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ActBlue C.E.O. Agrees to Testify Before Congress About Foreign Donor Vetting

REID J. EPSTEIN

The Democratic fund-raising group, which backs candidates up and down the ballot, has been the subject of scrutiny by Republicans.

Kansas Judge Blocks Law Banning Gender-Transition Treatments for Youths

MITCH SMITH AND EDGAR SANDOVAL

Two transgender teenagers claimed that the ban, enacted last year over the Democratic governor’s veto, violated the Kansas Constitution.

Massachusetts governor asks US Navy to help retrieve bodies, evidence from sunken fishing vessel

Gov. Maura Healey asked the U.S. Navy to assist in the investigation of the Lily Jean sinking that killed seven crew members off the Massachusetts coast in January.

Senate parliamentarian deals blow to $1 billion security proposal for White House

A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president's new ballroom fails to meet procedural rules

Trump says sculpture garden honoring prominent Americans is planned for park along Potomac River

President Donald Trump plans to build an exhibit of statues featuring prominent Americans along the Potomac River

Hawaii’s worst flooding in 20 years leaves farmers struggling and fewer veggies at the market

Hawaii's recent catastrophic flooding has devastated local farms, leaving many farmers struggling

Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball

The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 08-37-40-44-65, Powerball: 18

As electric bills rise, some states are focusing on the growing profits of utilities

The artificial intelligence boom is leading to fights in some states over growing utility profits

Air Force intel vet allegedly spiraled into Iran’s terror underworld: Timeline of deceit, hunt for spy suspect

The FBI offers a $200,000 reward for tips on Monica Witt, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer wanted on espionage charges tied to Iran.

News Analysis: Trump spent two days with Xi in Beijing. Was he outplayed?

MICHAEL WILNER

The Trump administration argues the trip was a success, having secured the display of conciliation and partnership the president had sought after years of increasingly dangerous acrimony.

Nearly 1,900 vanished in and around Guadalajara. Now the World Cup arrives

STEVE FISHER

The highway from the Guadalajara city airport to downtown is newly paved and the city's famous roundabout has gotten a $4-million facelift.

Becky Hill’s 'disgraceful' comments and book ambitions unraveled Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction: Docs

The South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously overturned Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions, citing clerk Becky Hill's jury interference as unprecedented.

Trump administration promote program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear a midterm purge

The Trump administration has run the names of at least 67 million voters through government databases as it looks for noncitizens and people who've died

Drone strike sparks a fire on the perimeter of UAE's nuclear power plant, shaking Iran war ceasefire

A drone strike has targeted the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE, setting an electrical generator ablaze

Teen vanished from home decades ago – now feds hope new image and shifting loyalties reveal truth

Authorities renew their call for information in the 1980 disappearance of 14-year-old Laureen Rahn from her Manchester, New Hampshire, apartment.