Appeals court rejects Trump bid to curb mail-in voting in 23 states  —  Judge rejects administration's request to lift injunction secured by several Democratic-led states on 25 June  —  A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to allow Donald Trump's administration to implement in 23 states …

Trump Holds Off on Major Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns  —  Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East.  —  President Trump has set aside, at least for now …

White House correspondents' dinner, redux: What will Trump have to say?  —  President Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner Friday night, delivering a rambling, hour-long speech that praised some journalists, took potshots at others …

In Maine, Democrats Pick Troy Jackson to Replace Platner in Senate Race  —  Mr. Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, clinched the nomination at a hastily arranged state party convention.  —  Maine Democrats chose Troy Jackson, a progressive former state legislator …

Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One  —  A New York Times investigation found that President Trump's push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features.  —  TIMES INVESTIGATION  —  A New York Times investigation found …

McConnell faces growing questions about absence nearly six weeks after fall  —  Scant details have not quieted rumors and online speculation about the former Senate Republican leader's condition.  —  Summary  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is facing growing calls to be more transparent …

Whitmer's War Against Medicare For All  —  Michigan's Democratic governor is helping her healthcare donors try to stop Abdul El-Sayed's crusade.  —  Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced a last-minute endorsement of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in her Democratic Senate primary battle …

A Fight Over Dirt Spans Two of Trump's Controversial D.C. Projects  —  Soil from White House ballroom construction is at center of litigation over president's plan to renovate public golf course  —  WASHINGTON—Litigants sometimes fight dirty.  They don't often fight about physical dirt.

Brazil Blocks Visas of US Envoys Over Election Interference  —  Brazil has denied visas to two senior US State Department officials whom the Trump administration planned to send to scrutinize the fairness and integrity of the country's electoral system before the October 4 presidential vote.

Several people are injured at Berlin's LGBTQ+ march after a car drives into the crowd  —  A car drove into a crowd during Berlin's famed LGBTQ+ parade on Saturday and injured several people, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital hours after it had begun.

The Pentagon wants to build data centers.  Congress would like a word.  —  The Department of Defense's leasing of land to private companies for artificial intelligence server farms is drawing bipartisan scrutiny from lawmakers worried about the impact on military installations and surrounding communities.

Taxpayer-funded trans dolls with removable genitalia to hit classrooms this fall for kids as young as 4 to ‘learn about different options’  —  They're dolling up the trans agenda — and taxpayers are footing the bill.  —  “First-of-their-kind” transgender dolls — complete with removable genitalia …

Former FDA official says US handling of cyclospora near ‘catastrophic level’  —  Frank Yiannas calls for an independent review of the federal response to the illness causing explosive diarrhea  —  Donald Trump's former top food safety official has accused the administration of a near …

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of assisting Iran with satellite imagery of U.S. bases in Middle East  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday he will share evidence with the United States showing Russia is assisting Iran in targeting U.S. bases in the Middle East via satellite surveillance.

'I'm over the moon': New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape  —  Initiatives including cutting permits just to serve ice-cream amount to a sweeping program of deregulation  —  Red Scare?  The democratic socialist mayor of New York City spent this week talking about red tape.

Heat dome expands across the central United States, creating dangerous conditions for millions  —  Dangerously hot weather will expand across much of the central United States this weekend and into next week, pushing temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) …

Gulf countries want the war to end, but can't agree on how  —  As the U.S. continues daily strikes on Iran, the Arab states battered by Tehran's retaliatory attacks are trying to unite to chart a path toward peace.  Longstanding tensions are getting in the way.

In South Texas, Paxton tests the limits of Trump's Hispanic coalition  —  MCALLEN, Texas — Just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, Ken Paxton is trying to inherit President Donald Trump's historic gains with Hispanic voters.  —  The Texas GOP Senate nominee, speaking to hundreds of supporters …

Iran's leaders turn on each other as hardliners push for wider conflict  —  WASHINGTON — Iran's leaders are fighting each other almost as much as they're battling the West, with some senior politicians scrambling to save US talks while the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leans …