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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has advanced legislation to repeal decades-old sanctions imposed on Syria. ... Read full Story

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U.S. Air Force officials identified Wednesday the eight crew members who died earlier this week in a U.S. strategic bomber crash in California. ... Read full Story

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Georgia Republicans rejected GOP efforts to redraw the state's congressional and legislative maps amid a wider nationwide gerrymandering effort. ... Read full Story

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Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican candidate for Congress, dropped out of the race Wednesday after President Donald Trump rescinded his endorsement. ... Read full Story

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The Federal Reserve left interest rates as they are in Chairman Kevin Warsh's first meeting Wednesday. The committee cited the inflation rate. ... Read full Story

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Former shoe company Allbirds officially became Smartbird on Wednesday, making another move in its pivot toward a new life as an AI company. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 2:35 PM

Tropical Storm Arthur -- the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season -- formed along the Texas coast Wednesday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 2:32 PM

President Donald Trump said Wednesday at a press conference that if Iran doesn't follow the peace deal, the United States may bomb the country. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 12:40 PM

Rex Heuermann, who pleaded guilty to the murders of seven women in Long Island, N.Y., and admitted to one more, was sentenced Wednesday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 11:53 AM

Officials at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport announced Tuesday that the airport is scheduled to be closed for much of July 4. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 11:49 AM

Luigi Mangione will assert that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance" at the time of the shooting with which he is charged. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 11:06 AM

The Trump administration has joined a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop a housing reparations program for Black residents in the Chicago area. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 10:04 AM

Kevin Warsh will take to the podium Wednesday for the first time as the chairman of the Federal Reserve to reveal the latest interest rate decision. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 9:54 AM

The Department of Justice is trying to quash a suit against a power plant that runs an xAI data center and argues the plant aids national security. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 8:21 AM

Trump said he would block renewal of warrantless surveillance unless it was attached to his voter ID bill in a spat with Congress over key nominations. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 3:54 AM

A small private jet with six people on board crashed into a southern Texas highway Tuesday night, killing at least one person, authorities said. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 2:45 AM

Robert White was poised to win the Democratic nomination for the House of Representatives as the party held its district primary on Tuesday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 1:58 AM

Oklahoma voters have rejected raising the state's nation-lowest minimum wage as several states held primaries on Tuesday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/17/2026 12:24 AM

Rep. Mike Collins was projected Tuesday night to win Georgia's Republican Senate primary runoff, defeating former football coach Derek Dooley. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 6/16/2026 10:53 PM

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a Tuesday shooting inside a Wilmington hospital that left one person dead and another injured. ... Read full Story