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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Republicans in Congress continue to back Iran war despite the political risk

5:53 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Republicans on Capitol Hill are walking a cautious election-year line on the Iran war as the future of the conflict seems increasingly uncertain and as polls show that most Americans oppose it

Seattle Storm center Dominique Malonga (14) looks to shoot as Minnesota Lynx forward Natasha Howard defends during a WNBA basketball game, Wednesday afternoon, July 22, 2026, in Seattle. (Kevin Clark/The Seattle Times via AP)

Collier scores 24 points in her return, Lynx top Storm 86-76 for best record at WNBA All-Star break

5:39 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Napheesa Collier had 24 points and 10 rebounds in her season debut, Kayla McBride added 20 points and the Minnesota Lynx headed into the WNBA All-Star break with the best record in the league after an 86-76 win over the Seattle Storm on Wednesday afternoon

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders meet with reporters as he tries to advance a spending package for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump's push for strict new voter ID requirements, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House votes to limit stock trading by members of Congress, elevating a campaign issue

5:32 PM on Wednesday, July 22

The House has approved legislation that would bar members of Congress from purchasing individual stocks

FILE - Helicopters fly over the field on the parade lap before the Indianapolis 500 auto race in Indianapolis, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing eager to fulfill late team owner's wish to become full-time IndyCar team

5:31 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Dennis Reinbold would come to the Indianapolis 500 each May and explain he desperately wanted to return to full-time IndyCar racing

Senior research associate Hesley Dalton, center, reviews the placement of elkhorn coral in a saltwater restoration tank with research assistant Julia Cafiero and interns Jennifer Dranetz and Johnnie Smotrich at the the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Key Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Florida researchers bring endangered elkhorn coral ashore to protect them

5:17 PM on Wednesday, July 22

University of Miami scientists are working to save an endangered coral species from extinction by bringing them ashore

Mississippi head coach Pete Golding directs his players before the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal game against Miami, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Ole Miss coach Pete Golding has moved on, calls Lane Kiffin 'the ex' who's always going to come up

4:49 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Mississippi coach Pete Golding says he has no ill will toward his old boss, Lane Kiffin

FILE - A Tesla vehicle is seen at a Tesla facility Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Earnings at Musk's car company fall as research spending cuts into profit from selling cars

4:37 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Tesla's profits fell last quarter as the car company run by Elon Musk shoveled more money into research and development, cutting into profits from a sharp increase in vehicle sales

Google's Q2 earnings of $112.11B beat Wall Street's expectations on AI boom

4:36 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Google parent company Alphabet Inc. posted stronger-than-expected results for its second quarter, a sign that it’s massive artificial intelligence spending spree is paying off so far

FILE - The Warner Bros. water tower appears at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

European Union gives its greenlight to Paramount and Warner's mega merger with some conditions

4:35 PM on Wednesday, July 22

The European Union has approved Paramount's $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros

FILE - Cleveland Guardians' José Ramírez stands on deck during a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

José Ramírez returns to Guardians after star 3B missed 5 weeks following left hand surgery

3:23 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez has been activated from the injury list after missing five weeks following hand surgery

In this photo provided by Pastor Marcus L. Martin, a group of people he believes were those who died in a recent drowning accident, are shown fishing along the Scioto river in Powell, Ohio, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Pastor Marcus L. Martin via AP)

AP Exclusive: A boater's photo may be 'the last picture' of group drowned in an Ohio river

2:48 PM on Wednesday, July 22

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber as members debate a series of measures including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a spending package for the Iran war, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans adopt $95 billion package for the Iran war and Trump's priorities

2:23 PM on Wednesday, July 22

The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities

FILE - Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks with attendees during an election night watch party for U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., May 16, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

Special prosecutor drops all felony criminal charges against Louisiana Attorney General Murrill

12:09 PM on Wednesday, July 22

A special prosecutor has dismissed felony criminal charges against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

US and Saudi Arabia sign new nuclear agreement that could pave way for kingdom to enrich uranium

9:48 AM on Wednesday, July 22

The Trump administration has forged a new agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program

President Donald Trump, left, is escorted by Air Force Col. Christopher M. Robinson, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, right, from Marine One to Air Force One, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The Latest: House adopts $95 billion budget proposal to fund Iran war and other Trump priorities

9:04 AM on Wednesday, July 22

The House has adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities over objections from Democrats and a few GOP holdouts in a final push before the midterm elections

Health workers disinfect a coffin of an Ebola victim at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people

6:09 AM on Wednesday, July 22

More than 1,000 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, according to Africa’s top health body, a grim toll in what’s already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history

Grettel Badillo catches the wind from Tropical Storm Bertha at the Hurricane Katrina Memorial in Shell Beach, La., Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall on southern Louisiana with threatening winds

3:13 AM on Wednesday, July 22

Tropical Storm Bertha has made landfall on the southern tip of Louisiana

Options traders Justin Kanda, Doran Swan, and Ravi Bhandari. left to right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Oil prices rise another 3%, while Wall Street drifts in mixed trading

12:30 AM on Wednesday, July 22

U.S. stock indexes barely budged after oil prices climbed another 3%

In this courtroom sketch, from left, former Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro, attorneys Anna Estevao and Mark Donnelly, and Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores, stand during a pretrial hearing in a drug trafficking case for Maduro and Flores, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Manhattan federal court in New York. (Jane Rosenberg via AP)

June 1 trial date set for Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro in his US drug trafficking case

12:03 AM on Wednesday, July 22

A June 1 trial date has been set for Nicolás Maduro to face drug trafficking charges in New York

In this courtroom sketch, a witness describes video of an alleged attack on Salman Rushdie by Hadi Matar, in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Matar, foreground, is seated with his lawyer's co-council. (Alexandra Newbould via AP)

Terrorism trial opens in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

12:02 AM on Wednesday, July 22

The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie is on trial again

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