
Trump Rules Out Escalating War With Iran for Now as Rubio Warns Tehran’s Demands Are ‘Outrageous’
Trump’s comments came as the Islamic Republic News Agency reported that the U.S. attacked Qeshm island overnight.
By JOTAM CONFINO
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Trump’s comments came as the Islamic Republic News Agency reported that the U.S. attacked Qeshm island overnight.
By JOTAM CONFINO
| |Justice

Several GOP senators say Thune should sing for his supper rather than simply be anointed.
By MATTHEW RICE
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New analysis of the Ryugu asteroid samples confirms the building blocks of DNA and RNA may have formed in space long before life began on Earth.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Ping Ping and Fu Shuang charmed crowds at the Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove opening, while one panda remained unbothered by the fanfare.
By JOSEPH CURL
|They say many women are never told that GLP-1 drugs can make birth control pills less effective and may lead to problems during pregnancy.
By HOLLIE McKAY
|With Trump holding the veto pen, the fight over abortion access is more likely to be carried forward in statehouses and courtrooms than on Capitol Hill.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an equal protection challenge involving magnet schools in Maryland.
By LUKE FUNK
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A woman who was wrongly arrested while carrying a licensed weapon says she has uncovered a pattern of discrimination.
By LUKE FUNK
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Prediction market sites are using athletes — authorized and unauthorized — to promote controversial betting platforms.
By GEORGE WILLIS
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The former IDF chief now has 28 days to form a government, with a possible 14-day extension.
By JOTAM CONFINO
|Preparing for Tuesday’s White House-mediated peace talks, Ukraine uses airport chaos and bombed refineries to squeeze Russia.
By JAMES BROOKE
|The al-Qaida affiliate’s latest claims point to a sharper sectarian message and a push into Islamic State territory in Somalia.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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A Gallup survey of 143,000 people finds the gap is widest in poor countries, where fewer than half of those warned were able to act.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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The opposition leader has crowds, a candidacy and a peace prize, but faces obstruction from the Trump-backed Chavista government and a ban on her running for political office.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Avigdor Liberman now calls for compromising with Haredi politicians who demand exemption for religious scholars.
By BENNY AVNI
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Kennedy’s grandson says the newly elected Michigan senator invoked the Catholic president’s legacy without following his example of direct engagement.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Even if a Republican were to win the White House in two years, it is unlikely that the party could win back control of Congress.
By MATTHEW RICE
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The attorney general says his department may play a role in fighting impeachment investigations.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Dana White’s history of contentious relationships with sports media might not work so well at Washington.
By GEORGE WILLIS
|Republicans are criticizing the state and city leaders for attending a political event at a luxury Caribbean hotel rather than attending to the affordability crisis at home.
By DAVID JONES
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By BETSY McCAUGHEY
By LAURENCE ELDER
By MICHAEL BARONE


A new, intimate exhibition of the artist’s early drawings shows a nascent pop sensibility, at once delicate and subversive.
By DAVID HIROSHI JAGER
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The research preview leans harder on permissions than Muse or Grok Bot, but it runs on Pro and Max plans’ limits, and a $20 plan will burn through quickly.
By ROSS ANDERSON
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Gifted singers and a gospel-inflected score can’t overcome a production that specializes in overkill and silliness.
By ELYSA GARDNER
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Rising fuel and insurance expenses push freight companies into Chapter 11, threatening higher prices for consumers nationwide.
By JOSEPH CURL
|Possible upset Senate wins in states as red as Kansas and Texas, as Ohio layoffs, Iowa steel plant frame furious debate about the economy.
By MATTHEW RICE
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The White House celebrated when Japan’s Sapporo Breweries announced it will move its non-alcoholic brewing to the United States in less than 12 months.
By ALEX ZDAN
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The president says gas prices will drop to $2 per gallon just as soon as the Iranians witness a Republican victory in November.
By DAVID MASTIO
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The gap between credential and preparation arrives at a moment when the job market for new graduates has turned unusually hostile.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Officials who declared mass layoffs as their ultimate goal for the department are now scrambling to hire hundreds back — raising questions about whether there was ever a plan.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Students offered access to the AI tutor also participated less in their courses.
By SHAILI SINGH
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Private sleuths say the department sat on fresh forensic evidence, but Seattle Police and the medical examiner insist the Nirvana star’s 1994 death was a suicide.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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The 47th president insists that the ‘case should never have been brought.’
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|‘I thought it was terrible,’ Trump says of the arrangement and reported fee.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|The investigation could set up a constitutional clash between the executive and judicial branches of government.
By LUKE FUNK
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