ConocoPhillips announced its first-quarter total output reached 2,309 MBOED (thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day). Production in the lower 48 states accounted for 1,453 MBOED of this total.

OnlyFans model Kamryn Renae was rescued after experiencing illness while attempting to summit Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States. She was trekking at 14,505 feet above sea level when she fell ill.

Thousands of students across 48 states organized anti-ICE protests and walkouts in 2026, with significant demonstrations reported in Colorado, California, and Washington, D.C., according to a watchdog.

Conservative organization PragerU has launched "Freedom Trucks," mobile museums that are traveling across the Lower 48 states. These trucks are described as delivering history that has been "AI-washed."