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Trump’s intelligence nominee Jay Clayton clashes with Democrats over 2020 election

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jul 15, 2026 7:13 pm - President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies struggled to win Democratic support in a contentious confirmation hearing Wednesday where he clashed repeatedly with them over the 2020 election.
Iranian Christians allege U.S. gave Tehran details of asylum claims

By Adam Taylor
Jul 15, 2026 7:07 pm - Iranian converts to Christianity and political dissidents from the Islamic Republic who sought asylum in the United States made detailed allegations in new court filings, claiming that U.S. immigration officials gave details of their asylum claims to Iran’s government in a bid to ease their deportation back to the country they fled.
US stocks rise within 0.5% of their record, even as oil prices keep climbing

By STAN CHOE
Jul 15, 2026 4:13 pm - U.S. stocks ticked higher Wednesday following strong profit reports from BlackRock and other big companies. The tentative gains came as oil prices swung to their highest levels in a month because of the war with Iran.
Slavery exhibit swapped overnight at Philadelphia’s Independence Park

By Jake Spring
Jul 15, 2026 3:28 pm - The Trump administration has replaced an exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia with a version that advocates say sanitizes the nation’s history.
Heavy rains keep drenching South Texas, tornado reported in San Antonio

By JESSE BEDAYN
Jul 15, 2026 3:23 pm - Slow-moving storms drenched much of southern Texas with more heavy rain on Wednesday, prompting warnings to evacuate flooded areas after downpours washed out roads and farmland and led to dozens of high-water rescues across the region.
Wildfire smoke from Canada will soon spread across the Midwest and East

Ben Noll
Jul 15, 2026 10:10 am - Smoke from wildfires raging across northern Minnesota and western Ontario in Canada is forecast to drift into the lower levels of the atmosphere across the Midwest, North...
Blanche confronts skeptical questioning of fund, tax deal for Trump at Senate confirmation hearing

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Jul 15, 2026 8:25 am - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confronted skeptical questioning at a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday about the creation of a fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump and a tax immunity deal for the president as he aimed to lock down the Republican support needed to advance his nomination.
ICE lifts pause on vehicle stops after Trump criticism

By Isaac Arnsdorf and Ted Hesson
Jul 15, 2026 8:14 am - President Donald Trump wants Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to keep pulling over vehicles, signaling his opposition Wednesday to plans announced just a day earlier to suspend most traffic stops following another string of fatal shootings.
US airstrikes hit northern Iran as it disables ship trying to run the blockade

By JON GAMBRELL
Jul 15, 2026 7:37 am - The U.S. reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign Wednesday in retaliation for Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The American strikes hit an Iranian army barracks, killed at least seven troops and wounded hundreds of people across the country, Iranian officials said.
Trump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies

By COLLIN BINKLEY and BILL BARROW
Jul 14, 2026 7:55 pm - President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.

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