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The Department of Justice filed an extraordinary lawsuit seeking to block Alaska from certifying the winner of its upcoming U.S. Senate election if incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. The lawsuit cites what it argues is likely voter confusion from the name of another candidate, retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan, on the ballot. The DOJ

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks to the press after a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence at the White House in Washington, Sept. 29, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk’s business empire is tying itself ever closer to the federal government just as he

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Oct. 21, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses President Donald Trump and his family’s crypto company of “corruptly profiting” off more than $2 billion in digital currency-related deals,

The U.S. ordered non-emergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks on the kingdom escalate. The move comes as the U.S. and Israeli militaries have drawn up specific plans for renewed strikes on Iran after next month’s midterm elections, according to The New York Times, citing unnamed U.S. officials. Planning

` President Donald Trump has made good on his claim of putting more than $300 million of his political war chest into the 2026 midterm election. New campaign finance filings released Tuesday night show millions flowing into House districts that were barely competitive two years ago, underscoring how far the GOP’s problems have spread in

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a press briefing held by President Donald Trump with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence, outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Sept. 29, 2026. Finn Gomez | Getty Images Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a version of SpaceX‘s Starlink that Ukraine has relied

A new lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges President Donald Trump‘s invocation of a Depression-era law to impose 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Trump in July used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to slap those steep tariffs on Canadian hockey sticks, wine, honey, wigs, and other products in response to alleged

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a midterm campaign rally at the LevelUp Training Complex on Oct. 15, 2026 in Monroe, Michigan. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. Vice President JD Vance declined to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after President Donald Trump offered his backing for the leader’s reelection

Photo of Abdulrahman Alfozan checking a recording device in OpenAI’s office in San Francisco, according to the Department of Justice. Courtesy: U.S. Department of Justice Federal prosecutors in a new court filing warned that the alleged bugging of an OpenAI executive conference room by a Saudi national working as an engineer at that artificial intelligence

A protestor with a gas mask holds a French flag in front of a fire at the Boulevard des Capucines during a demonstration to protest against the “high cost of living”, in Paris on October 17, 2026 as part of a nationwide call for mobilisation bringing together various groups expressing their anger. Kiran Ridley |

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday to “be careful” in public statements about U.S. support for Ukraine. U.S.-provided Starlink internet was recently restricted in Ukraine, hindering the war-torn country’s ability to respond to Russian assaults. Ukraine uses Starshield, the military and government-controlled version of the commercial Starlink, to conduct

A voter casts his ballot during early voting at the Polk County Election Office on Oct.14, 2026 in Des Moines, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall | Getty Images One of the last big campaign-finance snapshots before the Nov. 3 Election Day is now available, and both political parties found something to like. But campaign cash is flowing

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Aug. 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Friday waiving parts of a recently enacted package of sanctions aimed at curbing Russia’s ability to prosecute its war

Ukraine is facing increasing uncertainty over its ability to sustain the war against Russia as a series of moves by U.S. President Donald Trump has raised fresh questions about Washington’s reliability as Kyiv’s most important military partner. Trump’s agreement with Putin to ease sanctions for Russia to provide global markets with diesel, as well as

President Donald Trump speaks during an election rally at the Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla, Alaska, Oct. 13, 2026. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images A billion-dollar war chest was meant to be Republicans’ great equalizer heading into a bleak midterm election environment defined by economic frustration, President Donald Trump’s unpopularity

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 1: Miniter of Finance for Russia Anton Siluanov sits in a plenary session on sovereign debt hosted by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for the 2026 G20 Financial meetings on September 1, 2026 in Asheville, North Carolina. Melissa Sue Gerrits | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia’s finance minister attended

A voter drops a mail-in ballot at an official drop box inside City Hall during a primary election in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The federal government sued the state of California on Thursday in an escalating battle over how to prevent non-U.S. citizens

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the U.S. government and President Donald Trump was responsible for any curbs on Ukraine’s military-grade Starlink network. Writing on X, Musk said that “Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the U.S. government. Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and