The United States and Iran are trading military strikes after an attack in Jordan killed two American service members, opening a direct confrontation that has spread from the battlefield to the Strait of Hormuz and drawn scrutiny at home.

In a primetime address, President Trump renewed his contention that the U.S. election system is broken, and his administration released declassified documents he described as evidence of fraud. Election officials and independent experts who reviewed the material said it did not establish that fraud altered any results.

ICE arrests rose in July amid a Trump administration push to expand deportations, drawing responses from affected communities, statehouses, and officers describing strain within the agency.

The Democratic race to challenge Senator Susan Collins in Maine has narrowed, with former state Senate President Troy Jackson drawing attention as a possible nominee and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ending her own bid.

Smoke from wildfires in Canada and Minnesota pushed deep into the United States this week, blanketing skies from the Upper Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic and prompting air quality alerts across 16 states.