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The Trump administration launched a major military attack on Venezuela on Saturday morning, bombing facilities and capturing leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife and flying them to the United States to ...

Three Democratic senators urged Apple and Google to remove Elon Musk’s apps X and Grok from their app stores Thursday evening after xAI’s Grok artificial intelligence tool had been used to flood X ...

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...

It comes as an Iranian security official says 2,000 people have been killed so far after a crackdown on anti-government ...

U.S. forces carried out an audacious raid on Venezuela’s capital, seizing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. President Trump said the United States would “run” the country. By Aimee Ortiz Hannah ...

The tiny bubbles that carry signals between cells throughout the body were discovered decades ago, but precisely what they contain and how their cargo affects recipient cells is still largely a ...

The standard deduction has been super-sized for seniors. Thanks to provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, taxpayers 65 and older can claim an additional $6,000 without itemizing their ...

Donald Trump speaks to the press following U.S. military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 3, 2026. Donald Trump speaks to the press following U.S.