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Democratic congressional candidate Chris Backemeyer poses in front of a campaign banner after an event in Murdock, Nebraska, on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Will Weissert)

Here's a look at 'reach' election races where Democrats hope to pull off House upsets

9:07 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Democrats are eyeing upset midterm election wins in House districts from rural Nebraska to central Kentucky and from Nevada's high desert to a newly redrawn district in Texas

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores wave after his swearing-in ceremony for a third term at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds

7:51 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have asked a judge to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country

President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Republican lawmakers in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump promises to campaign for Republicans and says they have a winning midterm message

6:19 PM on Wednesday, September 2

President Donald Trump is urging Republican lawmakers to run on his White House record despite his sagging popularity

A judge blocks Trump's new bid to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent

6:02 PM on Wednesday, September 2

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's latest attempt to prohibit automatic U.S. citizenship at birth

George Clooney honored as Venice Film Festival opens, in photos

4:52 PM on Wednesday, September 2

A US journalist sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for acting as an illegal agent for China

3:47 PM on Wednesday, September 2

An American journalist has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States

FILE - Cassandra Wilson performs at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., on Aug. 10, 2003. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

Cassandra Wilson, the 2-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, dies at 70

1:54 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, has died

FILE - Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer sits on the sideline before an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls on March 13, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)

NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case

1:47 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was suspended for one year by the NBA, and the team was ordered to forfeit five first-round draft picks and pay a $30 million fine for violating salary cap circumvention rules in a case involving Kawhi Leonard

A memorial wall for Dolly Parton stands outside the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Camden Hall)

Dollywood theme park will add new features, including a waterfall, to honor Dolly Parton

12:48 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Dolly Parton's theme park in east Tennessee will unveil new features for fans to honor the life of the “dreamer-in-chief,” Dolly Parton, who died at the age of 80

People inspect damage and debris at a building that Iranian media said was hit by a U.S. strike while a wedding celebration was taking place there, in Kuhestak, southern Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

What to know about a reported US airstrike that hit a wedding in Iran

11:29 AM on Wednesday, September 2

During the latest American bombardment of southern Iran, a missile hit a home where a wedding was being celebrated

Production designer Norman Reynolds' robot R2-D2, left, and John Mollo's costume for the C-3PO character from the "Star Wars" franchise are displayed in the Cinema Gallery during a preview of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

George Lucas presents a galaxy of art that goes far, far past 'Star Wars' in new Los Angeles museum

10:00 AM on Wednesday, September 2

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is opening in Los Angeles, showcasing a vast collection of creative work

FILE - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting, Aug. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

NYC, the nation's largest school system, bans AI for students through 8th grade

9:54 AM on Wednesday, September 2

New York City’s public school system will ban artificial intelligence for students through the 8th grade during the upcoming school year

Workers remove the sculpture "Blue" by artist Joel Shapiro on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Kennedy Center disassembles Blue sculpture from its grounds

9:29 AM on Wednesday, September 2

The Kennedy Center removed a sculpture known as Blue, a tall, blue stick figure designed by Joel Shapiro and installed in 2019

FILE - The U.S. Mint has started producing a new $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump's image. (AP Graphic/Treasury Department, File)

Heads or tails? $1 coin with Trump's face and gold finish goes on sale

7:52 AM on Wednesday, September 2

The U.S. Mint has started selling a $1 coin to celebrate America's 250th birthday, featuring President Donald Trump's face on one side

Chase Barfield walks to his truck as he takes belongings and his dogs away from floodwaters around his house in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Edouard near Honey Island, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Former Tropical Storm Edouard lingers over Texas, flooding homes and roadways

6:54 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Texas authorities have rescued dozens of people from stranded cars, homes surrounded by floodwaters and an assisted living facility as former Tropical Storm Edouard lingered over rural parts of the state

People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Iran targets US allies in Gulf after overnight attacks, and other Mideast news

3:55 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Iran has targeted U.S. Gulf allies, firing drones at Kuwait and Bahrain after U.S. airstrikes in Iran

A woman walks near of a oil storage tank of Venezuela's state-run oil company, PDVSA in Cabimas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela

3:25 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Oil giant Chevron is confirming that it is expanding its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits

A child wounded, according to Tasnim news agency, in a strike on a home where a wedding was being held in Kuhestak, southern Iran, receives treatment at a hospital in Menab, Iran, early Wednesday, Sept.2, 2026. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for US strikes after a wedding was hit

11:42 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Iranian attacks have targeted U.S. allies across the Gulf as renewed fighting with the United States ended a monthlong lull

People whose relatives remain missing following flash floods perform rituals after symbolic funeral rites on the banks of the swollen Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Symbolic funerals held in Nepal for those feared lost as some missing tourists make contact

10:35 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Some tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday

Lindsay Clancy listens to a witness on video during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026 in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

As jurors deliberate in the Lindsay Clancy trial, here are key moments they may be considering

3:02 AM on Saturday, August 29

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder case are trying to decide whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children at her Massachusetts home in 2023

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