American cotton growers planted 9.3 million acres of cotton for the 2025–2026 financial year—a 17 percent dip from last year.
Notable moments from the past week in America.
Civil rights organizations file a federal lawsuit accusing ICE of abusing detainees at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas.
Sens. Banks and Cotton urged top intelligence officials to closely monitor China’s AI progress and maintain America’s technological edge.
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said out-of-state protesters are creating problems at an ICE detention facility.
Of the 247 contestants who competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, only nine move on to tonight’s finals.
Shannon O’Connor was convicted of 48 charges, including child abuse charges and two felony sex charges, in March.
Five out of nine artists scheduled to perform as part of a planned concert series have pulled out, citing politics and security concerns.
Twelve state parties spent two days asking the DNC to vote early in the 2028 primary. Their pitches doubled as a list of the voters Democrats hope to win back.
Trump has been steadily raising pressure on Havana in recent months and has hinted at a military action against the communist-led state.
ICE officers are facing an 8,000 percent increase in death threats, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.
Carriers are increasingly competing on product rather than price, aviation industry insider William Swelbar said.
Ali Majd Sepehr allegedly defrauded dozens of U.S. IT vendors of millions of dollars’ worth of restricted goods.
About 476,000 Americans are diagnosed with Lyme each year.
A tentative 60-day ceasefire framework awaits Trump’s approval, with Vance saying more progress needs to be made on some details before a deal can be clinched.
The Treasury targeted shadow fleet vessels and front companies to starve the regime of funds for rebuilding its armed forces.
The U.S. military issued its highest force protection alert on Feb. 28, as U.S. forces entered combat with Iran.
The 60-day agreement awaits final approval by Trump, a U.S. source said.
Three major unmanned missions will pave the way beginning in late 2026.
The governor claimed he could tax all proceeds of the funds from anyone living in California.