Molly Parks

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Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

National Security

WATCH LIVE: Josh Shapiro speaks at Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville

Molly Parks · September 11, 2026 12:00 pm

Troy Jackson, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, acknowledges supporters with a big wave of his hand at the Maine Democratic Nominating Convention.

Senate Republican PAC targets Troy Jackson over record of tax increases in new ad

Molly Parks · September 11, 2026 10:40 am

Vice President JD Vance speaks with former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as former President George H. W. Bush arrives to the memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Sept. 11 widow calls for justice against Saudi Arabia in front of Vance at memorial

Molly Parks · September 11, 2026 10:11 am

Joan Mastropaolo, a 9/11 Tribute Museum board member, volunteer and local Battery Park city denizen since 1998, runs water over the name of Ssu-Hui Wen "Vanessa", a victim of the Sept. 11 attacks, at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in New York. Memorial personnel place flowers on the names of the deceased on their birthdays. Although Mastropaolo did not know Wen personally, she makes a point to honor memories of the fallen whenever she spots a flower. "In many cultures, water is a symbol of life," said Mastropaolo. "I like to run water over their names on their birthdays to keep their spirit and memory alive." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

National Security

WATCH LIVE: Mamdani, Vance, and former presidents gather at ground zero for 9/11 memorial

Molly Parks · September 11, 2026 8:01 am

Democratic candidate for Texas governor Gina Hinojosa.

Texas Democrat Gina Hinojosa backs Trump’s $5,000 dividend but rejects conditional payout

Molly Parks · September 10, 2026 5:20 pm

People arrive, right, before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services where a sign with the agency's name sits, left.

DHS moves to axe 60-day grace period for visa workers who lose job

Molly Parks · September 10, 2026 3:00 pm

Collage of Abdul el Sayed, left, and Mike Rogers, right.

Rogers and el Sayed spar over 9/11 in lead-up to Rogers’s GOP convention speech

Molly Parks · September 10, 2026 1:44 pm

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., right, listens as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, speaks

Virginia Senate debate canceled after Warner refuses to commit

Molly Parks · September 10, 2026 1:04 pm

Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico shakes someone's hand.

James Talarico touts GOP endorsements ahead of matchup against Ken Paxton

Molly Parks · September 10, 2026 11:02 am

Brandon Herrera shrugs off past comments comparing ‘fat’ feminists to nuclear bombs as jokes

Molly Parks · September 9, 2026 1:25 pm

A collage of John Sununu, right, and Chris Pappas, left.

Senate Republicans pin Chris Pappas as a ‘liar’ in first negative ad of general election

Molly Parks · September 9, 2026 11:22 am

Iran War Strait of Hormuz Supply Chain Economy Oil Prices inflation

Oil hits $100 per barrel after US hit Iranian tankers near Strait of Hormuz

Molly Parks · September 9, 2026 9:13 am