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This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. The political commentariat went into overdrive on Wednesday evening, floating stories of faceless teenaged girls who had

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news briefing on Thursday as the White House and Senate continue to negotiate over more Ukraine war funding and money spent on immigration at the southern border.

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news briefing on Thursday as the White House and Senate continue to negotiate over more Ukraine war funding and money spent on immigration at the southern border.

Judge Mary Kay Holthus was attacked by a defendant during his sentencing. Courtroom assaults such as this are rare, but judges face other threats — more than 4,500 reported incidents in 2021 alone. (Image credit: Clark County District Court via

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Thursday’s funding announcement is the second tied to a 2022 law designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing.

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The bombings, which killed at least 84, targeted a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 U.S. drone strike. Wednesday’s event was the worst militant attack to strike Iran in decades. (Image credit: Sare Tajalli/ISNA via AP)

Police in Perry, Iowa, say multiple people were shot at the city’s high school, on students’ first day back in classes after their annual winter break.

The Pacific system is moving through Western and Southern states before moving up the East Coast this weekend.