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4:38 PM on Monday, August 18

The late President Jimmy Carter is being honored with a commemorative Forever stamp

4:24 PM on Monday, August 18

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida was in the country illegally, fueling a verbal tussle with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office over immigration

3:51 PM on Monday, August 18

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has taken emergency action to ban the sale of a synthetic drug known as “designer Xanax” in his state

3:32 PM on Monday, August 18

An American Orthodox archbishop exchanged warm greetings and gifts of holy icons with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska

3:12 PM on Monday, August 18

Trump says he has begun arrangements for face-to-face meeting between Russia's Putin and Ukraine's Zelenskyy

3:11 PM on Monday, August 18

A second airman at Wyoming's F

3:05 PM on Monday, August 18

Louisiana becomes sixth GOP-led state to authorize troop deployment to DC as part of Trump show of force

2:47 PM on Monday, August 18

The judges of the Southern District of New York have approved Jay Clayton to remain as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan

2:45 PM on Monday, August 18

A Virginia man convicted of shooting a New Jersey pastor to death outside her home in 2023 has been sentenced to life in prison

2:29 PM on Monday, August 18

An Iowa Democratic state lawmaker is bowing out of the 2026 U.S. Senate primary race and endorsing a colleague as the “best hope” to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst

1:32 PM on Monday, August 18

A federal agent fired three shots at a moving vehicle after the driver sped off following an immigration stop in Southern California

1:17 PM on Monday, August 18

The nation’s largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data centers in Tennessee and Alabama

11:21 AM on Monday, August 18

The trial of a man charged with organizing the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery in 2021 is underway

10:57 AM on Monday, August 18

Three more Republican governors have authorized the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington

9:00 AM on Monday, August 18

No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Penn State each had three players selected for the preseason AP All-America team

3:53 AM on Monday, August 18

Authorities say two police officers were shot and killed in Utah and a man was taken into custody after bystanders persuaded him to drop the gun

3:50 AM on Monday, August 18

The Cambridge Dictionary has added over 6,000 new words including slang terms like “skibidi,” pronounced SKIH-bih-dee, "tradwife" and "delulu."

1:55 AM on Monday, August 18

Anguished Pakistanis are searching remote areas for bodies swept away by weekend flash floods as the death toll has reached 277

9:37 PM on Sunday, August 17

Wall Street held near its records

8:53 PM on Sunday, August 17

The California Legislature comes back from a summer recess and is slated to vote on a partisan plan to redraw congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms