1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (250+ words) Today is Sunday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2026. There are 109 days left in the year. On Sept. 13, 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. In…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (363+ words) The departure came just five months after he was hired to oversee a criminal inquiry targeting former government officials who have investigation Trump over the last decade, including in connection with Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and his retention…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (233+ words) Filings for benefits dipped to 206,000 last week from a revised 207,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, also fell modestly to 206,000. Claims for jobless benefits are a proxy for…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (600+ words) California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too. State coastal officials voted Wednesday to allow a plan to build the United States’ largest kelp farm 6 miles (10 kilometers) off the Southern California coast to move forward…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (293+ words) A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Trump “has a longstanding practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit, including at times employees and aides, both…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (458+ words) By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (442+ words) As of Wednesday morning, Apple Maps displayed “Lake America” for U.S. users looking at the lake that sits between the state of New York and Canada’s Ontario province. Users outside of the U.S. still saw the Lake Ontario…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (489+ words) The apparent 5-4 decision replaces a temporary order issued earlier this month, shortly before a court-ordered halt would have gone into effect. The temporary order was signed by Chief Justice John Roberts, assigned to handle appeals from the capital. But he…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (147+ words) Trentonian Gov. Mikie Sherrill walked here — stood at the corner of Chambers St. and Locust St., Trenton not far from a Sunday morning shooting that included nine wounded and two others slaughtered. In July 2025, Sherrill toured the area as a…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (278+ words) Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” ​​for users in the United States, reflecting a recent order by President Donald Trump that changed the name of the lake, the global technology giant says. The…...