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Trump invokes Cold War-era Defense Production Act to expand oil production

President Trump announced Thursday that he invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to enable his administration to offer financial incentives for oil-related activities, including drilling, building pipelines and storing liquid fuels.

DOJ to press appeals court to order California to discard ballots from suspected noncitizens

The Justice Department said Thursday it will ask a federal appeals court to get involved in its bid to discard as many as 20,000 ballots sent to suspected noncitizens on California's voter rolls.

MAHA advocate and top adviser to RFK Jr. resigns

Calley Means, a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a chief advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement, resigned from his position with the Trump administration Thursday.

Colorado, Utah communities flood as yet more moisture saturates U.S. Southwest

Yet more severe weather struck the Four Corners region Thursday, with flooding that swamped dozens of homes in Utah and led to evacuations of low-lying areas in Colorado, a day after tornadoes blew off roofs, knocked trees onto houses and downed power lines in Arizona.

Execution staff warned IV site might have 'blown' during Christa Pike's execution attempt

Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or "blown," before she was injected with the lethal drug, her attorney wrote in a court document filed Thursday.

D.C. man indicted on fentanyl charge after death of Virginia man

A District of Columbia man is facing federal fentanyl distribution charges, accused of selling an ultimately fatal fake pill laced with fentanyl to a Virginia man.

Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting in midterms

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.

Surprising Brewers-Rays World Series matchup will open with Jacob Misiorowski's record heat

The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion.

Why reported challenges with touchscreen voting machines don't signal election rigging

The reports erupt on social media every election year: Voters say they tapped a candidate's name on a touchscreen voting machine, only for the wrong person to light up as their selection.

El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti to help find 4 missing soldiers who came under attack

El Salvador deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti on Thursday to help rescue four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently came under attack by gangs, two officials told The Associated Press.

A novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce the chances of melanoma patients' tumors returning

A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is significantly reducing the chances that melanoma patients' tumors come back, according to results of a major study released Thursday by drugmakers Moderna and Merck.

'I'm a girl's girl': AOC apologizes for Democrats' transgender pivot

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apologized on Thursday for Democrats distancing themselves from transgender issues, calling herself a "girl's girl."