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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

Tugboats help the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy icebreaker into its home port.

US, Canada, and Finland further icebreaker shipbuilding agreement

Mike Brest November 18, 2025 5:20 pm

The Crane Clean Energy Center, formerly Three Mile Island.

Trump administration finalizes $1 billion loan for Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart

Callie Patteson November 18, 2025 4:15 pm

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington.

Judge rules Meta did not create monopoly with purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp

Pedro Rodriguez November 18, 2025 3:39 pm

The cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge.

NTSB identifies loose wire as probable cause of ‘preventable’ Baltimore bridge collapse

David Zimmermann November 18, 2025 3:25 pm

Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks in the Oval Office.

Education Department announces significant downsizing with six interagency agreements

Emily Hallas November 18, 2025 3:21 pm

A large semitruck hauls freight on an open highway under a morning sky.

Commercial truck driver wanted for terrorism licensed in Pennsylvania

Center Square November 18, 2025 2:49 pm

Carlos Gimenez sounds the alarm on Latin America's communist regimes

House Republican demands Trump administration drop Mexico negotiations over narco-communist ties

Pedro Rodriguez November 18, 2025 1:35 pm

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz addresses the High-Level Security Council on Palestinians and Israel.

Security council approval of Trump’s Gaza plan is a big win, but now the hard part starts

Mike Brest November 18, 2025 1:34 pm

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference.

Duffy vows to challenge court ruling blocking new regulations on noncitizens obtaining commercial driver’s licenses

Emily Hallas November 18, 2025 1:04 pm

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., the ranking member of the Senate Transportation Subcommittee, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Tammy Duckworth fires staffer who duped ICE into believing he was immigration attorney

Barnini Chakraborty November 18, 2025 12:40 pm

"I Voted" stickers sit on a table.

Kansas mayor from Mexico faces deportation over voter fraud allegations

Ross O'Keefe November 18, 2025 12:13 pm

U.S. Border Patrol agents look on, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

Charlotte ‘under siege’ as Border Patrol agents descend on city

Anna Giaritelli November 18, 2025 6:00 am