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With the Trump administration signaling that work on the triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery could begin two weeks from Thursday, opponents of the project urged a federal judge to issue an order blocking the construction unless it is authorized by lawmakers. The request for a preliminary injunction comes a day after the Justice Department filed notice with a federal judge indicating that construction on the arch could begin on Nov. 5, immediately after the National Capital Planning C

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court said New Hampshire can fully enforce a ban on voters using student IDs as a form of identification at the polls next month, a win for the Republican Party's effort to tighten voting procedures. The court on Oct. 22 agreed to pause a lower courts ruling that a student ID is among the forms of identification that may be considered by poll workers if the voter lacks an approved government-issued ID. The state's U.S. Senate race is among the contests that will decide wh

Corey Lewandowski speaks to the press in July 2024..(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) - Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Justice Department prosecutors are investigating allegations of contract misconduct at the Department of Homeland Security, including the role of Corey Lewandowski who worked as de facto chief of staff to former Secretary Kristi Noem, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. The probe follows a criminal referral for Lewandowski from the DHS Inspector General

[Getty Images] Clavicular, a social media influencer who promotes the looksmaxxing trend of young men maximising their attractiveness, has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges including rape. The 20-year-old, whose real name is Braden Peters, was charged in September with felony rape, drugging an individual for sexual intercourse and procuring alcohol for someone under the age of 21. The charges stem from an incident in 2025 when he is accused of assaulting a 17-year-old girl at his family's M

By Andrew Hay Oct 22 (Reuters) - The University of Arizona has suspended a fraternity after a female student alleged she was raped at its house by two men, the latest action taken by a major US university against a Greek chapter over accusations of sexual assault. The university suspended Sigma Phi Epsilon, which was already on probation for hazing new members, on Wednesday after the KOLD-TV station reported the allegations of a female student who said she was raped at the chapter's fraternity h

Increasingly powerful AI models can spot weak points in computer scripts that hackers can exploit (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV) Governments and companies around the world shut down websites Thursday as they racedto protect themselves from hacks after artificial intelligence uncovered critical flaws in a widely used programming language called PHP. PHP helps run about 70 percent of the world's websites -- from online stores and news outlets to government services -- according to Wiz Research, one of the c

A new campaign ad in which the estranged mother of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton argues that her daughter should not be elected as the Buckeye State's next governor has added a new level of controversy to what was already one of the most closely watched races of the midterms. Acton, a Democrat, is running to replace outgoing Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. She's facing Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire who ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2024. In the ad, Acton's mother

Bitcoin ( BTC ) fell below $82,000 early Thursday as crypto joined a broader sell-off in riskier assets amid rising geopolitical tensions. The world's largest cryptocurrency traded around $81,600 Thursday morning, down more than 3% for the last 24 hours. Other major coins also declined. Crypto's total market value fell 1.4% over the previous 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap. Traders saw roughly $400 million in liquidations over the same period, according to data aggregator CoinGlass. Renewed

MIAMI (AP) A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. The order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqu Lett came as the BBCs lawyers complained that Trump had delayed his appearance. Attorney Charles Tobin said that with two months left in the discovery period, we still havent been able to depose the plaintiff. He noted there was an agreed-upon date of Oct. 16, but that the Republican presiden

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the states most powerful Democrats, was charged on Thursday in connection with what federal authorities alleged was a role leading a wide-ranging criminal enterprise that acquired and distributed large quantities of marijuana and laundered the proceeds. Lucas, who has been in elected office for decades, used her political power to insulate the operation from scrutiny, according to an indictment charging her and six other defendants,

The national flag of Iran hangs on a building damaged by the U.S.-Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on April 20, 2026. ShadatiXinhua/Getty Images The U.S. and Israel are reportedly developing plans for major strikes on Iran after the U.S. midterm elections in November. Citing people familiar with the deliberations, the New York Times reported on Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed the possibility of renewed strikes on Iran with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Isra

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Thursday killed one person and wounded 22, Ukrainian authorities said. The strikes in Kyiv came hours after the Kremlin agreed to restart U.S.-brokered talks aimed at ending the war . The attack damaged homes, transportation infrastructure and other civilian sites in several districts of the city, Ukraines State Emergency Service said. In the Dniprovskyi district, on the eastern bank of the

US Senate candidates Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, left, and Republican Mike Rogers shake hands after the debate on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at WXYZ Channel 7 in Southfield, Michigan. - Robin Buckson/Pool/AP Michigan and Kansas held some of the final major Senate debates of the 2026 midterm elections on Wednesday night. And they were a study in contrasts. The Michigan Senate debate between Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers was bitterly personal and ferociously contested

Saudi Arabia has faced near-daily attacks from the Iran-backed Houthis, including a strike on Riyadh's international airport that was the kingdom's deadliest in years (Giuseppe CACACE) The United States has ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday, as the kingdom comes under sustained deadly attacksby Yemen's Houthis. Iranian-supported Houthis have increasingly engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including at

Democrats have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the Justice Department, alleging that the Trump administration is unlawfully interfering with the midterms by pressuring states to remove voters from their rolls. The complaint, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, cites the Department of Homeland Securitys recent demands that states remove alleged noncitizens from their voter rolls. The complaint argues such action is based on shoddily compiled l

Armed and in uniform, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been knocking on doors in several states to ask residents about their immigration status and to inquire if they have registered to vote or cast votes in past elections, a CBS News Investigation has found. The operation is part of an effort to root out potential noncitizen voters ahead of the midterms. DHS has alleged that there could be as many as 250,000 citizens illegally registered to vote, although election e

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) New Mexicos attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epsteins attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a sprawling Santa Fe-area ranch where the disgraced financier entertained guests. The lawsuit seeks to stop attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn from accepting any payments from Epstein's estate, estimated at more than $100 million. Indyke worked as Epsteins attorney for roughly two decades. Bot

By Joe Brock Oct 21 (Reuters) - Elon Musk believes a merger between Tesla and SpaceX is a good idea, he said on Tuesday, publicly backing an idea that would create one of the most valuable companies in the world, worth about $3.5 trillion. While electric-vehicle maker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX were once seen as largely separate businesses, the lines between them have blurred as Musk expands into artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced manufacturing, satellite communications, and comput

Russia on Wednesday released a retired American teacher who had been imprisoned on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. The release of Stephen Hubbard had been foreshadowed a day earlier in Washington, when President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he had talked with Putin at length about the issue and had asked him to free the Michigan man. Hubbard is the s

Watch: Zelensky says US military intelligence sharing works now Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said US intelligence sharing on deadly Russian missile attacks works now after talks with President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff. The meeting in Oslo came after accusations by Kyiv that Washington was withholding key intelligence - a claim rejected as scandalous by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Finnish President Alexander Stubb, who also took part in the talks, said genui