President Donald Trump sharply interrupted a CNN reporter during an Oval Office press availability on August 17, 2026, telling her to “be quiet” as questions turned to North Korea and U.S. military policy. The exchange unfolded during a broader back-and-forth over South Korea, military exercises and media coverage.
A federal judge in Detroit dismissed the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Washtenaw County, ruling the federal government had not shown the county violated immigration law. The decision leaves in place local policies that limit use of county resources for federal civil immigration enforcement.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back after CNN reported that one recipe promoted as a $19.64 family meal cost more than $70 to buy at a grocery store. The dispute turned on whether food should be priced by the amount used in a recipe or by the full cost shoppers pay at checkout.
Federal agents arrested 11 foreign nationals after boarding two cruise ships at the Port of Boston during a child sexual abuse material investigation. Authorities said the operation involved the Volendam and Norwegian Breakaway and could lead to deportation proceedings.
Federal officials ordered deeper Colorado River delivery cuts after the nation’s two largest reservoirs fell to historic lows. Arizona, Nevada and Mexico were set to absorb the first mandatory reductions for 2023 as drought and overuse strained the river system.
President Donald Trump sharply interrupted a CNN reporter during an Oval Office press availability on August 17, 2026, telling her to “be quiet” as questions turned to North Korea and U.S. military policy. The exchange unfolded during a broader back-and-forth over South Korea, military exercises and media coverage.
A federal judge in Detroit dismissed the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Washtenaw County, ruling the federal government had not shown the county violated immigration law. The decision leaves in place local policies that limit use of county resources for federal civil immigration enforcement.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back after CNN reported that one recipe promoted as a $19.64 family meal cost more than $70 to buy at a grocery store. The dispute turned on whether food should be priced by the amount used in a recipe or by the full cost shoppers pay at checkout.
Federal agents arrested 11 foreign nationals after boarding two cruise ships at the Port of Boston during a child sexual abuse material investigation. Authorities said the operation involved the Volendam and Norwegian Breakaway and could lead to deportation proceedings.
Federal officials ordered deeper Colorado River delivery cuts after the nation’s two largest reservoirs fell to historic lows. Arizona, Nevada and Mexico were set to absorb the first mandatory reductions for 2023 as drought and overuse strained the river system.
President Donald Trump sharply interrupted a CNN reporter during an Oval Office press availability on August 17, 2026, telling her to “be quiet” as questions turned to North Korea and U.S. military policy. The exchange unfolded during a broader back-and-forth over South Korea, military exercises and media coverage.
A federal judge in Detroit dismissed the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Washtenaw County, ruling the federal government had not shown the county violated immigration law. The decision leaves in place local policies that limit use of county resources for federal civil immigration enforcement.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back after CNN reported that one recipe promoted as a $19.64 family meal cost more than $70 to buy at a grocery store. The dispute turned on whether food should be priced by the amount used in a recipe or by the full cost shoppers pay at checkout.
Federal agents arrested 11 foreign nationals after boarding two cruise ships at the Port of Boston during a child sexual abuse material investigation. Authorities said the operation involved the Volendam and Norwegian Breakaway and could lead to deportation proceedings.
Federal officials ordered deeper Colorado River delivery cuts after the nation’s two largest reservoirs fell to historic lows. Arizona, Nevada and Mexico were set to absorb the first mandatory reductions for 2023 as drought and overuse strained the river system.
President Donald Trump sharply interrupted a CNN reporter during an Oval Office press availability on August 17, 2026, telling her to “be quiet” as questions turned to North Korea and U.S. military policy. The exchange unfolded during a broader back-and-forth over South Korea, military exercises and media coverage.
A federal judge in Detroit dismissed the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Washtenaw County, ruling the federal government had not shown the county violated immigration law. The decision leaves in place local policies that limit use of county resources for federal civil immigration enforcement.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back after CNN reported that one recipe promoted as a $19.64 family meal cost more than $70 to buy at a grocery store. The dispute turned on whether food should be priced by the amount used in a recipe or by the full cost shoppers pay at checkout.
Federal agents arrested 11 foreign nationals after boarding two cruise ships at the Port of Boston during a child sexual abuse material investigation. Authorities said the operation involved the Volendam and Norwegian Breakaway and could lead to deportation proceedings.
Federal officials ordered deeper Colorado River delivery cuts after the nation’s two largest reservoirs fell to historic lows. Arizona, Nevada and Mexico were set to absorb the first mandatory reductions for 2023 as drought and overuse strained the river system.
A federal judge in Detroit dismissed the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Washtenaw County, ruling the federal government had not shown the county violated immigration law. The decision leaves in place local policies that limit use of county resources for federal civil immigration enforcement.
President Donald Trump sharply interrupted a CNN reporter during an Oval Office press availability on August 17, 2026, telling her to “be quiet” as questions turned to North Korea and U.S. military policy. The exchange unfolded during a broader back-and-forth over South Korea, military exercises and media coverage.
A federal judge in Detroit dismissed the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Washtenaw County, ruling the federal government had not shown the county violated immigration law. The decision leaves in place local policies that limit use of county resources for federal civil immigration enforcement.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back after CNN reported that one recipe promoted as a $19.64 family meal cost more than $70 to buy at a grocery store. The dispute turned on whether food should be priced by the amount used in a recipe or by the full cost shoppers pay at checkout.
Federal agents arrested 11 foreign nationals after boarding two cruise ships at the Port of Boston during a child sexual abuse material investigation. Authorities said the operation involved the Volendam and Norwegian Breakaway and could lead to deportation proceedings.
Federal officials ordered deeper Colorado River delivery cuts after the nation’s two largest reservoirs fell to historic lows. Arizona, Nevada and Mexico were set to absorb the first mandatory reductions for 2023 as drought and overuse strained the river system.
A confirmed tornado struck Atlantic Beach on Long Island on August 20, 2026, after forming as a waterspout off the coast. Officials reported damage to beach club cabanas, one minor injury, flooding rescues, and a county state of emergency.
Florida Democrats are grappling with new intraparty tensions after state Rep. Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialists of America member, won the party's U.S. Senate primary. The upset has prompted warnings from party figures about how the socialist label could shape the general election in a state where Republicans have long campaigned against it.
NOAA said a strengthening El Niño is expected to shape the 2023-24 winter with wetter conditions across the South and warmer-than-average temperatures in much of the northern United States. Forecasters said the pattern raises the odds of regional weather extremes, even though it does not guarantee every area will see the same impacts.
Homeownership remains elusive for millions of Americans as high prices, elevated mortgage rates, limited inventory, and widening wealth gaps reinforce one another. Even as some indicators have stabilized, the structural barriers keeping first-time buyers out of the market remain firmly in place.
The restart of federal student loan collections marks a major turning point after years of pandemic-era relief. Its effects will extend well beyond delinquent borrowers, shaping household budgets, credit markets, labor decisions, and the politics of higher education finance.
The artificial intelligence boom is not just a computing story. It is rapidly becoming an energy story, as data centers grow larger, denser, and harder for power grids to absorb without higher costs, tougher trade-offs, and new infrastructure.
President Donald Trump sharply interrupted a CNN reporter during an Oval Office press availability on August 17, 2026, telling her to “be quiet” as questions turned to North Korea and U.S. military policy. The exchange unfolded during a broader back-and-forth over South Korea, military exercises and media coverage.
A federal judge in Detroit dismissed the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Washtenaw County, ruling the federal government had not shown the county violated immigration law. The decision leaves in place local policies that limit use of county resources for federal civil immigration enforcement.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back after CNN reported that one recipe promoted as a $19.64 family meal cost more than $70 to buy at a grocery store. The dispute turned on whether food should be priced by the amount used in a recipe or by the full cost shoppers pay at checkout.
Federal agents arrested 11 foreign nationals after boarding two cruise ships at the Port of Boston during a child sexual abuse material investigation. Authorities said the operation involved the Volendam and Norwegian Breakaway and could lead to deportation proceedings.
Federal officials ordered deeper Colorado River delivery cuts after the nation’s two largest reservoirs fell to historic lows. Arizona, Nevada and Mexico were set to absorb the first mandatory reductions for 2023 as drought and overuse strained the river system.
A confirmed tornado struck Atlantic Beach on Long Island on August 20, 2026, after forming as a waterspout off the coast. Officials reported damage to beach club cabanas, one minor injury, flooding rescues, and a county state of emergency.
Florida Democrats are grappling with new intraparty tensions after state Rep. Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialists of America member, won the party's U.S. Senate primary. The upset has prompted warnings from party figures about how the socialist label could shape the general election in a state where Republicans have long campaigned against it.
NOAA said a strengthening El Niño is expected to shape the 2023-24 winter with wetter conditions across the South and warmer-than-average temperatures in much of the northern United States. Forecasters said the pattern raises the odds of regional weather extremes, even though it does not guarantee every area will see the same impacts.
Former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot, who served in President Donald Trump's orbit, said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is presiding over chaos at the Pentagon as scrutiny grows over staffing purges and Signal chat disclosures. The criticism adds to pressure on Hegseth even as Trump and the White House continue to defend him.
Federal prosecutors said a 35-year-old Albany woman accepted a fake explosive device from undercover FBI operatives as part of an alleged ISIS-inspired plot targeting the New York State Capitol. The case was announced August 20 after authorities said the planned attack was disrupted before any live explosives were used.
A new dispute over a Census Bureau report on noncitizen voting has added to the political fight over election administration ahead of the midterms. Former bureau officials say the report’s methods and origins point back to people aligned with President Donald Trump.
A prosecutor said Karmelo Anthony’s former girlfriend reported fearing him on the morning of the 2025 track meet stabbing, but jurors never heard that evidence at his murder trial. The disclosure surfaced during an August 20, 2026 hearing on Anthony’s request for a new trial in Collin County.
President Donald Trump sharply interrupted a CNN reporter during an Oval Office press availability on August 17, 2026, telling her to “be quiet” as questions turned to North Korea and U.S. military policy. The exchange unfolded during a broader back-and-forth over South Korea, military exercises and media coverage.
A federal judge in Detroit dismissed the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Washtenaw County, ruling the federal government had not shown the county violated immigration law. The decision leaves in place local policies that limit use of county resources for federal civil immigration enforcement.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back after CNN reported that one recipe promoted as a $19.64 family meal cost more than $70 to buy at a grocery store. The dispute turned on whether food should be priced by the amount used in a recipe or by the full cost shoppers pay at checkout.