Trump says he'll give former pitcher Roger Clemens the Medal of Freedom, "a big step up" from the Hall of Fame that rejected him over steroid suspicions.

Ottumwa, Iowa, council opens with a Satanic Temple member's "Hail Satan" invocation under its open prayer policy, and a pastor rises to "reverse this curse."

Social Security ends flexible work schedules Nov. 16, which a union says breaks a contract running to 2029, with staffing at a 50-year low.

Trump urges San Antonio rally to "pretend that I'm on the ballot" as his hand-picked Senate nominee Paxton trails Democrat Talarico in Texas polls.

Homeland Security proposes making colleges pay $70,000 for each international student in a work-training program, after a federal judge struck down its $100,000 H-1B fee.

Judge orders Tennessee to preserve IV lines, syringes and drugs from Christa Pike's botched execution after her lawyers say they don't trust the attorney general.

Defense Secretary Hegseth awards the USS Lincoln a Presidential Unit Citation a day before its return from a record deployment marked by eight suicide attempts.

US measles cases reach 3,887, most since 1991, as Pennsylvania's outbreak tops 1,000 before a November review experts expect will end US elimination status.

FDA says its safety review of abortion pill mifepristone, which could end mail delivery, won't finish until March, months after the Nov. 3 midterms.

Vance says Iran must cut nuclear enrichment in a "meaningful" way to end the war, though Trump demanded "no enrichment" the day before it began.

Federal prosecutors charge 18-year-old Minnesotan who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS with plotting Oct. 24 attack on Hmong festival at the Mall of America.

Georgia's Gwinnett County offers residents free vaccines and microchipping for up to three dogs or cats per household at six clinics through December.

Documents show Homeland Security bought five planes for $304 million from then-Secretary Noem's donor on her last morning, including a $108 million luxury 737.

Trump names intelligence director Clayton to lead an AI "Super Intelligence Force," after tech leaders sought regulation and got a nonbinding self-regulation pact.

US kills four in a Caribbean boat strike, the first since a UN expert found grounds to call the campaign a crime against humanity.

988 crisis line restores its LGBTQ+ youth option with $33 million from Congress, more than a year after the Trump administration cut it.

US rushes B-1 bombers out of Britain's RAF Fairford, some leaving while refueling tankers were still scrambling, a week after terror arrests nearby.

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Thousands chant "ICE out now" as Springsteen sings for Renee Good and Alex Pretti, killed by federal agents, at Maryland's Power to the People festival.

New Orleans City Council unanimously approves $26.6 million to subsidize backup batteries for about 1,450 homes and businesses, paid by Entergy's nuclear plant settlement.

Trump envoys Kushner and Witkoff help negotiate a Russian oil sale that would free Lukoil assets from sanctions for buyers tied to their families' businesses.

Trump posts Arkansas Sen. Cotton's cellphone number, telling Arkansans to call him over his opposition to permanent daylight saving time.

Treasury inspector general finds 52 IRS employees improperly viewed tax records of 30 celebrities, officials and business leaders through last-name searches that can dodge detection.

Trump tells Ohio rally Springfield is better off without Haitians as the city mourns a Haitian student whose family blames his suicide on an ICE ankle monitor.

Tennessee prison chief Strada resigns three days after Christa Pike survived two lethal injection doses, as Gov. Lee names a former US attorney to review it.

North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders call a special session on fuel prices a month before the election, as state diesel averages $6.03.

Trump urges Republicans to vote by mail to "swamp" Democrats, weeks after calling it a "Nation Destroying SCAM."

Defense Secretary Hegseth calls the US Hormuz blockade "ironclad" after two vessels crossing the strait are struck in two days.

Federal appeals court keeps South Dakota from enforcing a law that can jail people for advertising abortion pills while a free speech suit proceeds.

Virginia begins automatically sealing old low-level convictions, including marijuana possession, a fresh start advocates say could reach 415,000 people.

Kennedy Center Honors move off-site to a sports arena for the first time, as Trump ties the closed center's renovation to adding his name.

ProPublica reporters open private schools in two of three states, one for $45 and a flag in Arkansas, where an official suggests tapping taxpayer money.

Miramar, Florida, ICE field office built for 56 jails up to 150 for days without beds or medical care, a class action alleges.

Filing alleges an ICE agent logged Maine ICE watchers' photos and plates in a Palantir-built database, though ICE told Congress it keeps no protester database.

Former Florida Rep. Rivera gets 10 years for secretly lobbying for Maduro's Venezuela, hired through Delcy Rodríguez, now acting president and Trump's partner.

Federal judge keeps a jury's $425,000 award to a Black Ottumwa, Iowa, teacher whose district failed to discipline students who repeatedly called him the n-word.

Federal judge halts Big Bend border barrier construction until a lawsuit is decided, two days after Homeland Security lifted its own pause.

FBI issues a classified "Patel Report" to staff on where the bureau "fell short," after Director Patel pledged at his confirmation not to look "backward."

Attorney General Blanche won't reopen the criminal probe of former Fed Chair Powell, but says an audit of the Fed's renovation could prompt one.

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of emergency oil over four months, focused on diesel, after Trump threatened to ban US diesel exports.

Wyoming Supreme Court unanimously upholds a ban on switching parties within 96 days of a primary, aimed at Democrats and independents voting in GOP primaries.

Trump promises $90 checks to 20 million seniors a month before the midterms, using a Medicare fund he may lack authority to tap.

Florida's dengue outbreak hits a record 252 locally acquired cases, adding 62 in one week and topping 2023's 199.

US sends the Theodore Roosevelt carrier group and an amphibious group to the Middle East, which could put three carrier groups and 20,000 forces there.

Family of Renee Good, killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, sues the US, the agent and Trump officials, alleging a civil-rights conspiracy.

Maryland becomes the first state to ban grocery stores from changing food prices during the day or setting prices from shoppers' personal data.

Trump plans a third dinner for his memecoin's 185 biggest buyers, while the coin paid him $635 million and investors lost over $4 billion.

Trump says he refused a Secret Service proposal to demolish the Oval Office, a year after tearing down the East Wing for his ballroom.

MLB rules out a game at Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, which The Washington Post reported Trump officials weighed, after local leaders objected.

Defense Secretary Hegseth announces a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs giving chaplains "a direct line" to him, as religious freedom groups warn of Christian nationalism.