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U.S. soldier in explosive ordnance disposal gear kneeling near debris from a downed Iranian drone in dusty northern Iraq terrain at sunset

Another American Killed in Iraq as U.S. Troops Pay the Price of an Escalating Iran War

A U.S. service member was killed in northern Iraq on Friday while conducting a…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 19

Kyiv skyline at dawn with multiple missile vapor trails and explosions illuminating residential buildings, emergency vehicle lights visible below

Russia Launches Its Largest Ballistic Missile Attack on Kyiv Since the War Began

At least one person is dead and 16 others wounded after Russia fired 25…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 19

Smoke rising from Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan at dusk with US military fighter jets on the tarmac

Two US Service Members Killed in Jordan as Iranian Missiles Hit a Key American Air Base

Two American service members were killed in action in Jordan on Friday and a…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 18

The CDC headquarters building in Atlanta at dusk, most windows dark, a single office lit

CDC Cuts Meet a Parasite, a Flesh-Eating Fly, and Ebola: Welcome to the Gutted-Agency Era

The same summer that a stomach parasite put more than 140 Americans in the…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 17

Donald Trump speaking at a presidential podium in the White House Cross Hall with American flags behind him and redacted documents in the foreground

Fact Check: Trump’s Five Big Election Claims, and What His Own Documents Actually Say

Donald Trump stood in front of a primetime camera Thursday night and told the…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 17

Prescription pill bottles and medication on a pharmacy counter with a laptop showing a government website

TrumpRx Promised a Drug Price Revolution but Covers Less Than 12% of Participating Companies’ Medicines

Five months after President Trump called TrumpRx.gov “the biggest thing to happen in healthcare…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 17

Lafayette Park in Washington DC at dusk with temporary metal barriers and the White House in the background

Trump Wants to Permanently Fence Off Lafayette Park, the Most Famous Protest Site in America

The Trump administration has submitted a 79-page proposal to permanently enclose Lafayette Park in…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 17

Donald Trump speaking at an East Room lectern while a bank of television monitors in the foreground shows mostly static, with only one screen carrying his live feed

ABC and NBC Refused to Air Trump’s Election Speech, and His Own Party Begged Him Not to Give It

Donald Trump took the East Room podium Thursday night to deliver a primetime address…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 16

Donald Trump seen through a teleprompter glass panel mid-speech, with a smartphone showing a prediction-market trading chart in the foreground

Trump’s Teleprompter Operator Made Over $100,000 Betting on the President’s Own Words

The White House aide who loads Donald Trump’s speeches into the teleprompter spent months…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 16

JD Vance speaking into a podcast microphone with American and Israeli flags behind him

JD Vance Accuses Israeli Officials of Running a $45 Million Covert Campaign to Kill the Iran Deal

Vice President JD Vance just accused elements of the Israeli government of orchestrating a…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 16

The White House at dusk with broadcast cameras positioned outside, American flags flanking the colonnade

Trump’s Primetime Address on Elections Tonight Is a Midterm Power Play

President Donald Trump will commandeer the nation’s television screens Thursday night at 9 p.m.…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 16

Todd Blanche seated at the witness table speaking into a microphone before a raised dais of U.S. senators at his attorney general confirmation hearing

Todd Blanche’s Attorney General Hearing Becomes a Referendum on a Captured Justice Department

Todd Blanche, the criminal-defense lawyer who sat at Donald Trump’s side through the Manhattan…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 15

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Police cordon tape stretched across a moorland path near a stone cottage in Haytor Vale, Dartmoor, Devon, with emergency vehicle lights reflecting on stone walls at dusk

Police Confirm Ann Widdecombe Was Killed in a ‘Targeted Attack’ as Counter-Terrorism Officers Take Over the Case

Federal judge gavel striking down on legal documents with scales of justice and IRS building in background

A Federal Judge Just Called Trump’s IRS Lawsuit What It Was: A $10 Billion Shakedown

Yellow police tape reading Police Line Do Not Cross stretched across a cordoned residential street in Biddeford, Maine, with law-enforcement SUVs and an officer in the distance

One Dead in Biddeford ICE Shooting, the Second Fatal ICE Encounter in a Week

Aerial view of oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz at dusk with smoke plumes and military vessels

Iran Launches Simultaneous Strikes on Five Gulf Nations After the U.S. Hits 300 Targets in Three Nights

United States Senator Lindsey Graham in a dark navy suit and red tie standing before an American flag in a Capitol interior

Lindsey Graham, Trump Ally and Senate Foreign-Policy Hawk, Dies at 71

The US Capitol building at golden hour with suburban single-family homes in the foreground

The Largest Housing Bill in a Generation Just Became Law Without Trump’s Signature

Donald Trump walking across the White House South Lawn at dusk flanked by Secret Service agents, with steel security fencing and crowd barriers in the foreground and Marine One behind

Trump Says He Left Orders to Bomb Iran If He’s Assassinated as the White House Turns Into a Fortress

White work van stopped at a Houston East End intersection at dawn, boxed in by two unmarked dark SUVs with flashing grille lights

Houston ICE Shooting: Witnesses in the Van Say Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Never Rammed Officers

Official portrait of Ann Widdecombe smiling in a lavender jacket with pearl earrings against a blurred backdrop

Ann Widdecombe Found Dead at 78: Police Arrest 26-Year-Old on Suspicion of Murder

Empty government hearing room with five vacant chairs behind a wooden dais, unlit microphones and an American flag in shadow

Trump Fires the Last Election Assistance Commissioners Four Months Before the Midterms

A weathered oyster farmer and military veteran in a worn work jacket stands on a gray, overcast Maine harbor dock lined with fishing boats

Graham Platner Drops Out of the Maine Senate Race, Reopening Democrats’ Fight Against Susan Collins

President Donald Trump speaks at a podium beside a seated NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, with NATO, US and Turkish flags behind them and press photographers in the foreground

Trump Orders Trade with Spain Cut Off and Demands Greenland at the Ankara NATO Summit

Oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz at dusk with smoke rising and military vessels in the distance

Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire ‘Over’ as Oil Prices Spike 5% After Strait of Hormuz Attacks

Nigel Farage standing at a lectern outside the Palace of Westminster with Big Ben visible behind him under dramatic cloudy skies

Nigel Farage Resigns as MP Amid Funding Scandal, Bets a By-Election Will Save Him

World leaders seated around a circular table at the NATO summit with member nation flags in the background

NATO Summit Opens in Ankara With Trump’s 5% Spending Demand Hanging Over Every Meeting

Emergency vehicles and security cordons near a hotel in Damascus with smoke and dramatic clouds at dawn

Explosions Rock Damascus Near Macron’s Hotel During Historic Syria Visit

Donald Trump speaks on a mobile phone beside FIFA president Gianni Infantino in a stadium suite, a red card and football on the table overlooking a floodlit pitch

When the President Picks the Lineup: Trump’s FIFA Red Card Call and the Cost to the World Cup

Sunlit church interior with wooden pews and a single candle burning in the foreground

Chinese Pastor Ezra Jin Is Free After Nine Months in Detention and a Direct Appeal From Trump to Xi