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Back on Earth: NASA Astronauts Return After 237 Days in Space

OCT 10, 2026 AT 09:00 AM ET

Four astronauts have safely returned from the International Space Station after nearly eight months in orbit. Their mission delivered scientific breakthroughs, tested the limits of human endurance, and highlighted how private American companies are transforming space exploration.

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Japan Has 100,000 People Over 100. What’s Their Secret?

OCT 10, 2026 AT 08:00 AM ET

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Navi Pillay Wins the Nobel — But the Real Story Is What the Prize Now Rewards

OCT 9, 2026 AT 09:02 AM ET

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Trump’s Warning: Stop Iran Now—or Risk America Later

OCT 6, 2026 AT 11:55 AM ET

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Mystery Death Inside Russia’s Plague Lab Has Washington Watching

OCT 5, 2026 AT 01:10 PM ET

A 28-year-old employee at one of Russia’s anti-plague research institutes died after developing a mysterious pneumonia, triggering quarantines, medical monitoring and new questions about what happened inside the Siberian facility. Russia says testing has not linked her death to the pathogens she worked around. Washington is not sounding an alarm—but Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is watching closely.

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17 Nations Join Trump’s Science Push

OCT 5, 2026 AT 12:55 PM ET

The United States and 16 other nations have endorsed a new science framework in Kyoto built around Super Intelligence, faster research funding, autonomous experimentation and a new generation of scientists. The real story is bigger than another international declaration: Washington is trying to establish the rules for how AI could transform scientific discovery before the rest of the world does.

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Brazil Presidential Election: Conservative Bolsonaro Takes the Lead

OCT 5, 2026 AT 10:53 AM ET

Brazil’s presidential race just delivered one of the biggest political surprises of 2026. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, carrying the conservative movement built by his father Jair Bolsonaro, finished the first round ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. But there is a bigger story: Latin America is moving right, and the political map of the entire Western Hemisphere is being rewritten.

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They Drilled 60 Feet Into the ‘Ark.’ They Still Haven’t Hit Solid Rock.

OCT 4, 2026 AT 10:45 AM ET

The investigation beneath Turkey’s mysterious Durupınar formation has entered its most important phase yet. Researchers drilled more than 60 feet below the boat-shaped site and say they did not encounter the continuous solid rock some geological explanations would suggest. Now hundreds of samples are in laboratories—and this winter may finally tell us whether there is something unusual buried beneath the mountains of Ararat.

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Trump Says Iran Is Ready to Fold. 9,000 More U.S. Forces Are Moving In.

OCT 3, 2026 AT 04:00 PM ET

The United States is sending another 9,000 sailors and Marines toward the Middle East while Trump’s senior national-security team meets privately at Camp David. Tehran is still threatening Hormuz, the Houthis are widening the regional fight, and Trump says Iran “played their cards too tough.” The next phase of the war may already be taking shape.

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Breaking: Netanyahu Says Flydubai Plunge Was an Attempted Terror Attack

SEP 30, 2026 AT 10:29 AM ET

A Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv plunged thousands of feet after an alleged cockpit attack, forcing an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Israeli officials now say they believe the incident was an attempted jihadist terror attack—and passengers may have helped prevent catastrophe.

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Iran Wanted Seven Days. Washington Said No.

SEP 30, 2026 AT 10:18 AM ET

Iran finally received the formal American response it had been demanding. The original seven-day proposal had already been publicly rejected by President Trump, and the message now reaching Tehran is clear: if Iran wants an agreement, the terms will have to change. Meanwhile, the rial is at a record low, oil exports remain squeezed, China has publicly rejected tolls on international waterways, and Washington is adding—not removing—economic pressure.

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Why Is Iran Writing to Americans Now?

SEP 29, 2026 AT 08:57 AM ET

As Iran’s economy weakens, oil exports remain squeezed and China resists Tehran’s Hormuz strategy, the Revolutionary Guard is taking its message directly to the American people. The question is why now.

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Iran Wants a Deal. Trump Says Not This One.

SEP 26, 2026 AT 12:53 PM ET

Tehran has now formally offered a seven-day roadmap that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear negotiations. President Donald Trump rejected the proposal, arguing that Iran is returning to the table precisely because the U.S. blockade has deprived the regime of oil revenue and increased economic pressure. Washington is signaling that it does not intend to surrender that leverage simply to obtain another temporary ceasefire. The next few days may show whether Tehran is prepared to offer substantially more—or whether the confrontation enters another dangerous phase.

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Trump Knows. Tehran Is Now Negotiating.

SEP 25, 2026 AT 09:45 AM ET

Iran’s president used the U.N. stage to portray his country principally as the victim of American and Israeli aggression. Less visible were the negotiations happening around him: Tehran has now put reopening the Strait of Hormuz on the table, is exploring a phased exit from the seven-month conflict and, according to Reuters, may even defer one of its most controversial demands. That does not prove every element of President Trump’s Iran strategy was correct. But it does provide evidence for one of his central arguments: overwhelming military and economic pressure can create negotiating leverage.

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The Walkout Was the Picture. Iran Was the Warning.

SEP 25, 2026 AT 09:29 AM ET

Benjamin Netanyahu’s U.N. speech produced the image most television networks knew would travel: diplomats walking out. But focusing on the empty chairs risks missing the argument he actually brought to New York—about Iran, the network of armed groups Tehran has financed, the October 7 attack that began the Gaza war, and a battle over whether public opinion is replacing evidence. Some of Netanyahu’s claims remain deeply contested. Others rest on facts that should not disappear simply because his critics refuse to hear him.

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The New Nuclear Race Isn’t Nuclear — It’s AI. And Xi Knows It.

SEP 25, 2026 AT 08:37 AM ET

The Trump-Xi summit did not produce a sweeping AI treaty or end the U.S.-China rivalry. But something more subtle happened inside the White House. Xi Jinping publicly called for AI to remain under human control, competition between the two superpowers to stay “within bounds,” and stronger crisis-communication mechanisms to prevent confrontation. Days earlier, Washington had proposed an AI emergency-notification system between the world's two leading AI powers. The pieces are beginning to fit together—and they look increasingly familiar.

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Trump Takes American Power to the UN

SEP 22, 2026 AT 03:46 PM ET

President Donald Trump used a 36-minute United Nations address to present a sweeping argument for American power: pressure Iran into a nuclear agreement, expand the U.S. security position in Greenland, confront drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere, compete aggressively with China in artificial intelligence and use economic and military leverage abroad. Supporters described the speech as a statement of strength; critics focused on the risks of escalation, particularly in Iran.

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The U.S. Geopolitical Repositioning in Real Time

SEP 21, 2026 AT 10:38 AM ET

A look at how Greenland fits into a much larger shift in global power—where geography, military access, technology, trade, and strategic alliances are reshaping the balance between the United States, Europe, China, Russia, and the Arctic. What may look like isolated decisions could actually be pieces of a much bigger geopolitical realignment.

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Iran Issued Code 100: What Are We Really Seeing?

SEP 20, 2026 AT 10:59 AM ET

President Trump unexpectedly returned to the White House early from Camp David, U.S. diplomatic missions across the Middle East warned Americans to prepare for possible escalation, and reports began circulating that Iran had moved its armed forces to a maximum “Code 100” alert. Some pieces of the puzzle are confirmed. Others are not. The real story may be more consequential than the rumors.

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The House Is Too Close to Ignore

SEP 18, 2026 AT 08:09 PM ET

Republicans currently hold only a four-seat numerical advantage over Democrats in the House, while independent election analysts identify dozens of competitive districts. The 2026 midterms will determine far more than who occupies 435 seats: the result will decide House leadership, committee control, legislative priorities and oversight during the final two years before the 2028 presidential election.

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America May Finally Stop Losing Money on Pennies

SEP 17, 2026 AT 08:41 PM ET

The House has advanced legislation that would permanently end production of the circulating penny, formalizing a policy begun under President Trump. The economic logic is unusually simple: the U.S. Mint says producing a one-cent coin now costs several times its face value, and stopping production is expected to save taxpayers roughly $56 million annually.

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Texas Puts ‘Radical Islam’ in 9/11 Lessons

SEP 16, 2026 AT 08:32 PM ET

Texas has approved new high-school social-studies standards that explicitly connect the rise of “radical Islam” with al-Qaeda, the September 11 attacks and ISIS. Supporters of the Republican-led board say students deserve direct language about the ideology that motivated extremist movements; Muslim organizations and several curriculum advisers argue some of the wording goes too far and risks confusing violent extremism with the broader Islamic faith.

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Europe Courts Canada as U.S. Rift Deepens

SEP 16, 2026 AT 07:41 PM ET

The European Union is proposing an unprecedented “associate membership” relationship with Canada just as Ottawa’s trade confrontation with Washington intensifies. Supporters describe it as strategic diversification. Critics in the United States may see something else: Europe taking advantage of a moment of North American tension to pull one of America’s closest partners deeper into Brussels’ economic and security orbit.

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The $40,000 Kill Order That Reached Washington: DOJ Says Russian Spy Network Tried to Recruit an Assassin on U.S. Soil

SEP 16, 2026 AT 12:19 PM ET

Federal prosecutors say a Russian intelligence-linked network reached inside the United States, conducted surveillance around Washington, D.C., and offered $40,000 to have a Kremlin critic “eliminated.” The FBI says the operation was disrupted before the alleged assassination could be carried out.

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