COLUMBUS, Ohio — County officials this week reported the discovery of 16 siblings held for years in a rural home in Vinton County, found in squalid conditions. Prosecutors have charged the children's parents and two grandparents, and local authorities moved to change one defendant's bond to allow hospital care rather...
Maine: Dr. Nirav Shah declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on July 9, 2026, seeking to replace Graham Platner after Platner withdrew. This week, Senator Tammy Duckworth publicly urged Maine Democrats to reject Shah, citing his handling of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak while he led Illinois' public health department. Shah...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leading Senate Democrats issued a joint statement on July 10, 2026, sharply criticizing President Donald Trump over financial disclosure reports showing approximately $1.3 billion in earnings from cryptocurrency investments and digital asset ventures during 2025. The statement, first shared with the outlet Semafor, was co-signed by the...
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security has formally requested a detailed briefing from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on a major cyberattack that compromised the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN). The July 10, 2026 request follows public revelations that unauthorized cyber intruders successfully breached the...
President Donald Trump has removed the remaining leadership of the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC), leaving the bipartisan agency without any commissioners months before the November 2026 midterm elections. On Friday afternoon, July 10, 2026, the White House presidential personnel office notified Democratic commissioners Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland by...
Iran – The United States military on Thursday carried out cruise missile strikes across several Iranian provinces, including a high-profile attack on the Aq Tekeh Khan railway bridge in northern Golestan, according to Iranian state-linked media. The operation marked the second consecutive day of renewed American airstrikes on Iranian territory...
Jersey City — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it reached a voluntary settlement with the Jersey City Board of Education to end race- and national-origin-based admissions practices at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, resolving a Civil Rights Division probe into the school's use of seat...
DEMOREST, Ga. The Demorest City Council unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement Thursday authorizing Mayor Jerry Harkness to sign support for a proposed countywide one-cent sales tax under House Bill 581 and Senate Bill 33, moving Habersham County closer to placing the measure on the Nov. 3 ballot to reduce property...
A federal grand jury in Columbus, Ohio, on July 9, 2026, indicted eight men accused of plotting a coordinated drone and sniper attack on the “UFC Freedom 250” mixed martial arts event planned for the South Lawn of the White House. Prosecutors say the conspiracy began in May 2026 and...
Eaton Rapids, Michigan. U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett and Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins met Thursday at the Lansing VA community-based outpatient clinic and the VFW National Home for a roundtable with veterans focused on improving VA services; Collins highlighted the department's transition to a standardized electronic health record...
