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Two columns of smoke rise over a dense coastal skyline of damaged mid-rise concrete apartment blocks with collapsed upper floors, seen from above at dawn

Trump’s Gaza Deal Set a 300-Day Disarmament Clock and No Date to Stop Shooting

Israeli warplanes hit Gaza City, Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis from dawn on Sunday,…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 2

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Trump Blames Minnesota for the Iran-Linked Water Hack. The Flaw Has No Patch.

In Braham, Minnesota, a city of roughly 1,700 people, the cyberattack that hit the…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 1

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57 Died Reaching Ceuta. Spain Returned 48,300 People to Morocco Within Two Days.

Spanish authorities confirmed on Friday evening that 57 people died trying to reach Ceuta,…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 31

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Trump Would Rather Lose His Attorney General Than Limit His Own Tax Immunity

President Donald Trump said Thursday he has “no objection” to temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche’s…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 31

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes in dress uniform standing behind a lectern with his head lowered, American and Washington State flags behind him

Shon Barnes Was in Dallas When the Shooting Started, and Seattle Answered a Communications Failure by Firing Him

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes was at a conference in Dallas on Sunday evening…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 30

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The Iran War Expands as the Senate Blocks the Only Vote That Could Stop It

The Senate has now voted twice on ending the Iran war, and the only…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 30

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A $500 Tax Dispute Just Cost Minocqua Brewing Its Permits, and That Is the Real Story

Wisconsin’s Department of Revenue has moved to revoke the brewer’s permits at both Minocqua…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 30

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Fauci Invoked the Fifth More Than 100 Times, and His Own Pardon Is Why Rand Paul Thinks He Cannot

Anthony Fauci sat in a Senate hearing room on Wednesday and said almost nothing,…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 30

Five interceptor missile trails rise from a desert airbase at night as two bright intercept flashes detonate high above silhouetted hangars and a radar array.

Iran Fired First This Time, and the Pause Trump Ordered Was Never Written Down

The US struck Iranian targets Wednesday night after the Revolutionary Guard fired first at…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 29

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Fifty Years After Son of Sam’s First Shot, David Berkowitz Is Albany’s Favorite Argument

Just after 1 a.m. on July 29, 1976, David Berkowitz walked up to a…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 29

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Trump Meets Netanyahu at the White House as the Iran Strike Pause Holds

President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 28

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U.S. Stops Bombing Iran After Two Weeks of Strikes as China Brokers New Peace Push

The U.S. military did not launch airstrikes against Iran on Friday night for the…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 27

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Congress Defunded the FDA’s Food Traceability Rule Until 2028. Two Outbreaks Later, Nobody Can Find the Source.

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Temporary Tariffs Expire Today as Trump Administration Locks in Permanent Duties on 60 Countries

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Approval for Trump Sinks to 34 Percent as the Pentagon Deletes Four War Dead From Its Own List

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber flies low over the Persian Gulf at dusk with smoke plumes rising from the Iranian coastline

Trump Says He Is ‘Close’ to Ordering a ‘Massive Attack’ on Iran as 13th Night of Airstrikes Wraps

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Trump Signed the Saudi Nuclear Deal, Then Rewrote Its Terms on Social Media

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Houthis Hit Two Saudi Oil Tankers in the Red Sea, and Crude Is Suddenly Knocking on $100

Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Deal Now Runs Through an FCC With a Conflict Problem

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The B-1 Bomber Just Entered the Iran War. Here’s What That Escalation Actually Means

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Artificial Intelligence

White House Accuses Moonshot AI of Smuggling Nvidia GB300s and Distilling Anthropic’s Fable

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Trump Honors Four Fallen Service Members at Dover as Iran War Death Toll Climbs to 17

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Landmark Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia That Could Open the Door to Uranium Enrichment

Smoke rises from a U.S. military base in the Middle East at dusk with the American flag silhouetted against an orange sky

The Pentagon Just Admitted Nearly 100 Troops Were Injured in Iran, and Its Own Tracking System Showed Zero

Pete Hegseth seated at a microphone in a Senate hearing room with protesters holding signs behind him

Hegseth Says Iran War Has Cost $37.5 Billion as Pentagon Demands $67 Billion More From Congress

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Taylor Farms Spent $2.2 Million on Super PACs and Got a White House Meeting. That’s the Scandal, Not the False Positive.

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Gas Prices Hit $4 a Gallon Again as Iran War Squeezes American Wallets

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FBI Told to Stop Investigating ICE Agent Shootings as Accountability Fears Mount

Rapper Boosie Badazz sits alone at a marble table in a dim Washington hotel lounge with a legal folder and phone, the US Capitol dome visible through the window behind him

Boosie’s $600,000 Pardon Receipt Is the Clearest Look Yet at Trump’s Clemency Market

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Russian Cruise Missiles Kill 10 on a Grain Ship Off Odesa in the Deadliest Black Sea Attack This Year