Baseball - Washington Nationals news

• Iran says military operations against Israel are paused after retaliatory attacks

  08-06-2026 14:07 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Iran's military command said Monday that offensive operations against Israel were paused after Tehran launched a wave of ballistic missiles at the country in response to its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
  
  Read more

• Brendan Sorsby cleared by judge to play for Texas Tech despite NCAA ban for gambling

  08-06-2026 23:25 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A Texas judge granted Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction that clears the way for him to play this fall despite being declared ineligible by the NCAA for wagering on college sports, including bets made on his own team while he was at Indiana.
  
  Read more

• Pratt slips to third in L.A. mayor's race as mail-in ballot counting keeps contest unsettled

  08-06-2026 23:10 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Nithya Raman, a progressive Los Angeles City Council member, has surpassed reality-TV star Spencer Pratt in the city's mayoral primary, with a surge in her vote count putting her in second place nearly a week after Election Day.
  
  Read more

• Tropical Storm Cristina forms off coast of Nicaragua, forecasters say

  08-06-2026 23:03 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Tropical Storm Cristina formed Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Nicaragua, forecasters said.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Earthquake with 6.1 magnitude hits offshore Cuba, shaking buildings in Havana

  08-06-2026 23:02 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near western Cuba on Monday, shaking buildings in Havana and beyond.
  
  Read more

• Trump calls on Thune to fire Senate parliamentarian

  08-06-2026 22:38 via washingtontimes.com
  
  President Trump on Monday called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to immediately fire the Senate parliamentarian.
  
  Read more

• Trump administration will offer expedited visa interviews at select embassies for $750

  08-06-2026 22:28 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The State Department will offer a "premium" expedited service for foreigners seeking business or tourist visas to come to the United States that will set applicants back $750 - on top of the initial fee of $185.
  
  Read more

• Man who killed O'Shae Sibley after he danced at a Brooklyn gas station is convicted of manslaughter

  08-06-2026 22:28 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A jury convicted a man of manslaughter as a hate crime on Monday in the death of O'Shae Sibley, who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station during a confrontation that began with a group of young people shouting racist and anti-gay slurs at the professional dancer and his friends as they vogued to a Beyonce song.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Baltimore mayor 'furious' after violence interrupter charged in shooting

  08-06-2026 22:14 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Monday he is "furious" after a violence interrupter on the city's payroll was charged in a nonfatal shooting over the weekend.
  
  Read more

• Hulk Hogan died of natural causes Florida police report says in closing investigation

  08-06-2026 22:12 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan died of natural causes last year, according a report by Florida police that formally closes the investigation into his death.
  
  Read more

• Platner's bid tests how much personal baggage Maine voters will tolerate

  08-06-2026 22:03 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Graham Platner is poised to win his party's Senate nomination Tuesday despite a campaign roiled by offensive Reddit posts he wrote years ago, a chest tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol, and more recent reports of unsettling behavior toward women -- a trajectory that would place him among a growing number of politicians whose personal failings have not derailed them at the ballot box.
  
  Read more

• Testimony ends after 4 days, closing arguments set in trial of fatal Texas track meet stabbing

  08-06-2026 22:02 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A teenager who fatally stabbed a competitor at a Texas high school track meet was upset immediately after the confrontation and said he had warned the victim "not to touch me," one of the last trial witnesses testified Monday.
  
  Read more

• Republican senators warn surveillance program may lapse after Trump intel pick backlash

  08-06-2026 22:00 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Republicans are warning the White House that a critical surveillance authority is likely to lapse this week amid bipartisan backlash over President Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation's intelligence community.
  
  Read more

• U.S. carriers spent $6.5B on fuel in April; global profit forecast is cut nearly in half

  08-06-2026 21:53 via washingtontimes.com
  
  U.S. airlines spent more than $6 billion on jet fuel in April, up 78% from a year earlier despite using slightly less fuel, government data released Monday showed. Meanwhile, the airline industry's top global trade group warned that soaring energy costs could nearly halve profits in 2026.
  
  Read more

• Pope meets with 6 clergy abuse survivors in Spain, hopes to improve response

  08-06-2026 21:52 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Pope Leo XIV met Monday with six survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Madrid and vowed to consider their suggestions for how the Catholic Church can improve its response to the crisis, the Vatican said.
  
  Read more

• ICE facility in Louisiana reports its second detainee death in less than 2 months

  08-06-2026 21:47 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A second detainee has died in less than two months at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana where a recent inspection report found insanitary conditions, problems with medical care and the use of excessive force.
  
  Read more

• Israel, Iran hold their fire after Trump pressures Netanyahu

  08-06-2026 21:45 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Both Israel and Iran announced separately on Monday that their militaries would halt offensive operations against the other following an explosive exchange of fire overnight that threatened to restart hostilities in the region and upend U.S.-led peace efforts.
  
  Read more

• Vance adds a chicken coop to the vice president's residence, along with a dozen baby chicks

  08-06-2026 21:41 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Vice President J.D. Vance has added a chicken coop to his residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory, along with a dozen baby chicks whose new henhouse is designed to look like the Victorian home where the second family lives.
  
  Read more

• After morning of sirens, Israelis fall back into well-worn war routines

  08-06-2026 21:32 via washingtontimes.com
  
  As Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday in the most serious escalation since a shaky ceasefire in April, war-weary Israelis fell back on familiar routines from the last round of war with a sense of resignation and apathy. In the morning, they ran for shelter as missile alerts blared. Afterward, some stayed home and while others ran errands or took their kids to the park, seeking to maintain some normalcy.
  
  Read more

• Democrats dodge Platner scandal -- after years of 'believe all women'

  08-06-2026 21:31 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Graham Platner misconduct allegations are drawing silence from Senate Democrats who once led the "Believe all women" charge against Brett Kavanaugh. The reversal is drawing sharp comparisons.
  
  Read more

• Iran war pushes Trump-Netanyahu friendship to limit, as Bibi balances Israeli goals and Trump's ire

  08-06-2026 21:22 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Iran war has rattled the global economy, shaken the security assumptions of an emerging Gulf region and nudged up gas prices.
  
  Read more

• Michigan real estate firm fined $500K for illegal asbestos demolition

  08-06-2026 21:09 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A Michigan real estate company was sentenced to pay a $500,000 fine and serve two years of probation for illegally handling regulated asbestos-containing material during the demolition of a structure at a defunct industrial site, federal officials announced.
  
  Read more

• Manhunt underway for Fairfax County man wanted on assault, carjacking charges

  08-06-2026 20:59 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Police in Fairfax County said they are looking for a man who assaulted members of his family, carjacked a vehicle at knifepoint, kidnapped the driver and led officers in chase throughout the D.C. area this weekend.
  
  Read more

• Federal judge blocks Trump's $100K fee for H1-B visas

  08-06-2026 20:56 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A federal judge on Monday struck down President Trump's $100,000 fee for H1-B visas to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the U.S.
  
  Read more

• Four union leaders convicted in 15-year embezzlement scheme

  08-06-2026 20:49 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A federal jury has convicted four former leaders of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Forgers, and Helpers in connection with a 15-year scheme that prosecutors said involved no-show jobs, lavish travel, improper vacation payouts and an unauthorized $7 million loan to a union-affiliated bank.
  
  Read more

• Minnesota officials ignored years of fraud warnings, House report says

  08-06-2026 20:47 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A House Republican investigation concluded Monday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison ignored years of warnings about as much as $9.3 billion in social services fraud, retaliated against whistleblowers and repeatedly misled the public about what they knew and when.
  
  Read more

• Chiropractor used fake trusts to hide income, avoid $1.3M in federal taxes

  08-06-2026 20:37 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A Puerto Rican chiropractor and former chief executive of a company that managed more than 50 chiropractic clinics across the Midwest pleaded guilty Monday to filing a false tax return in connection with an illegal tax shelter he used to conceal income and avoid paying nearly $1.3 million in federal taxes, prosecutors said.
  
  Read more

• Korea's out-of-power conservatives rage, rally over weekend ballot shortage fiasco

  08-06-2026 20:34 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The yelling conservatives wanted to get the attention of liberal President Lee Jae-myung -- and maybe they did.
  
  Read more

• 5 questions about Pope Leo XIV's historic address to Spain's parliament

  08-06-2026 20:34 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Pope Leo XIV made history addressing Spain's parliament -- calling for migrant rights, moral renewal and ethical artificial intelligence in warfare -- and received a 7-minute standing ovation in return.
  
  Read more

• Three New Mexico men charged with migrant smuggling, 2 accused of witness killing

  08-06-2026 19:37 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Three New Mexico men have been charged in a federal superseding indictment with conspiring to smuggle migrants across the border -- and two of them face additional charges of conspiring to kill a witness in retaliation for providing law enforcement investigators with information about the smuggling operation, prosecutors said.
  
  Read more

Follow @WA_Nationals on Twitter!