Muggy Sunday with highs near 86°F and scattered storms. Stronger storms could arrive Tuesday, July 28.

A South Florida woman accused of stealing more than $32 million in pandemic relief was captured in Jamaica and returned to the U.S., the FBI says.

Boston reportedly sent rookie LHP Connelly Early to the Nationals in exchange for third baseman Curtis Mead in a deadline‑era swap that reshuffles both clubs.

A fragile pause in U.S.-Iran strikes briefly eased the weeks‑long exchange, but a disabled tanker, Caspian strikes and Houthi attacks kept shipping and oil markets on edge.

A D.C. judge dismissed a challenge to the State Department's 75-country immigrant visa pause, faulting plaintiffs for failing to show standing and redacting key evidence.

San Diego members of Congress unveiled twin bills to ease IVF bills: one would require TRICARE to cover fertility care for military families, the other lets people use retirement funds penalty‑free for treatment.

A 5-year-old boy was struck and killed by a speeding hit-and-run driver Friday evening on Ridgecrest Court SE in Southeast D.C.; police are searching for a dark blue Nissan (VA TAK‑9548).

A razor‑thin House vote attached a "presumption of approval" to the FY27 NDAA, easing rules for servicemembers and Defense Department civilians to carry personal firearms on bases.

Sen. Bernie Sanders' American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would take 50% equity from large AI firms to seed a public fund that backers say could pay roughly $1,000 per person.

Federal prosecutors say an Arizona man pleaded guilty after postal inspectors intercepted roughly 20,300 carfentanil‑laced M‑30 pills bound for the Birmingham area.

The National Guard signed a $292M contract to house D.C.‑deployed troops in up to 2,000 apartment‑style units, a shift officials say will save lodging costs even as critics question the mission’s scope. Legal fights and cost estimates are complicating the rollout.

Five D.C.-area teens and their coach were arrested in Polk County after deputies say they stole $37.60 worth of snacks from a Davenport 7‑Eleven while on an AAU trip.

A 120‑page blueprint from five Cuban economists lays out a three‑phase plan that calls for breaking up GAESA, emergency energy fixes, unified exchange rates and reentry to international lenders.