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Trump and Republican senators fight over a century-old tradition for judicial nominees

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the Senate’s century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U.S. attorney nominees is “old and outd...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Mass evacuations in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas after neighboring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying borde...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump says he's firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, opening new front in fight for central bank control

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday night that he's firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move that would constitute a sharp escalation in his battle t...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Rockies take 4-game losing streak into matchup with the Astros

Colorado Rockies (37-94, fifth in the NL West) vs. Houston Astros (72-59, first in the AL West) Houston; Tuesday, 8:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Tanner Gordon (4-5, 7.11 ERA, 1.6...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump envoy says officials working 'very, very hard' on ending Russia-Ukraine war

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg said in Kyiv on Monday that officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the three-year war betwee...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Australian Open champion Madison Keys loses in the US Open's first round to Renata Zarazua of Mexico

NEW YORK (AP) — Pretty much from the get-go at the U.S. Open on Monday, Madison Keys could tell she wasn't hitting the ball well or feeling very much at all like the self-confident player wh...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Venus Williams' pain-free return to Grand Slam tennis means more to her than a US Open loss

NEW YORK (AP) — That Venus Williams lost her first Grand Slam match in two years — and what she says will be her last match of 2025 — didn't really matter Monday night. Certainly not to the ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Southwest Airlines' new policy will affect plus-size travelers. Here's how

Southwest Airlines will soon require travelers who don't fit within the armrests of their seat to pay for an extra one in advance, part of a string of recent changes the carrier is making. T...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Lil Nas X pleads not guilty to attacking police officers as he walked naked on LA street

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lil Nas X was charged Monday with four felonies after police say he charged at them when they confronted him for walking naked down a Los Angeles street last week. The mu...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Israel strikes a Gaza hospital twice, killing at least 20, including journalists and rescuers

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Monday and then hit the facility again as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, ki...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

After Trump and Congress spending cuts, public media stations wait on money for emergency alerts

Warning: This may be an actual emergency — as far as emergencies about emergencies go, at least. The recently defunded nonprofit corporation that distributed federal money to public media st...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Long-elusive Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads guilty in US

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges and saying he w...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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