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Long airport lines and rising concerns about threats at home weren’t enough to stop Senate Democrats from blocking Homeland Security funding again Friday. It’s the fifth time Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans have tried to reopen the agency. The latest failed attempt comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown … Read more

Markets seem particularly attuned to increasing oil prices, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq down 1.5% and 2% respectively US stock markets dropped again on Friday, capping off a fourth week of market turbulence as investors worried about the US-Israel war on Iran and its widespread impact on global oil prices. The Dow lost over 400 … Read more

Diggins, 34, clinches fourth World Cup overall title American seals rare feat in Lake Placid season finale Minnesota-born star to retire after dominant season No woman from outside Europe had ever captured the cross-country skiing World Cup overall title until Jessie Diggins in 2021. Now she’s won it four times. The Minnesota-born star clinched yet … Read more

Hezbollah, Iran, and Israel helped fuel a disastrous political crisis in Lebanon. Now the Netanyahu government is using it to justify a larger conflict.

Man wielding knife also tried to slash tires and taken into custody, with two transit officers and a police officer injured Six people were brought to the hospital after a man wielding a butcher knife threatened to stab a bus driver and tried to slash tires at a Boston transit station on Friday before being … Read more

Officials warn some residents could be trapped by rising waters as Wahiawā dam on Oahu ‘may collapse at any time’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Towering flash floods and an imminent dam failure in the northern part of Oahu triggered evacuation warnings in Hawaii on … Read more

Team says ‘timing just didn’t work out’ for visit No NBA team has visited during a Trump presidency The reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder will not visit the White House during their trip to the nation’s capital this weekend. A Thunder spokesperson confirmed Friday that a “timing issue” will prevent the team from making … Read more

Judge rules that Trump’s health secretary did not go through proper procedures when issuing declaration Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary, overstepped his power when he declared that gender-affirming treatments are unsafe, a federal judge has ruled. In a blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to limit access to gender transition procedures, Judge Mustafa … Read more

NBC News correspondents Monica Alba, Courtney Kube and Richard Engel report on the latest in the war with Iran as President Trump continues to suggest it will end “soon.” Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Michael Leiter joins Meet the Press NOW following Israel’s attack on the South Pars natural gas field, which President Trump … Read more

WASHINGTON — President Trump is weighing whether to send possibly thousands of U.S. troops into Iran as he looks for a way to achieve some of his key goals and end the war, according to the two current U.S. officials, two former U.S. officials and another person familiar with the discussions