Administration sues over Alaska race for SenatePresident Donald Trump on Friday said he told his administration to file its lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, kicking off what many fear could become a lengthy battle between the government and states over certifying an election where the president's party is struggling.Arkansas Online2h agoWhole story →GovernmentDan SullivanDonald Trump
Senators: Trump nominations will remain blockedWASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have told top White House officials they will block President Donald Trump's nominees pending on Capitol Hill until the administration ensures the restoration of crucial satellite communications capabilities used by Ukraine's military, according to three people familiar with the discussions.Arkansas Online2h agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityDonald Trump
MICHELLE GOLDBERG: The Meaning of the Republican War Over Ramaswamy’s Vile AdIt's quite a feat, in this numb and debased era, to create a political advertisement so shocking and indecent that people from across the political spectrum feel the need to denounce it. Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has long fashioned himself as a kind of Donald Trump 2.0--younger and brainier but just as brash--has managed it.Arkansas Online3h agoWhole story →TechnologyDonald Trump
Federal monitors coming to Washington, Pulaski counties on Election Day, Arkansas officials sayThe U.S. Department of Justice is planning to send election monitors to Washington and Pulaski counties on Election Day, a spokeswoman for Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester confirmed Friday.Arkansas Online11h agoWhole story →Government
Haaland hopeful in N.M. governor raceALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- If Deb Haaland wins New Mexico's race for governor this year, she'll make history as the first Native American woman to lead a state.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →Governmentnew mexico governor race
President instructed to sit for depositionMIAMI -- A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeDonald Trumptrump defamation lawsuit
Early voting soars in states to decide SenateWASHINGTON -- Voter turnout is soaring compared with the last midterm election in many of the states that are expected to decide control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis of early voting two weeks before Election Day.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →Governmentmidterm elections
FEMA awards $1.1 million to Izard County for 2025 storms, plus $539,000 to Arkansas for 2024 floodingArkansas and Izard County will receive a total of $1.6 million in federal funding for repairs to a bridge and to fund mitigation planning following severe weather events in 2025 and 2024, a news release from the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →BuildPlanetfema funding announcement
Pleasuring himself on a flight to Northwest Arkansas next to 17-year-old girl lands man in jail for 30 daysFAYETTEVILLE -- A man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act on an airplane that was inbound to the Northwest Arkansas National Airport.Arkansas Online3d agoWhole story →BuildJusticefederal court sentencing
Justices to consider case over home distilling banWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes more than 150 years ago.Arkansas Online4d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernment
Parents allege Fayetteville School District violated federal disability laws in its treatment of elementary studentFAYETTEVILLE -- The School District discriminated against a disabled student and broke numerous state and federal laws in the process, with one administrator trying to purge the proof, the student's parents argued in a court filing Friday.Arkansas Online4d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationdisability rights lawsuit
Omar’s attorneys urge return of federally seized propertyWASHINGTON -- Attorneys for Rep. Ilhan Omar asked the Justice Department on Friday to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home last week, arguing that the search stemming from an immigration fraud investigation was "neither justified nor lawful."Arkansas Online6d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeIlhan Omaromar immigration probe
Russia sanctions’ waiver draws ireWASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage Saturday from members of Congress, which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation in a bipartisan display of American support for Ukraine in the war with Russia.Arkansas Online6d agoWhole story →GovernmentSecurityrussia sanctions waiver
Trump campaigns for GOP in GeorgiaDALTON, Ga. -- President Donald Trump has spent the closing stretch of the midterm campaign barnstorming deep-red parts of the country, trying to mobilize voters already inclined to support him.Arkansas Online7d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyDonald Trumpmidterm elections
Ocasio-Cortez transfers $1M to El-Sayed Senate campaignDETROIT -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who is campaigning in Michigan this week for Abdul El-Sayed, transferred $1 million Friday to a political account to help elect the fellow progressive to the Senate.Arkansas Online7d agoWhole story →GovernmentAlexandria Ocasio-Cortezmichigan senate primary
11 people arrested in online internet sting targeting online child predatorsEleven people were arrested in a sting operation targeting online child predators conducted by federal and state authorities.Arkansas Online8d agoWhole story →TechnologyJusticeonline child predator sting
Suspicious letters to officials probedWASHINGTON -- Federal authorities are investigating letters with "suspicious substances" that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the mailings as "potentially hazardous."Arkansas Online8d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesuspicious mailings probe
Man up, Tom Cotton: Show Arkansas who you really areAfter a five-and-a-half-year absence, Tom Cotton has recently discovered a state called Arkansas. Pretending that he cares about Arkansas and the welfare of its citizens, he's parachuted in and out of Arkansas-Cotton-friendly spaces. The sole purpose of these cosmetic three- to five-minute made-for-TV ads is political theater whose intention is to…Arkansas Online8d agoWhole story →GovernmentTom Cottonarkansas senate election
US judge extends block on Trump’s media banA federal judge has extended an order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from banning reporters for three news outlets from the White House, broadening his support for the journalists by arguing that the restriction violates their constitutional rights to free speech as well as due process.Arkansas Online9d agoWhole story →GovernmentCulturetrump media ban ruling
Salem Media Group won’t hold U.S. Senate debate between Cotton and ShoffnerSalem Media Group will not hold a U.S. Senate debate between Republican incumbent Tom Cotton and Democratic candidate Hallie Shoffner, both campaigns confirmed Wednesday.Arkansas Online10d agoWhole story →GovernmentCultureTom Cottonsenate debate cancellation
