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

Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D-CA), talks to the media after the speech of President Donald Trump during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

‘Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken’: Davos turns into the Gavin Newsom show

Barnini Chakraborty January 21, 2026 2:36 pm

Syrian government forces patrol inside the al Hol camp as smoke rises from an arms depot explosion.

US launches military operation to transfer ISIS prisoners from Syria to more ‘secure’ Iraq

Brady Knox January 21, 2026 2:07 pm

President Donald Trump.

Trump warns Davos attendees that global economy hinges on US success: ‘You all follow us down’

Naomi Lim January 21, 2026 12:22 pm

Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff walk in the corridors during the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

Russia-Ukraine peace efforts revived as Trump meets with Zelensky and dispatches Witkoff to Moscow

Mike Brest January 21, 2026 11:58 am

Anti-ICE protesters assemble in Minnesota.

Byron York laments ‘radicalized’ authorities protecting criminals in Minnesota

Jenny Goldsberry January 21, 2026 10:45 am

U.S. Representatives for Minnesota, Ilhan Omar, right, speaks during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026.

GOP plays ball with Democrats on ICE funding, body cameras for agents

Rachel Schilke January 21, 2026 6:00 am

People wave by national flags while listening a speech of Greenland Minister for Foreign Affairs and Research Vivian Motzfeldt after her arrival at airport of Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

What will Trump’s Greenland obsession mean for the future of NATO?

Mike Brest January 21, 2026 6:00 am

An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex.

How Trump’s oil tanker seizures add to the crackdown on Russian ‘shadow fleet’

Callie Patteson, Mike Brest January 21, 2026 4:00 am

Howard Lutnick

Lutnick says EU trade deal ‘solid’ despite new Trump tariffs and Greenland threats

Brady Knox January 20, 2026 11:37 pm

Soldiers of the Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces deploy with armored military vehicles to secure roads leading to Gweiran Prison which houses men accused of being Islamic State group fighters in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Formerly US-backed Kurds blame peace talk breakdown for ISIS prisoner escape

David Zimmermann January 20, 2026 6:32 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to the White House press corps on the one year anniversary of his second inauguration.

Trump says his Board of Peace might replace UN

Brady Knox January 20, 2026 6:10 pm

The oil tanker Nord Star, Panama.

US seizes seventh oil tanker ‘operating in defiance’ of Trump’s Venezuela blockade

Claire Carter January 20, 2026 5:58 pm