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Trump warns Democratic majority would 'destroy' Texas at Paxton rally

President Trump made his third trip to Texas in less than a month on Wednesday to rally support for GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton, who is locked in a tight race with Democrat James Talarico.

Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends on the greens, describing it as "sort of a Camp David " that he says would already have many of the security features needed to host presidents and world leaders.

What to know about Kenya's first Ebola case and how officials are responding

Kenya's first Ebola case, a patient who travelled for weeks by road and air through three countries without being detected until he arrived in Nairobi, has raised questions about border control and how to trace the virus across countries.

Attacks on Saudi airports claimed by Houthi rebels kill 3 people, officials say

Two attacks on airports in Saudi Arabia claimed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen killed three people Wednesday, Saudi officials said, as the kingdom was pulled deeper into the latest front in the Iran war.

China's threat to global internet is increasing

China's state-linked telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies is expanding control over large swaths of the global internet infrastructure that poses an "existential" national security threat, according to a former U.S. intelligence leader.

Appeals court says Atlanta family cannot take the government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid

An Atlanta family cannot take the federal government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid on their home in 2017, but they can seek to hold the agent who led the SWAT team liable, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Texas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike's failed lethal injection

A Texas court on Wednesday refused to halt the execution of a man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk after his attorneys cited the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee.

HBCUs are underfunded. A legal effort starting in Missouri seeks to fix it

An effort to address decades of underfunding at some historically Black colleges and universities kicked off Wednesday with a lawsuit against the state of Missouri.

Trump signs law to expose over-budget, overdue 'boondoggle' projects

President Trump signed a law Wednesday requiring the administration to publicly name and shame any government project that is $1 billion or more over budget, or five years behind schedule.

Some guardrails on ChatGPT for Teens don't work as promised, watchdog group says

Some of the guardrails that OpenAI included in its ChatGPT for Teens product don't work as intended and the chatbot poses an "unacceptable risk" to children, according to a report Wednesday by Common Sense Media.

Workers allegedly exploited while building U.S. consulate in Milan sign deals for record payout

Foreign workers building the vast new U.S. consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging $50,400 each for alleged labor abuses while working for an American construction company.

As Army moves to execute Fort Hood shooter, questions about procedure linger

The former U.S. Army officer convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad in December in what would be the first military execution in more than 65 years.