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The U.S. State Department on Tuesday ordered the mandatory departure of non-emergency personnel and family members from six Middle Eastern countries, citing escalating security concerns after the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was struck by two Iranian drones. Officials are also urging Americans across the region to leave as soon …

Voting concludes Tuesday in the first primaries of the 2026 midterm elections in Arkansas,North Carolina and Texas. The results will provide a glimpse into voters’ mood as the primary season opens and give a sense of what type of candidate appeals to each party’s base. Crucially, the rapid succession of …

The White House is asserting that sweeping and deadly U.S. military strikes against Iran were necessary to stop an imminent threat to American forces, but has so far provided no public evidence that Tehran was preparing such an attack. Nearly two days after the United States launched its largest military …

Mamdani. More than a moment. Study the mechanics. This is not about whether you agree with socialism. This is not about crowning the next progressive star. This is about stripping away partisanship and studying campaign mechanics that apply anywhere in the country. When I say “mechanics,” I mean the on-the-ground …

Three U.S. Air Force fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait during what American officials described Monday as an apparent friendly fire incident while the aircraft were taking part in the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran. In a statement, U.S. Central Command said the jets were mistakenly struck by Kuwaiti …

U.S. stocks opened lower Monday as oil prices surged amid signs that U.S.-Israeli military strikes against Iran were expanding across the Middle East, intensifying fears of potential disruptions to global petroleum supplies. The S&P 500 fell 53 points, or 0.8%, in early trading, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped …

Four American service members have been killed and four others seriously wounded during Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, U.S. Central Command said Monday. CENTCOM said one of the wounded troops died overnight after initially surviving Iran’s first wave of retaliatory attacks, raising the death toll …

For decades, statewide Democratic primaries in Texas were low-octane affairs. Then came the 2026 election cycle. In a year that Democrats see as a prime opportunity to finally flip Texas — amid flagging approval for the second Trump administration, a vicious Senate primary on the Republican side and the potential …

A New York businesswoman was sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that swindled more than $30 million from foreign investors and illegally funneled some of the stolen money into U.S. political campaigns, including a fundraiser for President Donald Trump, prosecutors said. Sherry …

Top congressional Democrats on Saturday called for Congress to immediately return to Washington and vote on whether to halt further U.S. military action against Iran, after President Donald Trump signaled a potentially extended conflict aimed at forcing regime change in Tehran. The House and Senate were already expected to consider …

Iran’s state media confirmed Saturday that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation, marking a dramatic escalation in a widening regional war and the first assassination of a sitting Iranian supreme leader since the Islamic Republic was founded in 1979. The Iranian government …

Former President Bill Clinton on Friday denied any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes during a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, marking the first time a former U.S. president has been compelled to testify to Congress. “I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing,” Clinton said in …

Donald Trump used a wide-ranging speech Friday at the Port of Corpus Christi to tout his second-term record, revisit themes from his recent State of the Union address and attack Democrats, but stopped short of issuing a closely watched endorsement in Texas’ heated Republican U.S. Senate primary. Trump praised what …

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is banning all federal agencies from using the services of artificial intelligence company Anthropic, dramatically escalating a public dispute between the White House, the Pentagon and one of the nation’s leading AI developers. “I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States …

The U.S. government acknowledged Thursday that coordination between federal agencies must improve after the military reportedly used a high-energy laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone operating in Texas airspace. The incident, confirmed in a joint statement by the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration and …