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The state of Oklahoma is making insufficient effort to fix a system that keeps people languishing in jail instead of getting mental health treatment.
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The U.S. and Israeli joint attacks on Iran have prompted alarm and intense discussion among China's foreign policy elite as they prepare for a U.S. presidential visit.
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In California's greatest farming region, there's a water crisis from overpumping groundwater. The state passed a law in 2014 to restrict overdrawing the aquifers, and the limits are going into effect.
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Heather Diehl/Getty Images/Getty Images North AmericaRep. Andy Ogles' social media post is the latest in a series of Islamophobic statements from House Republicans. -
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesIt comes as oil and gas prices soar, throwing the global economy into turmoil.
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President Trump's appointment of Oklahoma U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security Secretary sends ripples through the state's 2026 election cycle. -
Reports say a mother and daughter died in their vehicle after being struck by a tornado. -
The Oklahoma Secretary of State’s office says State Question 836 did not receive the signatures it needed to appear on an Oklahoma ballot. -
As Oklahoma’s U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin transitions into a new role as President Donald Trump’s latest Secretary of Homeland Security appointment, Gov. Kevin Stitt will pick his replacement. Here’s how, according to state law.
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Security wait times have ballooned at several airports across the U.S. at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints. Workers are not getting paid as a partial government shutdown drags on.
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A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists. -
Arizona's state Senate president says he has complied with a subpoena he received last week seeking records from a flawed, Republican-led review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County. -
The second son of the late supreme leader keeps a low profile. But he's long been viewed as wielding his power behind the scenes, from crushing dissent to influencing presidential elections. -
The Pentagon told suppliers they can't use Anthropic's artificial intelligence tools after the company said it would not let its tech be used for autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. -
In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.
