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Defense secretary pulls Trump critic Gen. Milley's security clearance and protective detail

Jan. 29, 2025 17:58 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling security protections and clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, retired Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, and has ordered the Pentagon's inspector general to review Milley's actions while serving as the nation's top uniformed officer to determine...

'Remarkably poor judgment': Wall Street Journal takes a critical eye to start of Trump's 2nd term

Jan. 29, 2025 14:45 PM EST

Amid all of the enthusiasm in conservative media for President Donald Trump's first week back in office, the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has notably applied some brakes. The Journal has editorialized against Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 rioters, called presidential...

Trump should rethink revoking former officials' security details, Tom Cotton says

Jan. 26, 2025 14:32 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump should rethink his decision to remove security details from three former senior national security officials, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday. That protection is not just for them, but also the public,...

Iran's foreign minister meets the Taliban in the first visit to Kabul in 8 years

Jan. 26, 2025 08:57 AM EST

Top Taliban officials met Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday to discuss tensions along their shared border, the treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran and water rights. It was the first visit by an Iranian foreign minister to the Afghan capital since 2017. Foreign...

Trump revokes protections for former Secretary of State Pompeo and top aide threatened by Iran

Jan. 23, 2025 16:28 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook, who have faced threats from Iran since they took hard-line stances on the Islamic Republic during Trump's first administration. ...

From ‘The Brutalist' to 'Wicked,' where to watch this year’s top awards movies

Jan. 23, 2025 12:27 PM EST

The 2025 movie awards season is in full swing but figuring out where to watch everything can be overwhelming. Are they streaming? For free? In theaters? Only in Los Angeles and New York? Take one of the big winners of the Golden Globes, “The Brutalist,” a film that’s been...

Southern rebels loom large as Syria's new rulers try to form a national army

Jan. 22, 2025 21:17 PM EST

NAWA, Syria (AP) — As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country's northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or Syria’s government met in Qatar on what to do. According to people briefed on the Dec. 7...

Italian journalist detained in Iran says she expected to be held longer and praises Musk's role

Jan. 20, 2025 09:12 AM EST

ROME (AP) — An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States said she assumed she would have been held much longer, and said her boyfriend's contact with Elon Musk might have been “fundamental” to her release. ...

Today in History: January 28, explosion of the space shuttle Challenger

Jan. 20, 2025 00:03 AM EST

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2025. There are 337 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven crew members including schoolteacher...

Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran's capital tied to 1988 mass executions

Jan. 18, 2025 15:20 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of dissidents in 1988. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the shootings of the...