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FILE – Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Top counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Trump’s Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat

March 17, 2026 at 11:18 a.m.

Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and saying he “cannot in...

FILE – The CEO of FireEye Kevin Mandia gives a tour of the cybersecurity company’s unused office space in Reston, Va., March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren, file)

Iran-linked hackers take aim at US and other targets, raising risk of cyberattacks during war

March 12, 2026 at 5:13 p.m.

Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the United States during the war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says US ‘can’t stop everything’ that Iran fires even as he asserts air dominance

March 4, 2026 at 10:20 a.m.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged Wednesday that some Iranian air attacks may still hit their targets even as he asserted that U.S. military superiority is quickly giving it control of...

President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Iran suggests it’s open to US talks, White House official says, and President Trump is ‘eventually’ willing

March 1, 2026 at 1:12 p.m.

A senior White House official said Sunday that Iran’s “new potential leadership” has suggested it is open to talks with the United States after American and Israeli forces launched a...

ARCHIVO – Dario Amodei, director general y cofundador de la empresa Anthropic, asiste a la reunión anual del Foro Económico Mundial, el 23 de enero de 2025, en Davos, Suiza. (AP Foto/Markus Schreiber, archivo)

What to know about the clash between the Pentagon and Anthropic over military’s AI use

February 28, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

A high-stakes dispute over military use of artificial intelligence erupted into public view this week as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brusquely terminated Anthropic’s work with the Pentagon and other government...

Attorney General Pam Bondi, joined at left by FBI Director Kash Patel, and Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, appear before reporters at the Justice Department, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington, to announce the capture of a key participant in the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pam Bondi dismisses concerns over Tulsi Gabbard’s role in FBI search of Georgia election hub

February 6, 2026 at 6:24 p.m.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday she is not worried that the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office could...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio details how the Trump administration will control Venezuela’s oil money

January 28, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

The Trump administration soon will allow Venezuela to sell oil now subject to U.S. sanctions, with the revenue initially dedicated to basic government services such as policing and health care...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Pete Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats, says Donald Trump can order use of force ‘as he sees fit’

December 6, 2025 at 4:05 p.m.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended strikes on alleged drug cartel boats during remarks Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

File – People hike at Glacier National Park in Montana. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

National Park Service eliminates free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump’s birthday

December 6, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump’s birthday next year — which also happens to be Flag Day — but is eliminating...

A protester, draped in an altered American flag, watches as law enforcement officers try to disperse protesters near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard sets up a legal clash testing presidential power

October 6, 2025 at 2:24 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s bid to deploy the military on U.S. soil over local opposition is triggering a new conflict with blue state governors that is playing out in the courts.

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