The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing one “narco-terrorist.” U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) shared a 27-second video of the strike on X, adding that the vessel was “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters” and was “transiting along known narco-trafficking routes” in the eastern Pacific. ...
At least six people were killed when a Mexican Naval plane crashed in Galveston Bay off the Texas coast on Monday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The office of the Secretary of the Mexican Navy said on X Monday evening that the aircraft, with eight people on board, was conducting a medical support mission in...
President Trump caused a political storm Monday by saying the deaths of director Rob Reiner and his wife were related to politics, calling them “reportedly” the result of “Trump derangement syndrome.” The remark, made in a Truth Social post, drew notable shock and quick criticism from both sides of the aisle. While Trump doesn’t often draw immediate blowback...
The Senate on Monday cleared a key procedural hurdle as it looks to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) before lawmakers leave town for the holidays at the end of the week. Senators voted 76-20 to put the annual defense policy bill a step closer to final passage, which will still take several more...
A new Gallup poll found that the percentage of respondents using artificial intelligence (AI) at work ticked up during the third quarter of this year. The survey, released Sunday, found that 45 percent of U.S. employees reported using AI to complete tasks at work last quarter, up from 40 percent in quarter two. More than...
The United States, Ukraine and major European countries have reached consensus on 90 percent of terms for a deal to end Ukraine's war with Russia, two senior U.S. officials said Monday, but they added questions of territorial control have yet to be resolved. The comments came after 2 1/2 days of intensive discussions between President...
Outgoing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on Sunday said he hasn’t taken a 2028 presidential run “off the table,” but suggested the public shouldn’t hold their breath for it, either. “I haven't taken anything off the table ... but I wouldn't put a lot of money on that,” Murphy said during an interview on...
President Trump blamed Brown University for the delay in locating the suspect in the fatal mass shooting on the school’s campus in Rhode Island on Saturday. “You’d really have to ask the school a little bit more about that because this was a school problem,” Trump said when asked on Monday if FBI Director Kash...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday vowed that the U.S. will "avenge ... with overwhelming force” the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an ambush in Syria. Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, were killed Saturday in Palmyra along with a civilian interpreter involved...
President Trump said Monday his administration is “considering” reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, days after The Washington Post reported he is expected to sign an executive order telling agencies to pursue reclassification soon. Such a move would continue efforts begun by the Biden administration, which started the process to make marijuana a Schedule III...
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An agreement between moderate Republicans and GOP leadership in the House to allow a vote on extending expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies is on the rocks as the two sides squabble over the contents of the amendment. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and other GOP centrists are planning to introduce an amendment in the House...
President Trump on Monday lashed out at Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) over Tina Peters, his latest remarks focusing on the case of the state election official who was convicted of multiple felonies after breaching voting equipment in the 2020 election. Trump held an event in the Oval Office focused on slowing the flow of...
Former New York City Police Department Deputy Commissioner John Miller said he sees “friction” between local police and the FBI over the handling of the “person of interest” in the Brown University shooting who was subsequently released because of insufficient evidence. In an interview on “CNN Newsroom” late Sunday, Miller said he noticed “a couple...
