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2,200 more Marines, 3 Navy ships likely headed to Middle East: Officials
In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Boxer (LHD 4) departs from Naval Air Station North Island January 14, 2004 in San Diego, California. (Tiffini M. Jones/U.S. Navy via Getty Imag...
Mar 20, 2026
Traumatic brain injury emerging as signature injury in Iran war: US official
Ohio Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Stephen Rhoades commander of Special Troops Command pins the Purple Heart medal on Staff Sgt. Aaron Futrell April 10, 2022, during a ceremony at the Army Aviation S...
Mar 19, 2026
Pentagon seeking $200B more for Iran war, official says
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth provides updates on military operations in Iran during a press briefing at the Pentagon on March 19, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)(WASHINGT...
Mar 19, 2026
Some IVF parents launch campaign against former Alabama justice who made controversial ruling
The Alabama Supreme Court in Montgomery, Alabama, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (Andi Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) -- The former Alabama Supreme Court justice who wrote the co...
Mar 19, 2026
Markwayne Mullin's nomination to be DHS secretary narrowly clears Senate committee with Democratic support
U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) arrives to testify during a confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 18, 20...
Mar 19, 2026
Epstein's longtime lawyer claims 'no knowledge whatsoever' of sex trafficking in deposition
Richard Kahn, an accountant for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arrives for a House Oversight Committee deposition about Epstein, in Rayburn building on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Tom William...
Mar 19, 2026
'I will follow the law,' Bondi says after Democrats storm out of Epstein files briefing
Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives ahead of a closed briefing before the House Oversight Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Im...
Mar 19, 2026
'Low impulse control': GOP Sen. Paul confronts Trump’s DHS pick Markwayne Mullin over 'violence' at confirmation hearing
Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) delivers an opening statement during a confirmation hearing for U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in the ...
Mar 18, 2026
Gabbard questioned on whether Iran posed 'imminent nuclear threat'
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard attends an event where President Donald Trump delivered an announcement on his Homeland Security Task Force in the State Dinning Room of the White ...
Mar 18, 2026
Chief Justice Roberts: 'Personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it's got to stop'
John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the formal group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 23, 2021. Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation by...
Mar 17, 2026
