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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

David Alvarez hugs his wife, Xochitl, after he was sworn into the California Assembly as their children, daughter, Izel, 12, right and son Javier, 8, second from right, look on in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Alvarez, a Democrat, won a special election on June 7, 2022 for the 80th Assembly District that was vacated by Democrat Lorena Gonzalez in January.

Public university with $2B price tag proposed amid deficit

Center Square December 12, 2025 12:16 pm

Turbines operate at the Block Island Wind Farm.

Judge rules against Trump’s freeze on wind energy

Center Square December 12, 2025 10:54 am

Displaced Amharas from different villages, now controlled by Tigrayan forces in the North Gondar zone, queue to receive food at a kindergarten school housing the internally-displaced.

Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Ethiopians

Anna Giaritelli December 12, 2025 10:53 am

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary speaks as Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens.

FDA to slap COVID-19 vaccines with ‘black box’ label

Emily Hallas December 12, 2025 10:51 am

Petrol pump filling fuel nozzle in gas station. Fuel dispenser machine. Refuel fill up with petrol gasoline. Petrol industry and service. Red petrol fuel nozzle. Petroleum oil industry. Oil crisis.

Gas prices: Now at $2.93 per gallon and less expensive than a year ago

Washington Examiner Staff December 12, 2025 6:29 am

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives to board a boat taking part in a civilian flotilla bound for Gaza, aiming to break the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid, in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 31. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

Thuning down the heat: The turn away from climate change alarmism

Dain Fitzgerald December 12, 2025 5:16 am

President Donald Trump holds up the name of the USA during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 5. (Jia Haocheng/Pool Photo via AP)

New national security strategy a throwback to 1823

Jamie McIntyre December 12, 2025 4:58 am

Influencer and mom Isabel Brown speaks alongside U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy (C) and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during the press conference for the launch of the "Make Travel Family Friendly Again" campaign at Washington National Airport on December 08, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The campaign's focus is to incentivize more family-friendly resources (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

An airport spectacle for the whole family

Timothy P. Carney December 12, 2025 4:53 am

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem leaves a hearing

FEMA meeting abruptly canceled after Noem cut congressional testimony short to attend

Brady Knox December 11, 2025 6:12 pm

A man walks into 5th Avenue Deli and Grill, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Georgia’s first unemployment report in months shows job loss

Center Square December 11, 2025 5:55 pm

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.

Trump administration completes permitting for Alaska LNG pipeline

Callie Patteson December 11, 2025 5:46 pm

FILE - A view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)

CA spending $278M on ‘Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants’ this year

Center Square December 11, 2025 5:17 pm