Top Iranian official downplays death toll, blames ‘Israeli plot’ as US considers strikes

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected claims of mass casualties amid a recent surge in protests within the Islamic country and blamed

DHS at center of progressive revolt as House advances $80B spending package

The House of Representatives passed a roughly $80 billion spending package Wednesday evening, taking a significant step toward averting a government shutdown

Top federal Minnesota prosecutors officially terminated after dispute over ICE shooting probe

Several federal prosecutors in Minnesota were formally fired on Wednesday after they gave notice that they had resigned in the wake of

Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi plans to dissolve Parliament and call early election to strengthen coalition

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve Parliament’s powerful lower house as early as this month, setting up a snap election

Lindsey Graham calls for US to use ‘any means necessary’ to stop the people behind the killing of Iranians

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina declared in a Wednesday post on X that the U.S. should utilize ‘any means necessary’

Obama wingman Eric Holder defended Walz’s vetting — then Minnesota’s fraud scandal erupted

Former Democratic Attorney General Eric Holder, who served during former President Barack Obama’s tenure, played a key role in vouching for Minnesota