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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military has been scaling back its presence at bases across the Middle East, and the US has ordered staff reductions at multiple diplomatic posts in the region, NBC News reported Wednesday, amid growing signs that the US and Israel may be preparing to launch another attack on Iran. Sources...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A California county sent duplicate mail-in ballots to thousands of voters in what officials have characterized  as a printing error, raising questions about election security amid heightened federal scrunity. Tulare County, which includes part of Sequoia National Park, acknowledged the “error” in a statement posted on its...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Donald Trump Jr. sold voters on a simple promise during the 2024 campaign. His father, he argued, would spare America another war in the Middle East, according to a new report from The Atlantic. When Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel in April 2024, the...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square)  The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision Wednesday, temporarily prevented the Trump administration from challenging a policy that allows federal taxpayer dollars to support prisoners' gender transitions. The majority justices on the high court did not block an order in Trump v. Kingdom, a...

(Headline USA) New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a sprawling Santa Fe-area ranch where the disgraced financier entertained guests. The lawsuit seeks to stop attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn from accepting...

(Headline USA) A ruptured chemical tank billowed a white plume into the air for hours Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents out of their homes due to fears of a toxic release and the possibility of another explosion. More than 50,000 people in Toledo, Ohio, were advised to stay indoors as...

(Headline USA) A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Guatemalan man extradited to the U.S. over his role in a 2022 human smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants who had been transported in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas. U.S. and Guatemalan prosecutors called Rigoberto Ramon Miranda...

(Headline USA) Vice President JD Vance said during a campaign visit to Ohio on Wednesday that he is “disgusted” by the Republican pushback against an ad by Vivek Ramaswamy that features the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent in the governor's race, Dr. Amy Acton, and raises questions about...

(Headline USA) Wedding rings were exchanged, and photos of a smiling bride and well-dressed groom made it look like these were legitimate marriages. But federal authorities argued Wednesday that the ceremonies were part of an elaborate, decade-long marriage fraud ring that netted a half-dozen people in Massachusetts millions of dollars....

(Headline USA) Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel Kennedy, has died. She was 42. An advocate for education reform and disability rights, Kennedy lived most of her life in Massachusetts. She died on Sept. 21, according to the town clerk...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has entered the legal battle over New Jersey's tuition breaks for illegal aliens, siding with the Trump administration as it seeks to dismantle the program. According to a FAIR press release, the group filed an amicus brief in the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) U.S. aerospace and defense shares have lagged the broader market as investors reassess whether President Donald Trump’s proposed $500 billion military spending expansion can survive the November midterm elections. The Financial Times reported that Wall Street is increasingly pricing in a Democratic congressional breakthrough and...