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Trump to Alaskans: Democrats will roll back drilling, kill jobs if they win midterms

President Trump touted energy policy as he traveled to Alaska on Tuesday to rally support for an incumbent Republican in a state that hasn't elected a Democrat to the upper chamber in nearly 20 years.

Sikorsky says venerable Black Hawk helicopter still has important role for Army

The Bell Textron MV-75 Cheyenne II will replace the UH-60 Black Hawk, which entered Army service in June 1979 in the coming years. But at this year's Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington, Sikorsky Aircraft officials said the Black Hawk will still have an important role to play in Army aviation for years to come.

Supreme Court refuses antifa activist's demand for pretrial release

The Supreme Court on Tuesday shot down Minnesota antifa activist Kyle Wagner's request for release while he awaits trial.

California law forces big companies to search for slavery-era ties, publish results

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring large companies to search their records for ties to slavery and report the results under oath. Reparations advocates are hailing it as a milestone, but it won't take effect until lawmakers pay for it.

'These two wars are interlinked': Ukrainians, Saudis face same Iranian-designed drones

The European Union's envoy to the Gulf said Tuesday that the same drone models are hitting Ukraine and Saudi Arabia, after an overnight attack sank a cargo ship off NATO member Bulgaria and Houthi strikes kept Riyadh's main airport closed.

Raskin calls search of Omar's home 'scandalous abuse' of power

Dem Rep. Jamie Raskin condemned the federal search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home as a "scandalous abuse of prosecutorial and executive power" three weeks before the midterm elections.

One man dies, two hospitalized after overdosing at Wheaton Metrorail station

One man died and two others remained hospitalized Tuesday after overdosing at Wheaton Metrorail station on Monday.

Police identify man thrown to his death from roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia

The Cobb County Police Department has publicly identified the 42-year-old man who died after being thrown from a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta.

Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes marry in private Arkansas ceremony nearly four years after ABC exit

Former "GMA3" co-anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes married in a private ceremony in Arkansas last month, according to a marriage license registered Tuesday. The marriage follows a scandal that reshaped both anchors' careers, when their romance became public in November 2022 while both were still married.

A most ignoble Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian worthies who serve on the Nobel committee have demonstrated dubious judgment in the past.

Massachusetts governor shifts green-energy stance to face voters stuck with big gas, electric bills

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, facing a rising fury about the high cost of heat and electricity as she runs for a second term, took an extraordinary step. She asked the Department of Energy to expedite a natural gas pipeline.

Virginia ends Medicaid coverage of gender-transition care for minors under federal rule

Virginia's Medicaid program stopped covering gender-transition treatment for minors Tuesday as a federal rule took effect barring the use of federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program dollars for such care. The rule does not prevent states from covering the services with state-only funds.