Policy

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

New York reports first measles death in 30 years, Hochul says

Claire Carter · November 2, 2026 10:31 pm

Qeshm Island strikes

US says it conducted defensive strikes against Iran on eve of midterm elections

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll testifies before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the budget request of the Department of the Army, on Capitol Hill, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary Dan Driscoll two months after Pentagon exit

A Border Patrol agent's yellow-and-black patch on their arm of uniform is seen while they hold a news conference.

Federal police investigating fatal shooting in Laredo, Texas, involving Border Patrol: Report

President Donald Trump stands on a stage wearing a white "USA" hat.

Trump touts ‘record’ drop in oil prices on election eve, says Iran ‘wants a settlement’

Texas Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton speaks with attendees during a meet-and-greet for his U.S. Senate candidacy at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

Texas Children’s Hospital to create ‘detransition clinic’ in $10 million settlement with Paxton

David Zimmermann May 15, 2026 12:06 pm

President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the 2026 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Eighty House Republicans vote to cut $482 million from NATO and put it into US military bases

Haris Alic May 15, 2026 11:36 am

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

‘Can we trust people that work in government?’: Joe Concha

Britta Miller May 15, 2026 11:03 am

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One.

Trump would accept 20-year uranium enrichment ban for Iran

Mike Brest May 15, 2026 10:43 am

President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine layered on the Strait of Hormuz. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP; Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

What’s Trump’s next move in Iran?

Jamie McIntyre May 15, 2026 7:23 am

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Hill Republicans see urgency in passing housing bill ahead of midterm elections

Zach Halaschak May 15, 2026 7:20 am

A big screen shows a broadcasting of Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting with US President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP via Getty Images)

The US-China AI war heats up

Michael M. Rosen May 15, 2026 6:37 am

Lukas Garcia America250

Student entrepreneurs look to AI to revitalize US innovation after winning America250 startup competition

Emily Hallas May 15, 2026 6:00 am

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) speaks on Capitol Hill. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./AP)

Elise Stefanik’s new book ‘Poisoned Ivies’ highlights the dangerous extremism in higher education

Bethany Mandel May 15, 2026 5:58 am

President Donald Trump reviews troops with China's President Xi Jinping

Trump says China ‘impressed’ by Iran war, hints at Beijing resuming US oil imports

Brady Knox May 14, 2026 11:00 pm

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US removes highly enriched uranium from Venezuelan research reactor

Brady Knox May 14, 2026 10:30 pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, and Elon Musk, right

Rubio says US’s Taiwan policy ‘unchanged’ despite Xi’s warning to Trump

Brady Knox May 14, 2026 7:52 pm