BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Since Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the war has repeatedly spilled across Romania’s border as drones violate the airspace of the neighboring European Union and NATO member.

Spain’s Sanchez reports eight major active blazes

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

Today is Tuesday, July 28, the 209th day of 2026. There are 156 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State Building, killing 14 people.

DETROIT (AP) – A major new bridge linking Canada and the U.S. at Detroit opened Monday to trucks, cars and other vehicles, the climax of a yearslong project that lately had been bruised a bit by international politics. Descendants of Gordie Howe, the hockey legend whose name is on the bridge, were among the first to cross over the Detroit River.

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill, even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it.

MILFORD, Mich. (AP) – President Donald Trump is touting his handling of the economy during a visit to suburban Detroit on Monday, defending sweeping tariffs in a swing state where their effects have hurt many businesses as midterm election season heats up.

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that halted President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list. The ruling over the weekend rejected the Trump administration’s effort to move forward with the mail-in voting restrictions in 23 U.S. states that sued ahead of November’s midterm elections.