Associated Press

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Stories

• 2 U.S. Raises National Wildfire Preparedness to Its Top Level as Dozens of Large Fires Burn
• 3 Congressional Democrats Seek DHS Records on ICE Hiring After Reports Detail Maine Officer's History
• 3 Interior Department Finalizes Rule Ending Automatic Endangered Species Act Protections for Newly Listed Threatened Species
• 2 China Denies Trump's Claim That Beijing Interfered in the 2020 U.S. Election
• 3 China Launches 29-Nation World AI Cooperation Organization in Shanghai, Setting Up a Rival to the US-Led AI Framework
• 4 Wind-Driven Wildfires in Eastern Oregon Destroy Homes, Force Evacuations; State Invokes Conflagration Act a Third Time in 2026
• 3 Secret Service Proposes Permanent Fence Around Lafayette Park; Federal Design Panel Reviews Plan
• 2 Trump and Iraqi PM al-Zaidi Announce U.S. Energy Deals and September 30 Target for Full Troop Withdrawal
• 2 June Producer Prices Fall 0.3% and Retail Sales Rise as Investors and Fed Weigh Rate Path
• 1 Two Teenagers Charged in Shootings That Killed Five Members of One Family in East St. Louis, Illinois
• 2 Jay Clayton Appears Before Senate Intelligence Committee for Rescheduled DNI Confirmation Hearing
• 2 Senate Fails to Advance $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill as Democrats Object to Renewed Iran Strikes
• 2 North Carolina Supreme Court Extends Briefing Deadlines in Cases Over Governor's Appointment Powers
• 2 McConnell Says Fall and Pneumonia Caused Month-Long Hospitalization, Ending Weeks of Silence
• 2 Independent Report Says Mexico's Sinaloa Crackdown Has Not Cut Fentanyl Reaching the U.S.; Some Cite Falling Seizures and Overdose Deaths