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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

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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 data center owned by Amazon Web Services.

New year, old challenges as AI faces uncertain path to power

Center Square January 2, 2026 2:41 pm

Turbines operate at the Block Island Wind Farm.

Trump renews wind criticism, claims wind turbines kill bald eagles

Maydeen Merino January 2, 2026 2:28 pm

Protesters stand outside the Gressette Building for a South Carolina Senate subcommittee on a bill that would ban almost all abortions

Abortion likely won’t motivate voters in 2026

Gabrielle M. Etzel January 2, 2026 2:11 pm

Glowing AI chip with digital circuits and rising candlestick charts on a dark background, representing finance and technology. 3D Rendering

Interest rises in AI tools in education: Study

Center Square January 2, 2026 1:41 pm

Avangrid’s Vineyard Wind 1 Project.

Major developer challenges Trump’s offshore wind crackdown in court, again

Callie Patteson January 2, 2026 12:54 pm

President Donald Trump and Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani.

Iranian officials threaten US troops after Trump promises intervention on behalf of protesters

Brady Knox January 2, 2026 8:38 am

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Rising unemployment puts threat of AI competition in stark relief

Nick Thomas January 2, 2026 6:05 am

(Illustration by Thomas Fluharty for the Washington Examiner) Prices inflation economy 2026

It’s the prices, stupid: The big challenge that lies ahead for Trump and the GOP

Jeremy Lott January 2, 2026 5:50 am

Red, green, yellow, and orange color fuel gasoline dispenser background.

Gas prices: 23 cents per gallon lower than last New Year’s Day

Christopher Tremoglie January 2, 2026 2:20 am

U.S. Border Patrol agents detain a truck driver during an immigration enforcement operation at a truck stop Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, in Hampshire, Ill.)

California postpones canceling licenses of illegal immigrant truck drivers

Anna Giaritelli January 2, 2026 1:00 am

Conservative author Norman Podhoretz (James Keyser/Getty Images)

Norman Podhoretz, 1930-2025

Daniel Ross Goodman January 2, 2026 12:05 am

Palestinians look over makeshift tents of a camp for displaced people in an area of Gaza City on Dec. 29, 2025. (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)

The Trump administration’s unfinished business in Gaza

David Mark January 1, 2026 11:25 pm