WASHINGTON — The Senate is back on track to consider acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department permanently after two key GOP holdouts said they were “pleased” with a deal they struck.

The DOJ said in a statement posted Sunday night that it has “rescinded” a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization”...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vance Boelter will make his first appearance in Hennepin County District Court on Monday afternoon, less than two weeks after he was sentenced to consecutive life sentences, plus 40 years in federal prison for killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and shooting state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.

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WASHINGTON — Former House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, the first Republican woman to lead the powerful spending committee, has died at the age of 83.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced her death in a Sunday night post on X, calling her a “dear friend who will be greatly missed.”

“Throughout her career, she broke barriers ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration envisions Venezuela’s return to democracy as a gradual, three-stage process culminating in elections only after the country achieves political stability, economic recovery and national reconciliation, offering the clearest public description yet of Washington’s long-term strategy ...Read more

Iran suggested negotiations with Oman to get more ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz are making progress, after President Donald Trump called off what he said was a major attack on the Islamic Republic.

Oil fell on Monday, with Brent crude down about 4.6% to just over $83 a barrel, after Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said ...Read more

Israel has stepped up strikes in Gaza since Hamas conditionally agreed to disarm late last week, sparking concerns that U.S. President Donald Trump’s proclaimed revival in a long-delayed peace plan may have been premature.

July was already the deadliest month for Gazans since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire was agreed in October, with 152 ...Read more

About 90 miles north of Phoenix, the town of Yarnell nestles atop a winding mountain road. Phoenix, a sprawling city of more than 1.6 million people, has one physician for every 2,407 people. But in Yarnell and other rural areas in Arizona, the ratio is one for every 3,896. Like many rural residents across the U.S., people in this small town ...Read more

Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to leave enforcement only to the executive branch.

Congress specifically wrote into those laws ways for citizens ...Read more

Spain’s foreign minister said nearly everyone who illegally crossed into the African enclave of Ceuta last week has left, pledging to return “every last” person to Morocco.

“The vast majority of those who entered have already returned to Morocco,” José Manuel Albares said in an interview Monday morning on TVE, Spain’s state-owned ...Read more

Iran suggested negotiations to get more ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz are making progress, after President Donald Trump called off what he said was a major attack on the Islamic Republic.

Oil fell on Monday, with Brent crude down about 4.5% to just over $83 a barrel, after Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said discussions...Read more

Israel has stepped up strikes in Gaza since Hamas conditionally agreed to disarm late last week, sparking concerns that U.S. President Donald Trump’s proclaimed revival in a long-delayed peace plan may have been premature.

July was already the deadliest month for Gazans since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire was agreed in October, with 152 ...Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s advantage over right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro narrowed ahead of Brazil’s October election, a new poll found.

Lula would earn 46% to Bolsonaro’s 45% in a runoff scenario, according to the BTG Pactual/Nexus survey published Monday.

The leftist leader held a 4-point lead, 47% to 43% in the ...Read more

A fight is heating up over a California ballot initiative to implement voter ID as it heads to the courts, pitting advocates who say it will ensure election integrity in the vote-by-mail era against critics who say it would impose needless burdens that could disenfranchise voters.

The state initiative, known as Proposition 39, drew dueling ...Read more

Minnesotans with disabilities and their families are used to a fight.

They are quick to describe decades of work pushing state officials, school districts, employers and others to allow them to live fuller lives that are more integrated into the community.

But many said the number of threats to that progress now feels overwhelming.

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As temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley climbed to 110 degrees on a recent Wednesday afternoon, an elderly woman who had been outside became dizzy and then passed out.

The 78-year-old’s body temperature was about 105 degrees when she arrived at MountainView Hospital in northwest Las Vegas, said Dr. Clarence Dunagan. That’s far above the ...Read more

Mark Vantrease regularly sees his Vietnam War buddies over breakfast, attends his grandchildren’s Little League games, and, when he’s up to it, tends to his lush front-yard garden, which is dotted with shells retrieved from his abalone-diving days.

Time is precious for him. Last year, doctors told the 76-year-old former truck driver that a ...Read more

Over the past decade, Louisiana hospitals began stocking specialized carts designed to treat hemorrhages, one of the most common pregnancy complications in the state. The plug-in cart can be wheeled from room to room and holds surgical tools and lifesaving medications to stem blood loss.

A state law passed in 2024 forced hospitals to remove a ...Read more

President Donald Trump said new Iran talks would begin Monday afternoon after he called off a planned attack on Iran partially in response to pleas from U.S. allies in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia.

“It would have been the biggest attack since World War II,” Trump said Sunday to reporters on Air Force One. “We’re just going to...Read more

Days before the city of St. Paul is set to begin a shutdown down of its major homeless encampments, the mood of residents at Pig’s Eye Park encampment is tense.

The city says about 140 people call Pig’s Eye Park, the largest homeless encampment in the city, their home. The encampment is tucked away from public view, accessible only by foot....Read more