Iran claims a wave of strikes on U.S. facilities
Iran said Friday that it had carried out a coordinated series of drone and missile attacks targeting U.S. military facilities across Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, an announcement that came just…
Gold just did something it always seems to do
Gold climbed to a record high in January before falling sharply by late June, a decline of roughly 26 percent from peak to trough. Anyone holding the metal likely felt…
Trump’s nuclear offer comes with a familiar catch
President Trump said this week that a proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia depends entirely on the kingdom taking a significant diplomatic step, normalizing relations with Israel. In a…
Rubio issues a blunt new warning aimed at Iran
Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a pointed warning this week regarding the administration's approach toward Iran, describing the policy in blunt terms while also urging both Tehran and allied…
ICE arrests just hit a record nobody saw coming
Immigration arrests have climbed to their highest levels in the more than two decade history of ICE, according to the agency's top border official, who confirmed this week that daily…
Wilson wins big in a bitter defamation showdown
An Australian court has cleared actor and director Rebel Wilson of defaming the lead actress from her directorial debut, resolving a dispute that had played out publicly across social media…
Anthony Edwards wins big in child support showdown
A Georgia judge set the NBA star's monthly child support payment at $3,222 and ruled decisively on where the case belonged.
Kristian Andersen and the COVID messages that changed the debate
Private messages sent by Andersen, the lead author of an influential early paper dismissing the laboratory origin theory of COVID-19, have surfaced, showing him expressing significant uncertainty about that conclusion…
Arctic research ships from China draw US Coast Guard attention
Two Chinese research vessels passed through waters claimed by the United States in the Arctic this week, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to deploy a cutter to actively monitor their…
Smuggling conspiracy through Canada ends with three federal pleas
Three Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty to participating in an international human smuggling operation that transported hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central and South America into the United States…
