Alito criticizes surge in emergency cases and Trump’s rhetoric
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito He says the growing volume of emergency appeals to the court is not a good thing, but he adds there is little the court can do to change the trajectory. The number of petitions asking the justices to…
Behind the scenes of Byron Donalds’ campaign to woo black voters in Florida
MIAMI — When Donald Trump needed a conservative to reach black voters in 2024, he turned to Rep. Byron Donaldsthe young black Republican from Florida popular with the MAGA base. NOW, Donald is working to capture the traditionally Democratic voting bloc…
Heading into midterms: What Morning Edition is listening to: NPR
Voters cast their ballots at the Arlington County Courthouse in Arlington, Virginia, on September 18, the first day of early voting in the state for the midterm elections. Tom Brenner/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption I Tom Brenner/Getty Images A…
Sailors missing after new attacks on Black Sea ships, Bulgaria says – BBC News Africa
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Democrats optimistic as Trump’s unpopularity imperils Republican midterm hopes | 2026 US midterm elections
Thirty days remain before the midterm elections, and Donald Trump and his Republican allies are doing everything they can to maintain control of Congress. GOP-aligned Super Pacs have already spent hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising and voter…
California leaders hit back after Trump says Iran can ‘eliminate’ Los Angeles and San Diego
San Diego, located 17 miles from the border with Mexico, is the eighth largest city in the United States and home to Naval Base San Diego, the home port of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet, and Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, the primary Navy Seals…
Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad: everything you need to know | Crime News
US President Donald Trump approved the firing squad death of Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army officer convicted of committing a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, a military base in Texas. This decision, if it materializes, will restart executions in the…
American televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86 | US News
American televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar empire and lived in opulence before being disgraced by a sex scandal, a conviction for defrauding his followers and his divorce from his television co-host Tammy Faye, has died aged 86.…
The Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen for his work on the detection of “ghostly” cosmic particles
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen, a pioneering Belgian astrophysicist whose work developing a massive observatory in Antarctica to detect “ghostly” cosmic particles laid the foundations for an “entirely…
The Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal voting rests on shaky foundations
The Trump administration has made high-profile efforts to arrest and charge noncitizens suspected of voting in recent federal elections. But it could collapse after the midterm elections. The Justice Department has built its enforcement campaign around a…