Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz inflicted global pain during the months-long conflict with the U.S. and Israel. A tentative deal is in place, but questions remain about the key waterway.
U.S. deploys Typhon system to Kyushu, Japan, during Valiant Shield, boosting Indo-Pacific deterrence and strengthening U.S.-Japan defense cooperation.
U.S. Pacific Command was originally established by President Harry Truman in 1947, making it the oldest — and largest — of America’s combatant commands.
Trump-endorsed candidates won Senate runoffs in Georgia and Alabama, but in a rare defeat, the president’s pick for Georgia governor failed to advance.
The president was set to leave France — until he was invited to the palace that has inspired his construction projects, including the White House ballroom.
The president linked the move to his efforts to pass voting restrictions and said Jay Clayton’s hearing would be delayed until his replacement as U.S. attorney is confirmed.
Data: U.S. Census Current Population Survey data analyzed by Pew ; Chart: Noah Bressner/Axios Just over half of parents in families with a mom and a dad both worked full time last year, setting a record high, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis out Tuesday. The big picture: It comes as college-educated women are flocking to the workforce — and as cost-of-living concerns strain families . By the numbers: Fifty-two percent of different-sex couples with minor children are made up of two parents who work full time, up six percentage points from a decade ago and 21 points since 1975, according to Pew's analysis of U.S. Census data. - The share of families where the dad works full time and the mom is not employed fell from 42%…
President Trump's Iran deal has opened an explosive second front in MAGA's civil war, waged by hawkish allies who view U.S. concessions as an existential betrayal of Israel. Why it matters: Across two terms and 11 years in the political spotlight, no issue has divided Trump's base more than the Iran war. When U.S. strikes began, leading isolationists — from Tucker Carlson to Marjorie Taylor Greene — were excommunicated for suggesting Trump had abandoned "America First" principles on behalf of Israel. - Three months later, with an interim deal in hand and peace potentially on the horizon, the Republican hawks who cheered Trump into battle are now leading their own furious rebellion. Driving the news: Pro-Israel conservatives are…
An Alaskan election official determined Monday that a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) is ineligible to appear on the ballot. “On review of the complaints and other information in the Division’s possession, I conclude that your declaration of candidacy was not properly filed with the Division because it was not filed in order to declare an actual good-faith candidacy for the office of United States Senator, but was instead filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead and to thereby compromise the ballot’s fairness or neutrality,” Carol Beecher, director of the Governor’s Division of Elections, wrote in a Monday letter to the candidate, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. Read More:…
Part of the plane remained on Laredo's Loop 20 early on Wednesday.