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Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park

By REBECCA SANTANA
Aug 17, 2026 1:38 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the h...
Trump blames vandals for damaged grass in the spot where he held his big July 4 celebration

Aug 17, 2026 1:02 pm - President Donald Trump says vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial — in the spot where he had a stage built and hosted crowds for his July 4 celebration.
Ukraine energy company says its facilities seriously damaged after 13 Russian strikes in a week

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Aug 17, 2026 9:46 am - Russia attacked facilities of Ukraine’s Naftogaz Group 13 times over the past week and has targeted its premises almost 300 times since the start of the year, the state energy company said Monday.
Kushner has hourslong meeting with Netanyahu on Gaza a day after talking with Hamas

By JULIA FRANKEL, SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA
Aug 17, 2026 8:07 am - Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner held an hourslong meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days after the premier rejected the 15-point, U.S.-backed road map to move the ceasefire deal forward in Gaza.
Pediatricians push back against Trump's plan to revamp kids’ vaccines

Marni Pyke
Aug 17, 2026 6:51 am - Local experts offer advice for parents amid a White House push to tear up immunization schedules, split up MMR vaccine.
Trump asks Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue during appeal

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Aug 14, 2026 9:22 am - President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work.
Settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank a ‘horrific act of terror,’ US ambassador says

By SAM METZ and AREF TUFAHA
Aug 13, 2026 8:33 am - Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank for several days, including one owned by a Palestinian American, in what the U.S. ambassador called a “horrific act of terror” on Thursday.
Defense in Charlie Kirk's killing say shooter should not get death penalty, hit 'intended target'

By MATTHEW BROWN
Aug 13, 2026 8:22 am - The man charged with killing Charlie Kirk shouldn’t get the death penalty because the shooter “hit the intended target” and no one else was endangered when the conservative activist was shot from a rooftop at an event in Utah last year, his lawyers said.
ICE agent pleads guilty to battering a protester at suburban gas station

By Madeline Buckley
Aug 12, 2026 3:25 pm - An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of battery for throwing a protester to the ground while he filmed the agent on his phone.
David Crowley wins Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor over progressive Francesca Hong

By SCOTT BAUER
Aug 12, 2026 7:26 am - Moderate Democrat David Crowley won the Wisconsin primary for governor, defeating a democratic socialist who fell short while trying to deliver another win for progressives in a battleground state.

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