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Trump administration says driver in Florida crash was in US illegally, faults California policy

4:24 PM on Monday, August 18

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida was in the country illegally, fueling a verbal tussle with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office over immigration

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Alexei (John Trader), Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska talk after laying flowers to the graves of Soviet soldiers who died during World War II at Fort Richardson National Cemetery, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

US archbishop's meeting with Putin denounced as 'betrayal of Christian witness'

3:32 PM on Monday, August 18

An American Orthodox archbishop exchanged warm greetings and gifts of holy icons with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska

FILE - Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Iowa US Senate candidate ends bid to run against Republican incumbent Joni Ernst

2:29 PM on Monday, August 18

An Iowa Democratic state lawmaker is bowing out of the 2026 U.S. Senate primary race and endorsing a colleague as the “best hope” to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst

Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows strikes the gavel as the House calls a Special Session with a quorum, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A look at Texas' redistricting walkout and California's response, by the numbers

1:56 PM on Monday, August 18

A walkout by Democratic legislators in Texas has ended, and Republicans are arranging to push a plan for redrawing the state’s congressional districts through the GOP-controlled Legislature

FILE - Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Judge issues injunction preventing Trump's FTC from investigating watchdog Media Matters

1:34 PM on Monday, August 18

A judge for the U.S. District Court in Washington has issued an injunction preventing the Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission from investigating Media Matters for America, the liberal media watchdog organization

Federal agents stage outside a Home Depot during an operation Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Federal agent fires weapon during immigration stop in Southern California, officials say

1:32 PM on Monday, August 18

A federal agent fired three shots at a moving vehicle after the driver sped off following an immigration stop in Southern California

President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Back in the Oval Office, Zelenskyy wears a blazer and Trump doesn't shout

12:03 PM on Monday, August 18

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting in the Oval Office was notably different from their last encounter in February

FILE - The Department of Justice seal is seen during a news conference at the DOJ office in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

20 states and DC sue DOJ to stop immigration requirements on victim funds

11:27 AM on Monday, August 18

A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D

Editorial Roundup: United States

11:25 AM on Monday, August 18

FILE - A display shows a Newsmax logo on the day of their IPO on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims

8:46 AM on Monday, August 18

The conservative network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss

At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria's northwest

1:26 AM on Monday, August 18

At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized Sunday on a river in northwestern Nigeria

California Rep. Zoe Lofgren joins Democratic state leaders in announcing a legislative package to advance a partisan effort to redraw California congressional map at a press conference on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Tran Nguyen)

California Democrats' push for redistricting faces a tight legislative deadline

8:53 PM on Sunday, August 17

The California Legislature comes back from a summer recess and is slated to vote on a partisan plan to redraw congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms

Judge weighs detainees' legal rights at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida Everglades

8:51 PM on Sunday, August 17

A federal judge considered whether detainees have been denied their legal rights at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades

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