By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer A seniors group said it is forecasting the cost-of-living adjustment for next year’s Social Security payments to remain steady at 2.8% as U.S. officials released the latest
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer The Philippines said on Monday that it rejected Beijing’s claims to sovereignty over the entire South China Sea and denied a claim by China’s embassy that a
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer U.S. Central Command on Sunday released a statement disputing claims from the Iranian regime that the United States has struck Gulf nations with attack drones, stating that Tehran is behind
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer Around 17,600 pounds of cocaine were taken into custody from a drug smuggling vessel, with the quantity large enough to make more than 6 million potentially lethal doses, the United States
By John Haughey Contributing Writer President Donald Trump said Monday that several nations will send warships to join the United States Navy in escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz but
By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States is in talks with Cuba and expects to reach a deal with the communist-ruled country soon. Trump told reporters
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer The effectiveness of vaccines against influenza dropped during the 2025-26 virus season, officials said on Thursday, about two months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped recommending flu vaccination for all children. Vaccine effectiveness for late 2025 and early 2026 against outpatient visits and hospitalization was pegged at 14% to 48% among children, Dr. Lisa Grohskopf with the CDC’s Influenza Division told a meeting
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer U.S. regulators have expanded the approval for GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus, the company said last week. Adults as young as 18 can now receive
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel said on Friday that the island’s communist regime has held talks with the United States. The announcement comes after Cuba said it would release
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday that there is no evidence that Iran is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. When asked in a
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer All six crew members aboard a U.S. military refueling aircraft have been confirmed dead after it crashed in western Iraq, military officials said. In a post on X, U.S.
By Evgenia Filimianova Contributing Writer Iran’s newly appointed leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz must remain closed for leverage and vowed retaliation for Iranians killed in the conflict,
By Jacki Thrapp Contributing Writer Police responded to an active shooter incident at the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township in Michigan on Thursday. “FBI personnel are on the scene
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Kyiv has sent specialists to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to help them combat Iranian drone attacks.
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer Three commercial vessels were struck by projectiles in and around the Strait of Hormuz overnight as Iran ramped up regional attacks, U.K. maritime officials said on Wednesday, with
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on Tuesday that he’s counted votes in the upper chamber and concluded there aren’t enough to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act by employing the so-called
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday designated Afghanistan as a “state sponsor of wrongful detention” and declared the country not safe for Americans. The Taliban regime — which has
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer The United States has struck more than 5,000 targets across Iran since the start of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, Central Command said in an
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer President Donald Trump on Monday said that the U.S. operation against Iran is “very complete,” giving an indication that the one-week-long war is coming to an end soon. “I think the
By Bill Pan Contributing Writer Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said he will not seek reelection in his southern California district, which had been redrawn to favor Democrats in last year’s redistricting. On Friday, the