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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

Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia Abigail Spanberger, left, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), right.

Youngkin and Spanberger spar over UVA president selection

Molly Parks November 14, 2025 4:05 pm

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Florida votes to teach the dangers of communism in K-12

Pedro Rodriguez November 14, 2025 3:55 pm

President Donald Trump speaks prior to signing funding legislation to reopen the government.

Trump calls GOP ‘the Party of Affordability’ a week after declaring matter ‘dead’

Pedro Rodriguez November 14, 2025 2:57 pm

War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Majority of Americans oppose military strikes on alleged drug boats, poll shows

David Zimmermann November 14, 2025 1:49 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at an event in Beijing.

Why China remains incandescent over Japan’s comments on Taiwan

Tom Rogan November 14, 2025 12:38 pm

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Operation Southern Spear could be a dagger aimed at the heart of Maduro

Jamie McIntyre November 14, 2025 7:29 am

Workers look over racks of bitcoin data miners during construction of a bitcoin data center.

AI data centers spur anger across the political spectrum

Dain Fitzgerald November 14, 2025 5:56 am

Pete Hegseth speaks during the 4th annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit at Purdue University Fort Wayne on Nov. 12. (Darron Cummings/AP)

Pete Hegseth vows to build an ‘Arsenal of Freedom’

Jamie McIntyre November 14, 2025 5:26 am

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The ground beneath our feet: Review of ‘The Land Trap’ by Mike Bird

Robert VerBruggen November 14, 2025 4:38 am

National Guard troops stand in Lafayette Park, with the White House in the background, in Washington. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

No, Trump is not creating a civil-military crisis

Mackubin Thomas Owens November 14, 2025 4:30 am

Vice President JD Vance, right, is joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., at the inaugural Make America Healthy Again Summit at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Vance praises MAHA movement in wake of GOP concerns of shaken support

Molly Parks November 13, 2025 9:01 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks

Hegseth announces Operation Southern Spear to remove ‘narcoterrorists from our hemisphere’

Molly Parks November 13, 2025 7:58 pm