Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, forcing the United Nations maritime agency to temporarily halt its plan to evacuate trapped vessels from the waterway and throwing global shipping into fresh turmoil.
The House Appropriations Committee advanced its $1.1 trillion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2027 on Wednesday, voting along party lines 34-27 to send the legislation forward with a provision that would officially rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine just sided with "radical leftists" over Ohio voters who want secure elections, according to a leading conservative group, after he vetoed a bill that would have required photo ID for mail-in ballots.
Ukraine's military intelligence directorate says Russia has created more than 50 burial sites for anthrax-infected livestock in occupied portions of the Kherson region, placing infected carcasses within walking distance of civilian neighborhoods in what Kyiv is calling deliberate biological terrorism.
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for a probe into the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) after fentanyl flooded the state during the Biden administration.
