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BOULDER CITY, Nev. — Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the Colorado River system. Water levels at Lake Mead hit 1,040.4 feet (317.1 meters) above sea level on Friday, according to federal data. That’s just below the elevation of 1,040.58 feet (317.27 meters) recorded on July 28, 2022 at the reservoir that straddles the Arizona-Nevada border outside Las Vegas. The record follows a winter that produced the worst snowpack on record in the Colorado River Basin.…

Mike Davis’ Article III Project and Article III Foundation are famous in conservative circles for their packed parties in Washington. Now the conservative political strategist is taking his show on the road, heading to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines later this month for a private bash. Mr. Davis, who is from Iowa, planned the Aug. 20 event to celebrate the confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general and to fete Sen. Charles E. Grassley, who has represented Iowa for 45 years. Mr. Davis worked for Mr. Grassley on the Senate Judiciary Committee, helping confirm President Trump’s judicial nominees…

Louisiana health officials are urging beachgoers and seafood lovers to take precautions after Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium sometimes described as “flesh-eating,” killed five people in the state so far this year, far exceeding the typical death toll by this point in the year. The Louisiana Department of Health reported Thursday that nine cases of the bacterium have been confirmed among state residents in 2026, and all nine patients were hospitalized. During the same period over the previous 10 years, Louisiana averaged seven cases and one death.  Every case reported this year has been linked to a wound exposed to seawater,…

South Carolina awaits a major change in its legislative representation after the death of Lindsey Graham, a powerful senator known for his zealous advocacy of military intervention, as every Republican candidate promises to bring a more domestic focus to the job. His unexpected death triggered a competitive special GOP primary to be held Tuesday. The winner will advance to the November election against Democrat Annie Andrews in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat for U.S. Senate since 1998. Leading most polls is Graham’s younger sister, newly minted Sen. Darline Graham, 62. She had never held public office before Gov.…

Cornell University has formally banned students from butchering wild game in shared dormitory kitchens, closing the loop on a controversy that began last fall when two students carried a dead black bear into a residence hall to skin it. The addition to Cornell’s Community Living Standards for the 2026-27 academic year states plainly: “Processing wild/game animals in community kitchens is strictly prohibited.” A university spokesperson confirmed to the Cornell Daily Sun, the campus’s independent student newspaper, that the change was a direct response to the September 2025 episode in Ganedago Hall, an undergraduate residence on Cornell’s North Campus. School officials…

A large Utah wildfire kept emergency responders from safely reaching the remote site of a helicopter crash on Saturday as other fires burned across several Western states, including one that closed part of Mount Rainier National Park. The Friday morning crash of a Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest ignited a new fire that spread to connect with the existing blaze that has now scorched nearly 174 square miles (nearly 451 square kilometers). Officials battling the fire said Saturday afternoon that they decided not to place additional lives at risk until the fire is more under control, so…

FLORENCE, S.C. — Few people have anything bad to say about Darline Graham, who was catapulted from obscurity last month when she was appointed to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham in the U.S. Senate. “I think Darline’s wonderful,” said Kathy Bustos of Mount Pleasant, after attending a Republican forum last week. But that doesn’t mean Bustos wants to vote for her in the state’s special primary on Tuesday. “I think it’s a very nice gesture for her to have the rest of his term to complete, but I’m not sure that she’s really qualified or ready to be elected…

Hillary Clinton is urging Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s supporters to make peace with establishment Democrats “that they were vilifying online.” She said of Mr. El-Sayed and other hard-left Democrats, “I’m just hoping that the people who come across well on the screen are also people who can produce results, because that’s not always the same thing.” In Tuesday’s primary, Mr. El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, a more moderate Democrat, by one percentage point. Mr. El-Sayed calls for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, cutting off all military aid to Israel and nationalizing the healthcare system. Mrs. Clinton, the former…

Former Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse says she believes her conservative Christian faith and political views played a role in the pageant organization’s decision to strip her of the title just weeks before she was set to compete nationally. The Miss USA Organization announced Wednesday that Ms. Boltinhouse had lost her crown. Chairman and CEO Thom Brodeur did not specify what conduct prompted the move, saying only that the organization “does not tolerate racism, homophobia, transphobia nor language that strips any person of their dignity,” and that the conduct occurred over an extended period, according to a Fox News…

Nikiyah Clark had five boxes and a backpack when she ultimately received the keys to her Howard University dorm. Weeks earlier, the school had told her this moment would never come. When Howard administrators informed Clark – and hundreds of others – that she was permanently unenrolled for missing a tuition fee deadline, she rode a bus from Cleveland, Ohio, to plead with administrators. She left in tears. “I didn’t just lose my dream. I lost my way out,” said the 17-year-old, who had pinned her hopes on Howard as a peaceful environment and a path to financial freedom after…