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A service member fills out an absentee ballot in Afghanistan in 2008. Overseas voters often rely on mail-in ballots. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

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Military voters were at the heart of the Supreme Court’s mail‑in ballot decision

Staff Writer - July 5, 2026

Israeli soldiers patrol near the border with Lebanon on June 9, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images

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Israel’s ‘campaign between the wars’: How strategy to contain Iran and its allies risks further straining ties with US

A farmer in Michigan spreads liquid fertilizer on a field. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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War‑induced fertilizer shortage may be reducing US soil and water pollution

The Strait of Hormuz is just one example of a busy shipping lane where GPS signals are blocked and faked. Asghar Besharati/Getty Images

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From Hormuz to the cockpit: How warfare and criminal activity undermine GPS and the race to safeguard navigation

Buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes are seen in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, on May 31, 2026. AP Photo

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In Iran war’s shadow, Israel’s renewed Lebanon campaign risks repeating failed lessons – and occupations – of the past

Federal law enforcement agents confront anti-ICE protesters during a demonstration outside the Bishop Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 15, 2026. Octavio Jones / AFP via Getty Images

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The Insurrection Act is one of at least 26 legal loopholes...

Staff Writer - January 16, 2026

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran on Jan. 9, 2026. MAHSA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

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How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing...

Staff Writer - January 13, 2026

An elderly Ukrainian walks through the rubble following a Russian aerial bomb strike in Donetsk Oblast. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if...

Staff Writer - January 12, 2026

A protester stands near a makeshift memorial honoring Renee Nicole Good, the victim of a fatal shooting in Minneapolis involving federal law enforcement agents. AP Photo/Tom Baker

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ICE killing of driver in Minneapolis involved tactics many police departments...

Staff Writer - January 9, 2026

A Japanese American family is taken to a relocation center in San Francisco in May 1942. Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans...

Staff Writer - January 8, 2026

Better days: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, left, met the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on Oct. 22, 2016. Pool/Supreme Leader Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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Today Venezuela, tomorrow Iran: can the Islamic Republic survive a second...

Staff Writer - January 7, 2026

Explosions are seen at Fort Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, Jan. 3, 2026. Luis Jaimes/AFP via Getty Images

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2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the...

Staff Writer - January 6, 2026

U.S. military fighter jets sit on the tarmac at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Puerto Rico, on Jan. 3, 2026. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP via Getty Images

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How Maduro’s capture went down – a military strategist explains what...

Staff Writer - January 5, 2026

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The ‘Three Pure Ones,’ the deities considered the most pure representation of the Dao. Unknown author via Wikimedia Commons

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From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...

Staff Writer - July 6, 2026

Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....

Life went on in the late 18th century, regardless of your everyday ailments. Archive Photos/Getty Images

How did it feel to be an American colonist in 1776?...

July 2, 2026

People are often concerned about environmental risks lurking near their homes. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...

July 1, 2026

Leaving the pyrotechnics to the professionals is safer and more spectacular. YinYang/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Fireworks, heat and drought make this July 4th a recipe for wildfires

June 30, 2026

Rescue workers carry a person on a stretcher in Caracas following an earthquake in Venezuela on June 24, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Aid is on the way after Venezuela’s earthquakes, but it’s not...

June 27, 2026