Obama throws support behind Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's reelection bid

The Gulf Coast is on high alert as Isaias strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane on Thursday as it continued moving north toward the Florida Panhandle. The National Hurricane Center said the storm, which first strengthened into a hurricane late Wednesday night, had intensified into a Category 2 storm on with winds up to 105 mph as of Thursday night. It's the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, making it the latest first hurricane on record.

Hegseth said he would make sure "people are able to watch it, that it's public."

WASHINGTON -- The Arlington County Board in Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday opposing the construction of the Triumphal Arch, becoming the first governmental body to take legal action against President Donald Trump's planned monument. The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, criticized the speed at which the project slated for Memorial Circle has moved without going through the full review process. The lawsuit asks that “the agency's feverish pace toward construction of the arch” be halted to ensure that the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act be followed and proper analysis and testing be done.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he will ask US President Donald Trump to remove ICE from the city after federal immigration agents on Thursday shot a man in a vehicle with his five-year-old child during an attempted arrest. The 28-year-old survived and is being treated at hospital.