Policy

Adm. Brad Cooper speaks to members of the media during a press briefing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

CENTCOM announces task force to blockade Iranian ground transit routes

David Zimmermann · November 7, 2026 2:16 pm

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference after attending a round table with local community leaders in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Rojas)

Judge overrides Mamdani’s objections to ICE subpoena for homeless shelter information

artificial intelligence and guns firearms second amendment

A gun-control group has plans for safe chatting with AI

National Guards patrol a highway near Aguililla, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Armando Solis)

Border Patrol agents anticipate cartels will use blue wave to lure migrants to US

In this graphic, Trump purses his lips in the foreground, right, by a diamond-shaped caution sign reading "tariffs" with stock lines charging upward in the background alongside the Capitol Building.

Democrats could target Trump tariffs after midterm sweep with some GOP aid

A police officer chases a protester in Ecuador.

Ecuador-US ‘war’ with drug cartels begins with two-week operation

Emily Hallas March 16, 2026 10:14 am

Daily on Defense

Desperate to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump appeals to China to send warships, makes veiled threat to NATO allies

Jamie McIntyre March 16, 2026 7:48 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

MAHA movement grows louder as Republicans debate its power ahead of midterm elections

Samantha-Jo Roth March 16, 2026 7:00 am

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump.

Drug pricing should be near top of agenda at Trump-Takaichi meeting

Tomas Philipson March 16, 2026 6:00 am

Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 2, 2026.

US spent $12 billion on Iran war in first two weeks, Kevin Hassett says

Zach LaChance March 15, 2026 10:31 pm

Ships in waters near Strait of Hormuz.

Trump says he asked ‘about seven’ countries to help defend Strait of Hormuz

Zach LaChance March 15, 2026 9:38 pm

A television broadcasts oil price news on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, March 9, 2026. The war in the Middle East sparked fresh turmoil in global markets as oil smashed through $100 a barrel, spurring losses in stocks and bonds. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Oil prices whipsawed this week as Iran war rattled global markets

Claire Carter March 15, 2026 3:18 pm

Sean Duffy.

Duffy says insurance for US escorts in Strait of Hormuz ‘ready to go’ but security isn’t

Claire Carter March 15, 2026 12:27 pm

Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

Chris Wright admits Americans will feel high oil prices for ‘a few more weeks’

Claire Carter March 15, 2026 12:09 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to promote investment in rural health care in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in Washington, with Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Republicans defy Democratic healthcare advantage with MAHA niche

Emily Hallas March 15, 2026 8:00 am

A sign in the snow stating ""Stop the Transcanada Pipeline"

The Keystone XL pipeline could come back from the dead in a new form

Maydeen Merino March 15, 2026 7:00 am

Republican candidates running in some of the most competitive Senate races in 2026 are increasingly weighing in on a growing fight inside the GOP over whether to force Democrats into a “talking filibuster” to advance election legislation backed by President Donald Trump.

Where 2026 GOP Senate candidates stand on the ‘talking filibuster’ for the SAVE America Act

Samantha-Jo Roth March 15, 2026 6:00 am