Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said states could face penalties if they do not cooperate with DHS checks of voter rolls for noncitizens. Election experts and state officials questioned the administration’s figures and warned the database at issue can produce errors.
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Ronald L. Fischer, convicted in absentia of first-degree sexual assault after fleeing his 2005 trial, was arrested aboard a 56-foot sailboat off New Jersey. Authorities said newly developed leads helped locate the vessel, which was registered under an alias.
The U.S. expanded its air campaign in southern Iran, striking bridges, port facilities and power infrastructure, while Iran launched retaliatory attacks toward U.S. bases and allies in the Gulf and beyond. The fighting has sharply reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and pushed oil prices higher.
Authorities in Riverside County, California, say remains found in 1981 have been identified as Thelma Jeanette Gaston, a wealthy widow who vanished that year. Her former companion, Lawrence Remsen, was convicted of her murder in 1983 and remains in prison, NBC News reported.
Gabriel Perez, a longtime Trump teleprompter operator, is accused of using access to prepared remarks to profit from Kalshi “mention markets.” Kalshi said it froze more than $90,000 and referred the trades to federal regulators.
Georgia Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins is under scrutiny after reports that his son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, promoted white nationalist and antisemitic views online. Collins’ campaign said his support for Israel is “unquestionable,” while Georgia Democrats called on him and the state GOP to condemn Scheer’s remarks.
At least one person has died as torrential rain triggers life-threatening flash flooding across south-central Texas. Officials reported dozens of rescues from homes, submerged vehicles and flooded roads as rivers rose rapidly.
A Genoa court sentenced former Autostrade chief Giovanni Castellucci to 12 years in prison over the 2018 Morandi bridge collapse, which killed 43 people. In all, 32 defendants were convicted, while 25 were acquitted or cleared under statute of limitations rules.