Judge skeptical over Trump ballroom project amid new bid to halt it 

An Iranian news agency affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed Tuesday that Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, is dead, hours after Israel said he and another senior Iranian official were killed in overnight airstrikes “Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has been martyred,” the Fars News...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Diesel jumps past $5 per gallon The national average price for diesel has exceeded $5 per gallon as the war in Iran strains oil supplies, according to AAA. © Jenny Kane, Associated Press Diesel, like gasoline, is made from oil. It is often used to...

The Republican primary runoff in Texas' Senate race will continue, with the deadline for a candidate to drop out of the race passing on Tuesday as President Donald Trump weighs backing Sen. John Cornyn or state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

A former Missouri pastor was suspended last week after it was discovered she worked for and managed the private island of late-sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for nearly a year.