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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

Collage of NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Bowser and NTSB chairwoman rip ‘shameful’ DC airspace provision in NDAA following Potomac crash

Molly Parks December 10, 2025 10:56 pm

Collage of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Bondi says US-seized tanker was transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran

Molly Parks December 10, 2025 7:17 pm

A collage of Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Mike Crapo (R-ID).

GOP Obamacare proposal cuts Medicaid funding for illegal immigrants

Gabrielle M. Etzel December 10, 2025 6:44 pm

Workers from York Scaffold cover the scaffold surrounding the controversial equestrian statue of President Theodore Roosevelt, at the American Museum of Natural History, as it's prepared for removal, in New York, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, ND, has agreed to take the bronze statue, which has been the subject of years of criticism. It depicts the former president on horseback with a Native American man and an African man flanking the horse.

New York’s ‘scaffold’ law driving up costs; hurting economy: Report

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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, center, watches the second half of an NCAA college football game between Washington State and Washington, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Pullman, Wash.

Gov. Ferguson requests disaster declaration from FEMA for devastating floods

Center Square December 10, 2025 6:26 pm

Then-Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne talks to the media, Oct. 17, 2014, in Phoenix. On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit by Horne, now Arizona's superintendent of public instruction, challenging programs that some school districts use to teach non-English speaking students. Horne said he will appeal the ruling.

Arizona attorney general, education department clash over vouchers

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President Donald Trump speaks at White House

US seized oil tanker off Venezuelan coast: Trump

Mike Brest, Callie Patteson December 10, 2025 3:53 pm

President Donald Trump.

Trump calls on Mexico to solve water and sewage crisis presenting ‘true Threat’ to US

Emily Hallas December 10, 2025 3:19 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania.

Bessent slams blue states for declining One Big Beautiful Bill Act tax relief

Ross O'Keefe December 10, 2025 3:13 pm

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.)

Trump administration pulls 9,500 non-English-speaking truck drivers off road

David Zimmermann December 10, 2025 1:51 pm

An offshore drilling rig

First Trump Gulf of America offshore oil and gas lease auction draws weaker bidding

Maydeen Merino December 10, 2025 1:49 pm

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington.

Polymarket bets Powell to open presser with ‘good afternoon’ and rate cuts

Jenny Goldsberry December 10, 2025 1:07 pm