Martha Gellhorn stowed away on a hospital ship to become the only woman journalist to land on Normandy Beach on D-Day. She carried stretchers before writing her harrowing account of the invasion.

The New Yorker’s famously epicurean writer A.J. Liebling subsisted on military rations and came under fire during World War II to describe...Read more

President Donald Trump Tuesday slammed European allies for refusing to help the U.S. re-open the strategic Straits of Hormuz that Iran has effectively closed to oil tanker traffic since the war erupted last month.

After days of browbeating NATO to assist, Trump reversed course and said the U.S. doesn’t need any help dealing with the effective...Read more

WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee has named nine candidates to its initial list of House hopefuls eligible for extra resources in this year’s midterm elections.

The MAGA Majority program is a rebranding of the party’s longstanding Young Guns effort. It will provide top-tier challengers in Democratic-held or open...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out against longtime allies, many of which have rejected his appeals for help in the Iran War effort, as the closure of a vital waterway continued to wreak havoc on global energy markets.

Trump scolded North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies in particular, denouncing their “foolish mistake�...Read more

DENVER — Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was found not guilty of assaulting another inmate after a brief scufffle in January, though she was convicted of a lesser charge, the Department of Corrections said.

Peters had a disciplinary hearing on March 10, nearly two months after she grabbed a fellow inmate and shoved her into the middle of...Read more

All four living former presidents have denied President Donald Trump’s claim that one of them admitted regretting not attacking Iran while in the White House.

Spokespeople for Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden all said the leaders have not spoken to Trump about the conflict, let alone told him they wish they would have ...Read more

Deep into its third week, the war in Iran is beginning to chafe President Donald Trump’s wider foreign policy and domestic agenda. Trump, who is often immune from the types of repercussions other politicians typically face, now has his back against the wall as gas prices continue to rise, the global oil supply dwindles and lawmakers on Capitol...Read more

MIAMI — Florida’s 2026 regular session ended, and with it, a slew of hotly debated bills.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ agenda for the session this year was thin. But even with the reduced wishlist, many bills died in House-Senate squabbles.

Here is some of the legislation that didn’t make it to DeSantis’ desk.

Vaccine exemptions

Florida ...Read more

Little shocks me these days, but when I heard President Donald Trump’s remark this weekend that after “totally demolishing” much of Iran’s Kharg Island, the United States “may hit it a few more times just for fun,” I was taken aback.

War is not fun.

Hearing a president speak about bombing “just for fun” reflects something much ...Read more

President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House Monday that Cuba would be ideal for the U.S. to take over because of pleasant weather and it is not prone to hurricanes.

If only that were true.

The island nation, which could be on the cusp of dramatic change after Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday the country’s open to ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Harry Reid International Airport’s Transportation Security Administration agents, who haven’t been paid in a month because of the partial government shutdown, can file for state unemployment insurance benefits.

But TSA agents would have to pay back any benefits they receive once they are reimbursed their back pay. The agents, ...Read more

The US. Supreme Court announced Monday it will have oral arguments next month on Trump administration requests to end temporary protected status for Haiti and Syria.

In a one-page order, the high court said it would schedule an hour in April to hear arguments about whether some 356,000 people from the two countries should keep their deportation...Read more

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Flanked by Colombian and Peruvian flags at La Mordida Restaurant Bar and Grill in Clearwater, seven Democrats made their case for why they are best suited for the congressional seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.

In an election cycle where Democrats have solid chances of taking back the U.S. House, Luna’s...Read more

DENVER — Several crosswalk audio signals were hacked in Denver over the weekend, surprising pedestrians with not only a verbal indication that the walk light was on, but with an anti-President Donald Trump message.

“The walk signal is on, (expletive) Trump. The walk signal is on, Trump murders children,” the robotic voices of the hacked ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Neal Dunn was diagnosed with a “terminal” heart illness, President Donald Trump said Monday, adding that doctors initially predicted the North Florida lawmaker would “be dead by June.”

“OK, that wasn’t public,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in an awkward moment. Trump patted him on the back.

The...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review the Trump administration’s effort to remove deportation protections for immigrants from Syria and Haiti, the latest in a series of emergency cases over Trump’s sprawling immigration enforcement effort.

Lower courts had prevented the administration from revoking the temporary protected...Read more

A coalition of states sued the Trump administration Monday over its efforts to roll back fair housing rules that bar certain types of discrimination by landlords, including against LGBTQ+ people.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule change threatening funding for states that offer ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A storm is brewing in the nation’s capital, both inside and outside the halls of Congress.

Congress is barreling toward potential gridlock as friction grows between the chambers over the difficulty of passing a sweeping voter ID and election overhaul bill through the Senate. But Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has ...Read more