President Trump calls Iran’s efforts to charge for safe passage across the strait 'world extortion' and will instead put the U.S. Navy in charge of clearing mines and determining who can go in and out.
By MATTHEW RICE
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The retired astronaut gets fact-checked for suggesting he would go the diversity route in picking a space shuttle crew.
By SHARON KEHNEMUI
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Several Democrats and Republicans are now agreeing that two of their colleagues — one from each party — should be forced out over sexual misconduct allegations.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Hours-long waits to pass through security at some airports have given fresh impetus to calls for the privatization of the agency’s functions.
By HOLLIE McKAY
|At issue is whether a law written in 1961 to ensure free television holds up in a marketplace defined by subscriptions, streaming bundles and exclusive rights.
By GEORGE WILLIS
|‘More lies from these losers,’ the White House says of reports the agency is being dismantled.
By LUKE FUNK
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New measures under last year’s Big Beautiful Bill contributed to an 11-percent rise in the average tax refund so far this year.
By LUKE FUNK
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Mr. Trump suggested during Easter remarks that states may need to raise taxes to shoulder the load of Medicaid and daycare costs, while the federal government might lower taxes a little to help them manage collections and distributions.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Pope Leo XIV’s American origins, initially a source of conservative pride, have emerged as a source of political friction among those most faithful to Trump.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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‘I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America,’ the vice president says upon departure from Islamabad.
By MATTHEW RICE
|The American delegation led by Vice President Vance has begun the first face-to-face talks with the Iranians since the war began on February 28.
By DAVID JONES
|The Colombian Embassy in Washington rejects reports linking Gustavo Petro to drug cartels and payoffs from druglords seeking protection from extradition to America.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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The British prime minister is on a three-day trip to meet allies in the Persian Gulf region.
By LUKE FUNK
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Islamabad’s defense minister calls Israel ‘cancerous’ and expresses his hope that Jews will ‘burn in hell.’
By BENNY AVNI
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If senior leadership is killed, successor chains activate.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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The reverend welcomed several potential candidates to his event over the last several days, with none denying an interest in the White House.
By MATTHEW RICE
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The congressman says the allegations are false and that he ‘will fight them with everything that I have.’
By MATTHEW RICE
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Members of the minority party tried to pass the resolution on Thursday, but were shut down by an irate Republican congressman presiding over the chamber.
By MATTHEW RICE
|‘We can’t pick on the Jews and expect this committee to be respected,’ one committee member says.
By MATTHEW RICE
|The libertarian congressman is facing a deluge of outside spending directed by the president’s allies.
By MATTHEW RICE
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By DANIEL McCARTHY
Igor Bezinović’s documentary portrayal of an Italian’s poet attempt to rule a city, in what became Croatia, evokes the farcical spirit of an Ealing comedy.
By MARIO NAVES
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The Japanese filmmakers bring more tension and variety to a simple gimmick than it may, in the long run, have deserved.
By MARIO NAVES
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Is the Greek island, famous for architectural preservation and banning cars, still a draw for artists, or a commercialized monument to the past?
By CAROLINE McCAUGHEY
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American fertilizer producers are boosting prices and increasing exports while farmers are seeing costs rise as much as 40 percent.
By LUKE FUNK
|The aerospace manufacturer reportedly submitted a draft registration to the SEC on Wednesday, with five major banks tapped to lead the offering.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Fannie Mae says that, for the first time, it will start accepting mortgages that are backed by digital currencies.
By LUKE FUNK
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The government’s fiscal year 2025 financial statement shows $47.78 trillion in liabilities against just $6 trillion in assets.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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After viral claims that students were faking the faith to skip campus dining, the university rolled out a Jain-friendly menu.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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The judges say the First Amendment ‘does not guarantee students the right to access books of their choosing at taxpayer expense.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Utah’s governor says the new standards are not supposed to be a ‘spiritual study.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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In an interview with the New York Times, Zohran Mamdani signals a willingness to override Commissioner Tisch in ending the Strategic Response Group.
By DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN
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The former CIA director and paid MS NOW contributor has long been a bête noire of the president.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|‘This is an exceptionally difficult case,’ a judge says during the hearing.
By MARIE POHL
|The erstwhile jurist is known for once jailing a witness for ‘shock value’ and giving preferential treatment to her sorority sisters.
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