Las Vegas (AP) – Former state lawmaker Jim Marchant won the Republican nomination for Nevada secretary of state on Monday, bringing one of the state’s most outspoken promoters of election conspiracy theories within reach of the office that oversees voting in a perennial presidential battleground.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The Trump administration’s push to expand oil and gas development in Alaska faces a new test Friday, with the latest lease sale set for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” that is expected to sell for seven figures headlines an upcoming auction of valuables from movies, music and other corners of pop culture.

SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and longtime political rival of Republican President Donald Trump, said Monday the president had ordered the Justice Department to investigate him and his wife.

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) – A ranger in Alaska died after falling into a crevasse on North America’s tallest mountain, the National Park Service said.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) – A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff Monday morning at a U.S. Air Force base in California’s Mojave Desert, officials said.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A group of cybersecurity executives and experts is asking the Trump administration to lift its directive preventing the use of Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence models by foreign nationals, saying the move could help U.S. adversaries more than it hurts them.

Employers added 172,000 jobs in May – roughly double what forecasters had expected – and the unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%. The Labor Department reported Friday that job growth was down slightly last month from a revised 179,000 in April. The unemployment rate stayed at a low 4.3%.