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Trump again tries to restrict birthright citizenship after Supreme Court ruling

By WILL WEISSERT and REBECCA SANTANA
Aug 06, 2026 5:57 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is once more trying to limit the number of people who are born in the country who can become American citizens, ...
Lindsay Clancy sobs at murder trial as jurors view autopsy photos of her youngest child

By MICHAEL CASEY and JENNIFER PELTZ
Aug 06, 2026 5:55 pm - PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy sobbed uncontrollably Thursday as jurors viewed autopsy photos of the youngest of her three children whom she strangled in 2023, until th...
McConnell says he’s leaving rehabilitation center to continue recovery at home

By KEVIN FREKING
Aug 06, 2026 3:49 pm - WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he’s been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery from home. The former Sena...
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions

By ERIC TUCKER
Aug 06, 2026 10:57 am - A Senate committee on Thursday voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, setting up a referral to the Department of Justice for potential investigation over whether the country's longtime top infectious disease official properly exercised his constitutional rights.
Where extreme heat is having the biggest impact on Americans’ lives, according to a new AP-NORC poll

By ALEXA ST. JOHN and LINLEY SANDERS
Aug 06, 2026 7:58 am - A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are increasingly noticing the impact of extreme heat on their lives, and they say much of that shift is happening in the West and Midwest.
US filings for jobless benefits rise to 199,000 last week, but layoffs remain historically low

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Aug 06, 2026 7:55 am - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but layoffs remain in the historically healthy range of the past few years.
New kind of flu shot is on the way as the FDA approves Moderna's mRNA-based vaccine

By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Aug 06, 2026 7:52 am - The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new kind of flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturer Moderna said.
US suspends avocado inspections in Mexican state of Michoacan due to threat

By MARIA VERZA
Aug 05, 2026 9:39 pm - The United States announced Wednesday that it had suspended all government operations in the Mexican state of Michoacan because of a "threat to U.S. interests," including a halt to the inspections of avocados required for their export.
AP Exclusive: Trump’s immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

By JACK BROOK, SAFIYAH RIDDLE and AARON KESSLER
Aug 05, 2026 7:02 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, an Associated Press investigation found.
Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted

By MARCIA DUNN
Aug 05, 2026 5:53 pm - A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported.

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