News for August 18, 2025

The wife of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam has given birth to their third son, bringing a new moment of hope after a deadly shooting that killed him last month.

Newsmax has agreed to pay $67m to settle Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit over false claims about the 2020 US election.

President Donald Trump said he wants to lead a movement to ban mail-in voting, reigniting a fight over how U.S. elections are run.

Jasveen Sangha, known as the “Ketamine Queen,” has agreed to plead guilty in the drug case tied to Matthew Perry’s fatal overdose.

President Donald Trump expanded his federal crackdown in Washington, DC, as more Republican-led states sent National Guard troops to support the operation.

Police say there are inconsistencies in Rebecca Haro’s account of her 7-month-old son Emmanuel’s reported kidnapping, and investigators have not ruled out foul play.

Former Michigan State student LingLong Wei says the university’s handling of pesticide exposure led to her thyroid cancer.

Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez died after being struck by an SUV while running from a U.S. Border Patrol immigration raid at a Home Depot in Monrovia, California.

Newly unsealed records show Bryan Kohberger was linked to the Idaho student killings through a surviving roommate’s account and other evidence, while key questions about motive remain unanswered.

Texas House Democrats returned to Texas, giving the House a quorum and ending a two-week standoff over Republicans’ redistricting push.

President Donald Trump will meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House with a large group of European leaders present, as Ukraine tries to avoid another tense clash and push for stronger security guarantees.

Trump ally Mike Davis says recent Justice Department actions under Pam Bondi could be a step toward criminal investigations of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton.

BBC News reports that Trump-era deportees held in El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison say they were beaten, denied basic rights, and abused in harsh conditions after being sent there from the United States.