center plans

By MATTHEW DALY
Sep 03, 2026 7:20 am - A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked backlash in communities across the United States and transformed the midterm election landscape.
Ukraine’s drone attacks caused turmoil for Russians throughout summer

By DASHA LITVINOVA
Sep 03, 2026 7:15 am - The war that President Vladimir Putin unleashed on Ukraine 4½ years ago has come home and is harder to ignore. Nightly swarms of drones closed Russian airports, struck oil refineries or set ablaze the warehouses of retail giants Wildberries and Ozon.
Illinois hospitals to lose billions through Medicaid policy change, study finds

By Peter Hancock
Sep 02, 2026 4:07 pm - Illinois hospitals stand to lose upwards of $4 billion in revenue over the next several years due to impending changes in Medicaid rules that limit states’ ability to direct higher reimbursement payments to facilities that serve the most vulnerable populations.
Judge orders federal logging project halted in Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest

By Hannah Meisel
Sep 02, 2026 2:29 pm - A federal judge this week ordered the U.S. Forest Service to suspend a commercial logging project in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, finding the 2024 approval of the project under President Joe Biden violated the Endangered Species Act.
Will you get your full Social Security payout? Here’s what experts say.

By Julie Z. Weil
Sep 02, 2026 9:09 am - The funds saved for the Social Security program are on track to run dry six years from now. By law, on the day the trust fund hits zero (which is currently expected in 2032), all retirees’ benefits immediately drop by more than 20%.
After more than 9 months at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand

By SAKCHAI LALIT and ANTON L. DELGADO
Sep 02, 2026 7:39 am - The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier docked at a port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after its grueling deployment in the Middle East that kept the ship at sea for more than 250 days.
Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for US strikes after a wedding was hit

By DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY
Sep 02, 2026 7:16 am - Iran fired on U.S. allies in the Gulf early Wednesday following a night of American bombardment that Iranian state media says included a deadly strike on a wedding party.
College student steps into traffic, is killed after losing immigration status

Arelis R. Hernández
Sep 01, 2026 1:59 pm - Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life on a busy highway after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle monitor.

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