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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.
Largest known US cyclospora outbreak has now spread to nine states, including Illinois

By Lena H. Sun and Jenny Ye
Jul 25, 2026 2:01 pm - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked four additional states to a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.
Houthis fire missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on a Yemeni city

By SAMY MAGDY and GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
Jul 25, 2026 1:26 pm - Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in another escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United States and Iran vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
‘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.
Canada celebrates new bridge to US during tariff troubles with Trump

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and ED WHITE
Jul 24, 2026 4:15 pm - Canada on Friday celebrated the completion of a new bridge to the U.S. over the Detroit River, cutting a ceremonial ribbon on a multibillion-dollar, multiyear project that will serve as a critical path for trade, jobs and tourism between the countries.
Stocks waver while crude oil prices fall for the first time in a week

By DAMIAN J. TROISE
Jul 24, 2026 11:06 am - NEW YORK — Stocks wavered Friday as oil prices slipped for the first time in a week, but Wall Street is still heading for a losing week. The S&P 500 rose 0.1%. The index ...
There are already more US measles cases this year than in all of 2025

By DEVI SHASTRI
Jul 24, 2026 11:04 am - The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come. The U.S. Centers for Disease...
US intelligence agency quietly cut about 200 jobs since June 1

By Warren P. Strobel
Jul 23, 2026 8:25 pm - The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has shrunk more than is publicly known in recent weeks, losing about 200 personnel to firings and reassignments since June 1, according to data the Trump administration shared with Congress this week.
Education Department rescinds disparate impact rule, a key tool used to assess school discrimination

By ANNIE MA
Jul 23, 2026 8:08 pm - The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, rescinding a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement.

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