Gary Franchi

The captain of the Flydubai jet targeted in Wednesday's attempted hijacking said his co-pilot asked to pray just minutes before striking him from behind with a cockpit crash axe — as new evidence revealed the suspect's apparent affinity for al-Qaeda and pro-al-Qaeda propaganda calling for further attacks on aircraft carrying Americans and Israelis.

The Federal Reserve Board announced approval of an application by Peoples Bancorp Inc., clearing the way for the regional bank's expansion while Washington's financial regulators keep rubber-stamping consolidation across the banking industry.

President Trump headlined a packed rally at Vandalia-Butler High School, bringing former NFL coach Jon Gruden to the stage to boost Sen. Jon Husted and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ahead of November's midterms.

Iran's foreign minister tells Washington there is no military path out of the conflict, while a retired Navy vice admiral says Tehran has waged asymmetric war for decades and should be pressed until the regime falls.

Tehran's parliament speaker and foreign minister both say the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until Iran's conditions are met, even as a tanker is reported struck by an unknown projectile and Washington masses naval power.

Charles Barkley is breaking with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, calling calls to abolish ICE and defund police 'the stupidest' ideas he has ever heard, as conservative and mainstream outlets alike pick up the story.

The Young Turks host @AnaKasparian dismisses a reply as no argument at all, telling followers she had come to expect no attempt to address the substance. The reaction rippled through conservative and commentary accounts.

President Trump captivates supporters in Ohio with an electrifying dance performance.

The Federal Reserve and its partner agencies published resolution plan feedback letters for 15 banking organizations, telling each one what regulators want fixed in its blueprint for an orderly wind-down.

Democrats in full control of Virginia's legislature wrote a constitutional amendment that eliminates licensing, parental notice, and third-trimester protections. Voters decide in November.

John Cleese is refusing to back down after posts about Islam sparked a complaint to a UK counter-extremism watchdog. The referral does not mean he has been arrested, charged or formally accused of terrorism.

Prediction-market traders and supporters are circulating claims that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine's Person of the Year, after he built a global profile standing up to President Trump.