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BAGHDAD — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. “The

President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. Department of Justice — that mattered. The appearance marked Trump’s clearest exertion

At least 17 people are reported to have died in powerful storms across the United States.

Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say  NBC News

‘Highly unusual’: White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources  ABC News

White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says  Reuters.com

Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency.

UK premier Keir Starmer will prod fellow leaders Saturday to sign up to a coalition willing to protect any eventual ceasefire in Ukraine, having said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “not serious about peace”. The British prime minister is expected

Most housing discrimination claims are handled by local nonprofits around the country. They say the Trump administration has hobbled them, and are challenging the cuts as unlawful. (Image credit: Alex Wong)

It doesn’t matter how full you are, you can always fit in a bite or two or three of pie and ice cream. Scientists say it has to due with special neurons in our brain that just can’t get enough