Policy

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani talks during a news conference near the scene of a shooting on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in New York.

Mamdani leads New York Democrats in demanding parking lot owners ban ICE

David Zimmermann · October 16, 2026 8:36 pm

Vance.

Vance backs ICE but acknowledges need to prosecute officers who ‘screw up’

Moscow Iran

Ukraine drone strikes and Iran war split blame on skyrocketing diesel prices

Abdul el Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a campaign rally at the UAW Region 1 Union Hall, Aug. 2, 2026, in Warren, Mich.

El Sayed spends thousands on private security while proposing social workers for 911 response

Flowers are placed beside a sign at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, a day after a deadly shooting.

Bystander ‘heroically’ stops Oregon school shooter after four killed: What to know

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA), left, and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), right.

Hospital transparency and insulin price cap bills advance to Senate floor

Gabrielle M. Etzel July 22, 2026 12:13 pm

President Donald Trump is escorted from Marine One to Air Force One.

WATCH LIVE: Trump attends dignified transfer of soldiers killed in Iran war

Rena Rowe July 22, 2026 11:12 am

Daily on Defense

Trump orders more bombing as Iran war reaches 145 days

Jamie McIntyre July 22, 2026 7:14 am

Mike Johnson and Donald Trump

Johnson tells Trump to ‘wrap it up’ in Iran as president rejects midterm influence on war

Claire Carter July 21, 2026 10:14 pm

An Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case

Pentagon IDs ‘believed’ third victim of Iranian strike on Jordanian air base

Claire Carter July 21, 2026 8:08 pm

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Hegseth offers Gary Peters ‘ticket out to CENTCOM’ after senator rips Iran war ‘failure’

Claire Carter July 21, 2026 7:46 pm

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky, right, look at a map during their visit to Sumy, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Zelensky sacks Ukrainian Commander in Chief Syrsky in major military shake-up

Brady Knox July 21, 2026 5:40 pm

War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Updated estimated cost of Iran war is $37.5 billion: Hegseth

Mike Brest July 21, 2026 5:37 pm

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks to supporters as his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo applauds, in Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 29, 2018.

Rubio excoriates Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega over plan to scrap elections

Sophia Mandt July 21, 2026 4:40 pm

Mohsen Mahdawi speaks outside the courthouse.

Appeals court overturns lower court ruling releasing pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi

Kaelan Deese July 21, 2026 3:59 pm

Jay Clayton testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing to be the next Director of National Intelligence on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Jay Clayton inches closer to intelligence chief confirmation vote

David Sivak, Max Grinstein July 21, 2026 3:44 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump.

US and China reportedly set to have artificial intelligence talks in September

Victoria Baeza Garcia July 21, 2026 3:15 pm