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PEN America study details verbal and physical threats to librarians, funding cuts and proliferation of book bans...

The U.S.–Israeli war on Iran has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.

“If (Trump) wants to do something, we will retaliate in a seismic manner,” the new secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, said last weekend.

The New York Democrat has one particular piece of real estate in mind.

Germany's ministers for the interior and for foreign affairs plan to ​announce on Tuesday that Russian intelligence ‌services were behind an attempted drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle airport in early ​August, Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Russia attacked Ukraine's port infrastructure and a ​border crossing with Romania in the southern Black Sea ‌region of Odesa overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.

After threats of "financial violence" failed, the White House is back to regular violence.

Sen. Ron Johnson called for a “COVID reckoning,” saying officials involved in the pandemic response must be exposed and held accountable.

If you don’t know what strangulation looks like: The face is frozen in a swollen, desperate gasp. Eyes are bugged out of the skull. Face is puffed up.

Amid deep intra-party divides over Israel in battleground Michigan, AG Dana Nessel told Jewish voters in a leaked video that they have a "moral imperative" to put global issues ahead of their future.

Plus: Gustavo Gordillo's lies, measles among the Amish, Milo Yiannopoulos deported, and more...

The Justice Department’s $400 million deal to settle TikTok child privacy allegations has puzzled Beltway insiders over its easy terms and an unusual lack of transparency.

Apple treated Tim Cook to a farewell tour as he wrapped up his 15-year tenure as CEO on Monday and passed the reins to successor John Ternus – who faces challenges ranging from a troubled AI rollou…...

The resignation marks another major change at the Pentagon, following a series of recent firings and departures.

Donald Trump has put his version of masculinity front and center in American politics for more than 10 years.

Democrat Tom Begich has withdrawn from Alaska’s governor's race and is supporting the first-place finisher, fellow Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.

Officials are closing trucking schools, detaining immigrant drivers and demanding driver data from states.

The private assessment, described to the Washington Post, paints a bleak picture of military readiness.

The vice president appeared at a Republican Jewish Coalition summit at a time when many prominent donors and activists oppose his potential presidential bid.

Comments signal president prepared to use dispute to push UK to raise defence spending and Nato contributions...