A tropical depression formed in the Gulf on the afternoon of Aug. 31, 2026, the National Hurricane Center said. The system is forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm Edouard later Aug. 31. Once it becomes Edouard,

As of 1 p.m. Monday, Tropical Depression 5 was officially upgraded to a depression and was located about 230 miles from Port Arthur, Texas, where it's expected to make landfall within the next 36 hours.

The depression has sustained winds of 35 mph and is located over 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast. The short-fuse storm is forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm Edouard on Monday night, move inland near the Texas-Louisiana border on Tuesday afternoon and dissipate by Wednesday.

Meteorologist John Dawsons talks more about the development of Tropical Depression Five in the Gulf as it moves closer to the Texas coast and is forecast to make landfall Tuesday morning.

A flash flood swept through Grand Canyon National Park, forcing evacuations, closing trails and leaving several people missing.

Grand Canyon National Park succumbed to deadly flash flooding over the weekend, and more rain could lash the famously arid national landmark on Monday.

The National Park Service said that it is seeking information about hikers or backpackers who were in the affected parts of the Grand Canyon National Park.

The body of a 46-year-old man was recovered near Crystal Rapids along the Colorado River after flash flooding tore through parts of the Grand Canyon.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration. No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll,

Washington — Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is resigning, the White House confirmed Monday, after months of friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. "Secretary Driscoll has been highly effective in advancing President Trump's agenda to Make America Strong Again at the Department of the Army by providing outstanding leadership during historic military operations,

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Dan Driscoll, who has served as the Army’s civilian leader since February 2025, tendered his resignation Monday.

A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the White House to continue construction on a $400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out. The decision replaces a temporary order from Chief Justice John Roberts previously issued hours before a lower-court decision halting the work would have gone into effect.

The divided Court ruled that work may continue, even though dissenting Chief Justice Roberts concluded that the project is “likely unlawful.”

A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to continue construction on his White House ballroom. In a 5–4 decision that broke somewhat along traditional ideological lines, the court granted an emergency request filed by the Trump administration to proceed with construction on the president’s controversial plans for a White House ballroom.

Gene Hamilton says federal agencies like USPS can now move forward with Trump's mail-in ballot safeguards after the Supreme Court's ruling.

A North Carolina teenager has been indicted on murder charges in connection with the deadly mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego earlier this year, after authorities alleged she recorded the livestream of the attack and published the shooters’ writings.

A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged wit

A North Carolina district attorney says a 17-year-old girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting.

Forsyth County authorities said she aimed to “memorialize” the attack by spreading a video of the shooting and the suspects’ manifesto online.

A woman randomly stabbed two people in New York City’s Times Square, killing one woman, and then was fatally shot by police, according to the New York Police Department

A woman brandishing two large knives was shot by police officers in New York’s Times Square on Monday, according to video taken by bystanders. The woman's condition after the shooting was not immediately released by authorities,

A knife-wielding woman stabbed two people in New York's Times Square on Monday before she was shot by police, according to authorities and US media.Police reportedly do not believe the stabbing was

The NYPD is investigating a fatal police shooting that occurred in Times Square on Monday afternoon. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an evening news conference officers responded to West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue just after 4:20 p.