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WASHINGTON — Former National Counterterrorism Center boss Joe Kent gave a wink and nod Wednesday to an outlandish conspiracy theory that Israel may have been involved in the assassination of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
La sede del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos, en Washington, el 5 de abril del 2009. (AP foto/Alex Brandon)
In notices sent to Congress on Thursday, the State Department said the US would sell more than $8 billion in air defense systems and related materiel, including drones, air-to-air missiles and F-16 fighter jet munitions to the UAE, $8 billion in missile defense and radar systems to Kuwait and $70.5 million of aircra…
The Trump administration said Thursday that it has launched investigations into 13 states that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion.
Belarus freed 250 political prisoners on Thursday following negotiations with the United States, while Washington agreed to remove sanctions on several Belarusian companies in return, a U.S. official said.
O presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, disse que o Irã ainda é bem-vindo para participar da Copa do Mundo 2026, mas que talvez não devesse fazê-lo, por segurança. O Irã afirmou que os EUA deveriam ser expulsos do torneio, não eles. E o presidente da Federação Internacional de Futebol (Fifa), Gianni Infantino, diz que a…
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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have long debated the fentanyl trade between China and the US. (ABC)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump may use a White House meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday to press for help in the war on Iran, placing her in an awkward position as Tokyo weighs how much support it can provide.
An airplane lifts off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the sun rises Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Amid Trump threats, Copenhagen also sent over explosives intended to blow up runways, according to Danish media
The ladies of The View offered their thoughts on Senator Markwayne Mullin, who is President Donald Trump‘s top pick to replace former Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
Foreign minister claims Israel convinced Donald Trump to make ‘grave miscalculation’ of waging war on Iran
La gente observa la puesta de sol desde el Malecón durante un apagón en La Habana, el lunes 16 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Ramón Espinosa)
The Pentagon is seeking an additional $200bn from Congress to fund the United States-Israel war with Iran, a conflict Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warns has no “timeframe” for ending.
Markwayne Mullin, senador republicano por Oklahoma y nominado para ser secretario de Seguridad Nacional, en el Congreso en Washington, el 18 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Mariam Zuhaib)
Federal agents look on as protesters gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker, File)
ALBANY – Nassau County Executive and GOP candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman is mocking Gov. Kathy Hochul, who remarked last week that she wants rich former New Yorkers to return to the Empire State.
A lectern awaits the arrival of House Democrats to speak on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian tore into Congress for forcing airport security agents to work without pay, calling the situation “inexcusable” and accusing lawmakers of using frontline workers as “political chips” while a partial government shutdown drags into its fifth week.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., the White House pick for homeland security secretary, testifies during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Late-night hosts discussed the confirmation hearing for Trump’s new homeland security pick, the about-face by Republicans on Iran and the war’s sticker-shock for ordinary Americans
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People watch the sunset from the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Shortly after a now-infamous Seedance video depicting Tom Cruise “fighting” Brad Pitt sent Hollywood into conniptions, WME’s co-chair was blitzing Capitol Hill. Christian Muirhead met with Senators and the White House to gin up interest in the NO FAKES Act, a Senate bill seeking to protect people, like, well, Cruise…
El secretario de Defensa estadounidense Pete Hegseth en conferencia de prensa en el Pentágono en Washington, el 19 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda agreed during talks in Washington to take "concrete steps" to ease tensions and advance a peace accord struck last year, a joint statement said.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Unidentified drones have been spotted above a US military base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth live, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing sources. The report comes as Tehran has vowed retaliation to continued US-Israel strikes on Iran, many of which have targeted se…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the Pentagon's reported $200 billion budget request for Iran war funding "could move."
Neither Tokyo nor Beijing has enough incentive to compromise, observers say, signalling a new reality between Asian giants
From Venezuela to the Middle East, this is gangsterism fused with colonialism. It repudiates the moral language through which US power once justified itself
El canciller de Alemania, Friedrich Merz, a la derecha, y el presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, caminan juntos a su llegada para la cumbre de la UE en el edificio del Consejo Europeo en Bruselas, el jueves 19 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Omar Havana)
KUCHING, Malaysia, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia's leading platform on workplace health and safety, the 24th Asian Congress on Occupational Health (ACOH) 2026, is calling on researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals to secure their participation as key deadlines approach. Scheduled to take place f…
In this week’s newsletter: we look at the global ‘tactical assault’ on women’s rights, how AI slop is affecting our understanding of atrocities, and Nigeria’s bid to preserve its history in the Arctic
President Donald Trump greets Col. Matha “Jeannie” Sasnett, commander of Air Force Mortuary Affairs, as he arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., to attend the casualty return for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in…
Anger grows after a closed-door briefing from attorney general where she refused to commit to testify under oath despite subpoena
The Pentagon is seeking more than $200 billion from Congress to fund the Iran war, the Washington Post reports, citing a senior administration official and sources familiar with the matter.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., President Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary, is sworn in before testifying during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Joe Kent, the former Trump administration intelligence official who resigned this week in protest of the war in Iran, is being investigated by the FBI. The probe predates Kent’s departure as director of the National Counterterrorism Center and centers on allegations he improperly shared classified information, Semaf…
Kennedy’s appointees promoted ‘treatments’ like bleach enemas, but new committee has only one autistic member
BEIJING (AP) — Una provincia china ha lanzado una ofensiva contra el comercio de fentanilo —un tema polémico en las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y China—, al detener a siete personas y cerrar más de 200 sitios web en los últimos meses, informó la prensa estatal el jueves.
Reports of Republican fractures over President Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new poll shared exclusively with The Post Thursday.
As part of wider legal reforms to target repeat offenders such a pickpockets, Spain's upper chamber has proposed a law that would tighten residency requirements for foreigners who commit crimes.
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., to attend the casualty return for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikh…
O secretário de Defesa dos EUA, Pete Hegseth, é conhecido há muito tempo por sua franqueza. Como comentarista da rede de televisão conservadora americana Fox News, ele celebrava os instintos políticos de Donald Trump – algo que agradou particularmente ao republicano e aos apoiadores de seu movimento Maga (Make Ameri…
The US will ”massively blow up” Iran’s South Pars gas field if Tehran continues strikes on Qatari energy facilities, President Donald Trump has warned. South Pars – shared with Qatar, where it is known as the North Field – is the world’s largest natural gas field.