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12:03 AM on Thursday, August 6

12:01 AM on Thursday, August 6

President Donald Trump is hosting an IndyCar street race in Washington, D.C., as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations

10:52 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Utah can enforce its strict anti-gambling laws on prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket under a federal court ruling

9:21 PM on Wednesday, August 5

The United States says it has suspended all government operations in the Mexican state of Michoacan because of a “threat to U_S_ interests."

7:40 PM on Wednesday, August 5

After renewing her commitment to a controversial 100 million pound Church of England fund apologizing for the church’s historical ties to the slave trade, Archbishop Sarah Mullally ended her 10-day Africa tour calling for peace and healing

7:38 PM on Wednesday, August 5

A Texas judge has struck down the National Firearms Act to knock regulations on firearm suppressors and some guns

6:29 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Republican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio is resisting pressure to exit his reelection campaign for Congress, even as anxiety over his electability is growing within his own party

5:42 PM on Wednesday, August 5

The federal government is taking steps to shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life

5:35 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Legal aid groups are raising concerns after the Trump administration awarded a $150 million contract to a small Texas law firm with limited experience in immigration law

5:11 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Three people have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Wells

1:14 PM on Wednesday, August 5

The state of New Mexico has sued the Department of Justice and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying the federal government has blocked it from carrying out its own investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes

12:47 PM on Wednesday, August 5

A wildfire that swept across mountains and coastal areas west of Athens has left hundreds of animals displaced

11:52 AM on Wednesday, August 5

It's not clear why a plane was allowed to take off as President Donald Trump’s helicopter was approaching Reagan National Airport in an apparent violation of safety procedures put in place after last year’s midair collision between an airliner and an Army helicopter near that busy Washington D.C. airport

10:18 AM on Wednesday, August 5

A federal judge is decrying efforts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as he reluctantly dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group at the administration’s request

9:43 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state

8:59 AM on Wednesday, August 5

President Donald Trump is making a rare appearance in Nevada to sell voters on his handling of the economy against a backdrop of high interest rates, a national housing shortage and gasoline made more expensive by the Iran war

7:09 AM on Wednesday, August 5

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops

3:50 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Authorities say a drone with explosives was found at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport and the device was defused

1:35 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Iran and Oman have moved closer to an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz

12:05 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The childhood home of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong is up for sale, and its future is uncertain