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Trump Gathering Sparks Rare Reunion of Estranged Satmar Brothers
President Donald Trump's meeting with Jewish religious leaders at the White House Friday produced an unexpected moment: two estranged brothers who lead rival factions of the influential Satmar Hasidic movement shook hands and spoke face to face for what is likely the first...
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:11:53 EDTVance: Fed Should Cut Interest Rates to Help Homebuyers
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday called for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates to spur the housing market, just days after the central bank's chair suggested rates might have to rise to combat persistently high inflation.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:22:30 EDTMd. Top Court Allows Dem-Backed Redistricting Ballot Bid
Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of a nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:43:38 EDTHouse Democrat Says FBI Intercepted His Calls
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., said Thursday that his phone conversations with the Virginia Senate's top Democrat were intercepted as part of a federal investigation into her. He also accused the department of pursuing President Donald Trump's political opponents.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:58:19 EDTPentagon Contradicts Lutnick on Anthropic
Pentagon official Emil Michael said AI company Anthropic remains a supply chain risk, days after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said they were "back on the right side."
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:31:28 EDTTrump Names Adam Telle as Acting Army Secretary
President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:06:48 EDTMissouri Supreme Court Blocks Trump-Backed House Map
The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election and ordered a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:11:58 EDTTrump Roasts Paxton's Looks While Praising Record
President Donald Trump had plenty of praise Wednesday night for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton while taking a few jabs at his fashion sense during a Rose Garden dinner for vulnerable Republican lawmakers.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:27:21 EDTNorway Seizes Russian Ship Over $4.22 Billion Ukraine Claim
Norwegian authorities seized the Russian vessel Professor Molchanov at Svalbard on Wednesday to enforce a $4.22 billion Ukrainian claim tied to Moscow's 2014 seizure of Crimean energy assets. The Governor of Svalbard, acting as the Norwegian archipelago's local enforcement...
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:00:52 EDTElection Security Fight Heats Up Ahead of Crucial Midterms
Two Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the Trump administration release nearly $40 million in election-security funding ahead of the November midterm elections, warning that states and local election officials have limited time to prepare for cyberattacks.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:22:42 EDTOver $680K Raised for Infant Daughter of Slain Bank Exec
A fundraiser for the 5-month-old daughter of a Bank of America executive stabbed to death in Times Square has surged past $600,000, as thousands rallied to support the infant after her mother was killed on her first day back from maternity leave.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:05:30 EDTHouse Republicans Ask High Court to Protect AR-15s
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., is leading more than 60 House Republicans who filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to rule that bans on AR-15 semiautomatic rifles are unconstitutional.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:53:44 EDTDOJ Uses Centuries-Old Prize Law to Defend Ship Seizures
The Justice Department plans to invoke prize law - a nearly forgotten body of wartime maritime rules - to argue that ships and tankers the United States has captured at sea since the start of the Trump administration were lawfully taken, CBS News reported.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:26:51 EDTWH: Triumphal Arch Excavation Work to Start in Next 2 Weeks
The Trump administration said Thursday that excavation work will start over the next two weeks on the site where it plans to build a towering, triumphal arch.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:18:49 EDTChinese Fugitives Faked Nazi-Victim Ties to Get German Passports
German prosecutors are investigating 32 people, most of them Chinese fugitives, who allegedly bought fabricated Jewish family histories to obtain German citizenship under a law meant to restore rights to Nazi victims' heirs.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:25:27 EDTNY Times: El-Sayed Struggles to Get Jewish Dems' Support
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, has been working to shore up support among Jewish voters, but he continues to face an uphill battle, The New York Times reported.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:45:11 EDTVolkswagen Board Approves 50,000 More Job Cuts, 4 Plant Closures
Volkswagen's board of directors on Thursday approved a sweeping cost-cutting plan that would cut 50,000 jobs, slim the company's model line by half and end auto production at four German plants. The plan put forward by CEO Oliver Blume to counter low-cost competition in...
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:13:54 EDTStephen A. Smith Rejects 2028 Run, Urges Dems to Rein in Left
Sports broadcaster and political commentator Stephen A. Smith has ruled out running for president in 2028, saying a campaign would force him off the air and jeopardize the lucrative media career he spent decades building.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:35:29 EDTCategory 4 Hurricane Lowell Threatens Hawaii
Hurricane Lowell remained a powerful Category 4 storm Thursday as forecasters warned Hawaii to closely monitor the cyclone, which could bring dangerous surf, heavy rain, damaging winds, and power failures to parts of the islands over the Labor Day weekend and early next week.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:51:30 EDTOpenAI's Altman Warns of 'Superhuman' AI Era
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sounded the alarm over a new generation of artificial intelligence models he says are becoming "superhuman" in some areas, warning the technology is advancing into unknown territory.
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:38:36 EDT