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    A near-total lunar eclipse is coming. Here’s when to see it.
    Almost the entire lunar surface will be masked Thursday night into Friday — a whopping 96% — making this an especially deep partial eclipse.
    A man views the lunar eclipse, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in South Portland, Maine.
    IndyCar drivers amazed at downtown DC course: ‘It’s stuff that you dream of’
    This weekend’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix is the second big sporting event staged by President Donald Trump in Washington as part of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration.
    A car on display on the track ahead of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race, shown Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Supreme Court chief justice allows work on Trump’s $400M White House ballroom to continue for now
    Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is allowing the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom project for now.
    Construction continues on a helipad and the White House Ballroom on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
    FBI headquarters could ‘reinvent’ Greenbelt and Prince George’s County
    Local elected officials, economists and others believe the potential relocation of the FBI’s headquarters to Greenbelt could “reinvent” the city and be a boon to the county’s economy.
    FILE - An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025.
    Justice Department pushes to revive criminal case against Kilmar Ábrego García
    The Justice Department is pushing to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia. In a filing with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on late Monday, prosecutors say U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw erred when he found the human smuggling charges were an “abuse of prosecuting power.”
    A human smuggling case against Kilmar Ábrego García was thrown out in May.
    A dispute about fact vs. fiction at the trial over Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing in Las Vegas
    Opening statements have begun at the Las Vegas trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur. A prosecutor told jurors Monday that while few have been willing to speak about the 1996 shooting, Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the “one person who has a hard time being silent.”
    Duane Davis appears in court during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)
    Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial postponed indefinitely amid double jeopardy fight
    Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which was slated to begin Sept. 8, has been postponed indefinitely.
    Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
    Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO: ‘I shot Mr. Thompson’
    Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to federal stalking charges in the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive to an investor conference in 2024 and gunned him down on a New York City street.
    Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in New York. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)
    Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in federal case over UnitedHealthcare killing
    Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to a person familiar with the matter.
    Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in New York. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)
    ICE’s plan to give officers electric shock gloves draws outrage and fears of misuse
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks faced criticism Wednesday from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who called it unnecessary and cruel.
    FILE - Federal agents walk down a street while conducting immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)
    Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says
    The Washington Post reports President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Turkey on an alternate military aircraft due to an Iranian assassination threat. The operation involved a ruse in which journalists and some White House staffers believed they were on the same plane as the Republican president.
    Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on the tarmac to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Maryland’s Haitian community faces fear and loss after immigrant protection expires
    The Trump administration’s decision to rescind a key immigration protection status for Haitians has prompted fear among community members. Many immigrants who benefited from the status said that going back to an unstable Haiti could be extremely dangerous, if not fatal.
    Coles and Rose Mercier sell Haitian-centered clothing in Patterson Park on Aug. 9, 2026 during the Haitian Caribbean Festival. They started their business, Notre Designs, in 2021.
    Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups’ guidance
    President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.
    President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. watches during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    ICE will release body camera video only when in the agency’s ‘best interests’
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the agency’s policy gives it broad control over what footage will be made public by specifying any releases must be in its “best interests.”
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 6: An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City.
    Appeals court rules Trump can’t build White House ballroom without congressional approval
    A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project.
    Construction continues on a helipad and the White House Ballroom on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
    Sydney Towle, who documented life with cancer, dies in Bethesda at 26
    Sydney Towle, a social media content creator who was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, an aggressive form of cancer in the bile ducts, has died, according to her family. She was 26.
    NAPA, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 10: Sydney Towle speaks onstage at "Connection in the Age of Disruption" during The Business of Beauty Global Forum 2025 presented by The Business of Fashion at Stanly Ranch on June 10, 2025 in Napa, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The Business of Fashion)
    McConnell says he’s leaving rehabilitation center to continue recovery at home
    Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he’s been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery from home.
    Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Republican caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on February 27, 2024 in Washington, DC.
    Fauci contempt vote reflects the enduring politics of COVID
    Six years after COVID-19 pandemic thrust the world into fear and uncertainty, Republicans in power aren’t leaving it in the past.
    Dr. Anthony Fauci departs after appearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington.
    Trump’s immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
    An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
    Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez, whose wife Cristy has been detained by immigration authorities, at home in El Paso, Texas, July 21, 2026.
    FAA investigating why plane was allowed to take off from DC airport as Trump’s helicopter approached
    The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a plane was allowed to take off as President Donald Trump’s helicopter was approaching Reagan National Airport.
    FILE - The control tower for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen at sunrise on Aug. 8, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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