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A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds President Trump’s approval at 36%, down from 40% the prior week, with rising fuel prices and public disapproval over the Iran war cited as key factors.
A partial U.S. government shutdown has prompted hundreds of TSA resignations and thousands of absences, raising questions about why ICE agents are being paid while TSA workers are not.
Lawmakers in U.S. states that ban abortion are targeting medication abortion by proposing measures to curb pills mailed or prescribed by out-of-state providers, a development that could narrow access and reshape telemedicine.
Iran’s parliamentary speaker Qalibaf denied reports he was acting as a U.S. negotiating contact amid the fourth week of war following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
The NTSB is examining the cockpit voice recorder and control tower communications after a deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services for members of Congress, blaming resource strain from a prolonged U.S. government shutdown that has disrupted air travel.
Russia launched nearly 400 long-range drones in an overnight strike that killed six and wounded at least 46, while Moscow presses to break Ukrainian frontline defences ahead of a possible spring offensive.
Trump cast a Florida mail ballot while calling mail-in voting “cheating” and “corrupt as hell,” and is urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act to ban universal mail ballots.
Markwayne Mullin, a Republican senator and close ally of Donald Trump, was sworn in as U.S. homeland security secretary during a government shutdown, pledging to steady the department and reduce controversies.
They Will Kill You, starring Zazie Beetz as ex‑con Asia Reaves, is a bloodier, funnier take on the estranged‑sisters survival trope, earning 3.5/5 in a recent review.
The Senate met as lawmakers considered a potential deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security after Republican senators held a late-night meeting with President Donald Trump, signaling possible progress in funding talks.
An Israeli missile struck a waterfront building in Tyre while an Al Jazeera journalist was on air, interrupting the live report and highlighting risks to civilians and media in border areas.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed Alan Armstrong, chairman and former CEO of Williams Companies, to fill Markwayne Mullin’s U.S. Senate seat through the end of the year—a move that installs an energy executive in federal office.
CERN scientists in Geneva successfully conducted a first‑of‑its‑kind truck test transporting antiprotons, a delicate demonstration of safe antimatter handling.
President Trump has named Oklahoma lawmaker Markwayne Mullin to head the Department of Homeland Security, tasking him with overseeing a contentious crackdown on migrants that could reshape U.S. enforcement and affect migration flows through Latin America.
PBS reports that American national Dennis Coyle, detained in Afghanistan in January 2025 on unspecified allegations, has been released after more than a year in custody.
PBS reports a record-smashing heat wave has spread across nearly the entire U.S. and is expected to persist, raising health, energy and agricultural concerns.
An Al Jazeera opinion warns Keir Starmer’s Iran policy risks repeating the mistakes of the 2003 US-UK invasion of Iraq, arguing the British government has learned no lessons.
QatarEnergy has declared force majeure on some LNG contracts after production was disrupted by events linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran, raising concerns about global gas supplies.
Iranian leaders, including Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, have denied that talks with the United States are underway, underscoring uncertainty about contact between Tehran and Washington.