The Trump administration is considering a land exchange that could give a private developer access through a small strip of Yosemite National Park. If completed, the proposal would mark a rare and potentially first instance of park land being ceded for this kind of private access arrangement.

Democrats have spent roughly seven times more than Republicans on advertising in Texas’ 2026 U.S. Senate race, giving nominee James Talarico a long stretch of near-exclusive airtime. The imbalance has sharpened attention on whether national GOP groups will step in for Republican Ken Paxton before early voting.

Fifteen New York county sheriffs have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new state law that bars local police agencies from maintaining immigration-enforcement agreements with ICE. Gov. Kathy Hochul responded the same day the law took effect, saying the state would defend the measure and telling challengers: “Bring it on.”

Newly public court records show State Farm agents warned company leaders that tougher roof-claim handling was damaging local agencies and the insurer’s reputation. The documents are now part of an ongoing Oklahoma legal and regulatory fight over hail and wind claims.

About 85 Americans remain missing after catastrophic flooding tore through Nepal’s border region with Tibet along a major pilgrimage route to Mount Kailash. Rescue crews are still searching across devastated river valleys as officials work to confirm who was in the disaster zone.

President Donald Trump said Kristen Welker would be reported to the FCC before her “Meet the Press” interview aired, escalating his public criticism of the NBC moderator. The dispute centered on Welker’s description of Trump’s 2026 endorsement record as producing “mixed results.”

A flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park left one person dead and about 15 people missing or unaccounted for after footbridges were destroyed in Bright Angel Canyon. The flooding also forced evacuations and closed key inner-canyon routes just ahead of Labor Day weekend.

A mass shooting on Locust Street in Trenton early Sunday left two people dead and eight others injured, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Mayor Reed Gusciora said one of those killed had recently returned from incarceration and was working to rebuild his life.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has pardoned Sae Joon Park, a Purple Heart veteran who left the U.S. under threat of deportation after convictions tied to untreated PTSD. The pardon clears a path for Park’s lawyers to seek to reopen his immigration case, though it does not by itself allow him to return.

U.S. diesel prices climbed to $5.652 a gallon in the latest federal weekly survey, pushing school transportation costs higher just as districts reopen for the 2026-27 year. With most of the nation’s school buses still running on diesel, districts are adjusting routes, fuel purchasing and budgets as the Iran war continues to disrupt energy markets.

Thousands gathered on the National Mall on August 28, 2026, for a “Defend the Vote” rally marking 63 years since the original March on Washington. Organizers and speakers said recent court rulings and state election changes have renewed concerns about access to the ballot.

A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from enforcing its blacklist of Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, after the White House ordered agencies to stop using its tools. The ruling says the government’s actions were unlawful and prevents the administration from treating Anthropic as a national security risk for now.