Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Fair is hosting a debate between registered nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn and incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts next month.
This is the first debate at the state fair in recent years, with the last one being in 2018 when U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., debated state Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln, a member of the Lincoln City Council at the time, and then-Gov. Ricketts debated state Sen. Bob Krist of Omaha for governor.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — The deployment of National Guard troops hailing from all across the country to Washington, D.C. is expected to cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion in additional funds through 2029.
The estimate from Jules Hurst III, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Pentagon’s comptroller, came in response to a series of questions from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as a part of Hurt’s confirmation process.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration said Thursday it plans to overhaul Head Start, tossing out many of the regulations that are the hallmark of the early education program for the nation's poorest children.
Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the federally funded preschool program, said the proposed changes would encourage more local decision-making. Early childhood policy experts argue the deregulation could undermine Head Start's position as the gold standard in early education.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/03/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for the full-time post to avoid conceding to Senate Republicans' demands over a sweeping tax audit immunity deal benefiting the president and members of his family.
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LINCOLN — Nebraska Democratic Party leaders called William Forbes a DINO – a Democrat in name only – while vowing to fight his lawsuit aiming to force them to find a replacement for former Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Cindy Burbank after she dropped out of the race.
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ELKHORN, Neb. — Former state Sen. Lynne Walz of Fremont, the 2026 Democratic choice for Nebraska governor, announced a corn and soybean farmer and ex-Republican on Tuesday as her pick for lieutenant governor.
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CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for a quick end to the five-month conflict.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Former State Sen. Lynne Walz, Nebraska’s Democratic nominee for governor, unveiled her platform and day-one commitments Wednesday should she unseat Republican Gov. Jim Pillen, while sidestepping specifics at times about what they would look like.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 12:00am
The State Department on July 16, 2026, hosted what officials billed as a ministerial on the resurgence of left-wing political terrorism.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio invited representatives from more than 60 countries to Washington to hear an argument that many of them appear not to believe: that a transnational far-left terrorist movement called antifa threatens the democratic world. At the event, allies were asked to mobilize against that enemy despite nations like the Netherlands and Germany politely noting to their host that they cannot find evidence of any such group.