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The National Park Service confirmed Sunday that approximately 15 people may be missing or unaccounted for after a significant flash flood struck the Grand Canyon. The flood tore through Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Saturday, causing widespread destruction across one of the park’s most heavily trafficked regions. The Bright Angel Trail,…
President Trump celebrated NASA’s successful launch of its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday, calling it a defining moment for American space ambition. Trump posted his congratulations on Truth Social, writing, “Congratulations to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and the Great Patriots at NASA, on a successful launch.” The president punctuated his message with a…
Tony Fabrizio, a top pollster working for Republican Mike Rogers, is aggressively disputing public polls showing Rogers trailing in Michigan’s high-stakes Senate race. Fabrizio argues that recent surveys are over-sampling Democratic-leaning voters, specifically college-educated and Black voters, according to an internal memo obtained by POLITICO. A Susquehanna poll released this month showed progressive Abdul El-Sayed…
The U.S. military struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Sunday, marking its first attack on Iran in more than a month, according to a U.S. official. American forces targeted the two launchers on Larak Island after observing Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz. U.S….
The Department of Homeland Security is pushing back hard against a New York Times report detailing alleged abuse inside Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities. DHS issued a sharp rebuttal on Sunday, posting on social platform X that the Times story amounted to misinformation designed to undermine the agency’s operations. “Another day and another hoax…
Freedom Fuel gas stations, promoted by the Trump administration for their low prices, allegedly sold fuel their supplier never received payment for, according to a newly filed lawsuit. Mansfield Oil Company filed the suit on August 19 in U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania, targeting KRSM, a foreign corporation linked to the Freedom Fuel Network….
The Chinese Embassy in Washington pushed back sharply against the latest round of US sanctions targeting Iran’s oil exports, warning that the measures risk further destabilizing an already fragile Middle East and could deal a blow to global economic growth. Washington has steadily escalated its “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran’s oil sector this year, with…
Lobbyists are able to exert influence over all three branches of the US government, albeit in different ways and to varying extends. Washington’s lobbying industry has long been associated with Congress, where registered advocates roam the halls of the Capitol pressing lawmakers on tax policy, healthcare, defense spending, and countless other issues. Yet the reach…
Chuck Schumer, the senior senator from New York and current Senate Minority Leader, will next face voters in November 2028. His present Senate term concludes on January 3, 2029, meaning he still has more than two years remaining before New Yorkers cast ballots on whether to send him back to Washington for a sixth full…
Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader, represents New York’s 8th congressional district, a seat located entirely within the borough of Brooklyn. Understanding the shape and makeup of this district requires looking both at its current boundaries and at how significantly those boundaries have changed over the past decade. The district Jeffries represents today looks quite…