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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is returning to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for the last in a series of often combative hearings before lawmakers, who have pressed him on everything from a ban on transgender troops to his use of a

Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of blistering Israeli strikes.

With the very real possibility that the U.S. will partner with Israel and take an active role in the growing war with Iran, longtime New York Times columnist Tom Friedman expressed dismay that Donald Trump’s key advisers are in no

Childhood friend says Minnesota suspect had ‘darkness inside of him’  AP News From sermons in the Congo to funeral home jobs, Minnesota suspect’s life took a strange turn in recent years  CNN Minnesota shooting suspect started as a frustrated idealist, his writings

Trump extends TikTok deadline again  Politico Donald Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline, White House says  BBC President Trump plans third executive order to extend TikTok deadline  WBAL-TV Trump set to grant another extension to avoid TikTok disruption  NBC News White House confirms

Trump weighs US options on sixth day of Israel-Iran conflict  CNN

As the war between Iran and Israel intensifies, Trump and his political allies are at odds on what the next steps should be. And, a new report shows street drug deaths in the U.S. are on the rise. (Image credit:

As a freshman in high school, Caroline Koziol competed in the Connecticut statewide championship, swimming the 100-yd. butterfly in just over a minute. By senior year, she could barely climb the stairs without seeing black spots. In September 2021, Koziol’s

Israel versus Palestine. Liberals versus conservatives.  The Mets versus the Yankees. Whichever we favor, we’ve come to believe that our unwavering, religious-like allegiance is not only normal and unavoidable, but advantageous: stemming from an evolutionary adaptation that allowed our species

This summer I’ll step onstage to compete as a professional athlete for the first time—at 50. I’ll wear a fuchsia bikini small enough to fit in a Ziplock bag, pose and flex in clear heels, and strike a smile while