Trump administration escalates mail ballot fight at Supreme Court

7 min agoFormer NFL quarterback and Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez entered a guilty plea for the stabbing incident that took place nearly a year ago outside his Indianapolis hotel. Trial was scheduled to begin the following week on multiple charges. The two parties are negotiating a settlement of their civil claims.

22 min agoA single juror is blocking a unanimous verdict in Lindsay Clancy's trial after deliberations stretched into a sixth day. The judge declined the defense attorney's motion to remove the holdout juror, despite the jury sending notes indicating it could not reach agreement. Clancy, 36, admitted to strangling her three children on January 24, 2023, and faces life without parole if convicted of first-degree murder.

37 min agoA top judicial body in Tunisia on Thursday affirmed convictions carrying sentences as long as 45 years against opposition leaders, lawyers and businessmen in a major conspiracy case. The decision, critics say, reflects judicial capture by the government and deepens President Kais Saied's grip on power.

37 min agoNick Kyrgios accepted a one-month suspension following a positive test for benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite, from a sample taken at the Mallorca Open in June. He was provisionally suspended on 4 August and told investigators he used cocaine at a nightclub in Magaluf on 20 June. The ITIA reduced his ban from a possible three months after he entered treatment.

37 min agoThe IDF said it cleared Hezbollah tunnels on the Ali al-Taher ridge after a months-long operation. According to the military, the infrastructures were built over about two decades and were planned and funded by Iran.

51 min agoAuthorities are investigating suspected outbreaks of food poisoning tied to the free school lunch initiative of President Prabowo Subianto. The program has drawn mounting scrutiny for health concerns and corruption allegations.

51 min agoSeeking to reshape voting procedures before November's midterm elections, the Trump administration has turned to the Supreme Court. An urgent petition asks justices to allow new U.S. Postal Service restrictions on mail ballots to take immediate effect.

51 min agoPresident Donald Trump announced that Adam Telle will assume the role of acting Army secretary effective immediately, following the departure of Dan Driscoll. Telle, who currently serves as the Senate-confirmed assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, previously worked as chief of staff to Senator Bill Hagerty and as Trump's chief liaison to the Senate.

1 h agoFour shells hit a location near Beit Jinn in Syria's western Damascus countryside on Thursday, Syrian state media said. No casualties or damage were reported immediately. The strike followed talks in Jordan between Syrian and Israeli delegations, held with American mediation to address escalating tensions.

1 h agoBertrand Venteau, president of the Coordination Rurale agricultural union, acknowledged remarks made in December 2025 in which he said he wanted to "do in the greens" when tried on September 3 in Auch. He defended the words as political metaphor and denied any call to violence, though supporters of his union threw eggs at environmental groups attending the hearing as civil parties.