In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C.For the first time in her two-decade Senate career, the Republican lawmaker from Maine was in danger of losing her seat. President Donald Trump’s dismal approval…

The Department of Defense (DOD) has confirmed the non-hostile death of a U.S. Army officer who was supporting ongoing operations in Iran. A defense official reportedly told Task & Purpose that the female soldier died after suffering a medical incident on a military flight en route to Saudi Arabia on…

Amazon Web Services has become the first cloud provider cleared to handle sensitive information for all NATO members, underscoring that an increasingly independent Europe still relies on capabilities made in America, and suggesting that it’s not as hard for U.S. firms to compete there as the White House insists.The company…

The United States plans to open two military bases in Greenland as part of a broader deal the two countries will sign on Tuesday, according to a report. The U.S. will open the bases in Narsarsuaq, an area with a very small population, and Mestersvig, a military outpost currently used…

Published Sep 22, 2026, 11:05 AM EDT Experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. Read the full article here

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Over 30,000 veterans’ sensitive health data was compromised after a cybersecurity breach took place at a genetic testing laboratory. News outlet FedScoop, citing an email a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official sent to congressional staff on Monday, reported that a cybersecurity incident at the company Baylor Genetics around June…

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will chair a new Homeland Defense advisory board. DefenseNews, citing a memo in the Federal Register Sept. 11, reported that the new board—known simply as the Homeland Defense Board—will provide “specific integrated advice” to Hegseth “regarding the military’s mission of defense.” Some 40 federal advisory…

A Florida woman who fatally shot a U.S. Army veteran outside a Walmart is immune under the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. The dispute this past June at the North Lauderdale Walmart began over a parking space and escalated into a deadly confrontation that will not be charged by prosecutors.…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday its latest missile tests involved a new weapons system of “great significance,” with photos indicating it launched a missile previously described as hypersonic. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the weapon’s development would strengthen the country’s war readiness and give…

Humans are evolutionarily hardwired to seek out certain types of environments, which plays out in the whitetails woods all fall – and often costs us big bucks. Learning to seek out precise locations in the cover is a much better bet, but it isn’t easy. Connect with Tony Peterson and MeatEater…

Iranian law school applicants were abruptly locked out of testing and application services during the September LSAT administration after the Law School Admission Council interpreted new U.S. sanctions as prohibiting service to Iranian citizens or residents. The initial screening also caught some Iranian American and Iranian Canadian dual citizens living…