Barge Hits Maryland Rail Bridge Along Northeast Corridor
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:38:53 +0000 Amtrak said crews were conducting a safety assessment for the bridge, which crosses the Susquehanna River in Maryland. The U.S. Coast Guard reported no injuries.: Bob Packwood, Senator Forced to Quit in Sex Scandal, Dies at 93
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:46:39 +0000 An unorthodox Republican, he helped shape tax policy and women’s rights legislation before resigning in 1995 amid accusations by more than 20 women of sexual misconduct.: C.I.A. Officer Found With Gold Bars Said to Have Created Fake Spy Program
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:06:50 +0000 A federal judge has ruled that David Rush, the C.I.A. employee, must remain in detention. U.S. officials say Mr. Rush funneled millions in federal funds to himself.: Trump’s Defense Department Sees Growing Espionage Threat From Israel
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:41:48 +0000 The Defense Department has increased the counterintelligence threat assessment to its highest level, and Israel is believed to have eavesdropped on American negotiations with Iran.: The Bidens Return With New Book and South Dakota Speech Targeting Trump
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:15:16 +0000 The re-emergence of the former first family has been fraught for some Democrats who just want to move on.: Deluged With Mail Ballots, California Takes Its Time Counting Votes Again
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:02:24 +0000 Experts say speeding up the count in California would take more resources, but also scaling back rules that expand voting access.: YouTuber and Wife Ended Pregnancy After Down Syndrome Diagnosis. They Got Death Threats.
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:11:05 +0000 After Jesse Ridgway, a popular YouTuber, and his wife, Ashley, revealed the news, death threats followed.: Dallas’s Halperin Park Seeks to Reconnect Oak Cliff Decades After Highway Divided Neighborhood
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:01:02 +0000 Built atop a freeway that once split a historic Black neighborhood, Halperin Park attempts to reconnect communities divided by midcentury highway construction.: As Trump Pushes Deportations, a Skyrocketing Caseload Strains Immigration Courts
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:35 +0000 A federal surge has more than doubled caseloads within some immigration courts nationwide. Lawyers say the tactic is causing errors and confusion.: Paxton’s Senate Bid Raises the Stakes in His War on Latino Voting Groups
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:27:12 +0000 The Texas attorney general has mounted an all-out effort to prove Democratic Hispanic groups have been corrupting elections. Now he could be the beneficiary of his own attacks.: Trump Pardons Stephen Buyer, Former Congressman Convicted of Insider Trading
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:32:50 +0000 Stephen Buyer, a former Republican representative from Indiana, was convicted of trading stock related to two deals before they were made public.: Trump Greets Farmers in Wisconsin, but Says He Could Be Home Watching TV
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:34:52 +0000 President Trump was in Wisconsin to reassure farmers who have been stung by his tariff policies and rising fuel prices from the war in Iran.: Graham Platner Says His Past Is Being ‘Weaponized’ Amid Growing Democratic Concern
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:12:59 +0000 The presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine said the state would have his back in the face of accusations he has denied.: Trump Says Bill Pulte, His New Intelligence Director, Should Slash Staff
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:08:38 +0000 The president suggested that employees who worked for previous Democratic presidents were among those who should be fired.: Park Ranger Dies After Falling Into a Crevasse on Mt. McKinley
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:55:48 +0000 Robin Pendery, 33, who was part of a climbing patrol, was near a camp at about 14,000 feet on the mountain in Alaska when she fell, the National Park Service said.: Xavier Becerra Advances in California Governor Race
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:16:45 +0000 Mr. Becerra was long dismissed in the contest until the abrupt departure of Eric Swalwell created a surprise path for an experienced Democrat.: Iran Fired Drones Toward Strait of Hormuz With U.S. Shooting Down at Least 4, U.S. Military Says
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:22:36 +0000 The latest violence between the United States and Iran threatened a cease-fire and risked further stoking tensions in the region.: Patel Said to Have Fired Five F.B.I. Analysts Over Memo on Catholic Extremists
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:38:42 +0000 It is the administration’s latest effort to force out law enforcement personnel it accuses of “weaponizing” the government against President Trump and his supporters.: Ebola Cases May Top 20,000 in Three Months, C.D.C. Says
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:04:34 +0000 Still, the risk to people in the United States remains low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Friday.: Justice Dept. Promises to Drop Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:55:09 +0000 It was the department’s clearest statement to date that it was pulling back from a plan to use taxpayer money to make payments to people who claimed to have been politically persecuted.