Colombian military plane crash kills at least 66, head of armed forces says
A military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo,...
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Pentagon Implores Civilian Workers to Join ICE “Volunteer Force”
The Pentagon has put out a call to its civilian employees to volunteer with the Department of Homeland Security as...
Pentagon Claims It Needs Additional $200 Billion to Pay for War on Iran
The Pentagon wants $200 billion in supplemental funds to pay for its war on Iran, a defense official told The...
Illinois Results: Daniel Biss Beats Kat Abughazaleh in Blow to Left and AIPAC Alike
Democratic voters in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District chose Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss as their nominee to replace retiring Rep. Jan...
Trump Wants to Put You in a Massive, Secret Government Database
Donald Trump signs an executive order on March 25, 2025, directing the Treasury Department to modernize and centralize its payment...
Trump’s War on Iran Could Cost Trillions
The Trump administration is drastically undercounting the price tag of the U.S. war with Iran, peddling fragmentary estimates that offer...
It’s a War With Iran, Not an “Intervention”
Smoke and flames rise at the site of U.S.–Israeli airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026. Photo:...
Ukraine sending drone team to help protect US bases in Jordan at Washington’s request, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine has dispatched interceptor drones and a team of drone specialists to help protect U.S. military bases in Jordan as...
Will James Talarico Really Fight for Justice in Texas?
Texas state Rep. James Talarico’s victory in a heated Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday offered a potential bright spot to...
Rambling Man: Trump’s State of the Union
“The deliberate cruelty that they found humor in stood out to me,” says Jordan Uhl of Donald Trump’s Tuesday evening...
Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped?
A warehouse that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to convert into a detention center for immigrants in Roxbury, N.J.,...
Air Force Maintenance Staff Can’t Stop Buying Fancy Knives With Tax Dollars
They call them “box cutters,” but everyone on the flightline knows what the term really means. The blades slide out...
Pam Bondi Is Pushing Death Sentences for People Spared By Her Predecessor
When U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi declared that she would seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione — the first...
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. KAMPALA, UGANDA — Ever since President Donald Trump was elected a year...
Ambassador Mike Waltz lays out ‘America First’ vision for US leadership at the UN
EXCLUSIVE: Ambassador Mike Waltz, the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, outlined the Trump administration’s "America First"-centered policies he...
