Why do some U.S. airports have private security, but others use TSA?
About 20 U.S. airports rely on private security companies rather than the Transportation Security Administration to ensure that passengers and cargo c...
Iran Risks Peace Talks With U.S. to Maintain Leverage Over Strait
Iran sees its control over the Strait of Hormuz as critical leverage in peace talks with the United States. It seems willing to risk the cease-fire to...
U.S. and Iran exchange strikes, as violence escalates between Israel and Hezbollah
Tehran launched drone and missile attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait Sunday, threatening to halt negotiations with the U.S. entirely. Meanwhile, violence b...
Mideast Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Attacks With Few Signs of De-escalation
President Trump and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards exchanged threats and U.S. allies in the Gulf said they had intercepted Iranian drones, as hostilities...
U.S. Officials Said to Be Frustrated With Machado’s Call or Help
María Corina Machado, the exiled leader of the Venezuelan opposition, hopes to go home. U.S. officials say her wishes to do so come at an inopportune ...
How coach Mauricio Pochettino made believers out of the U.S. World Cup team
Pochettino was the biggest name the U.S. men's soccer team had ever hired. His rebuild was bumpy at times — but now, with the U.S. headed to the World...
As Supreme Court expands Trump's immigration power, experts warn of steeper U.S. population decline
The U.S. population was already aging and tilting toward decline. After the Supreme Court confirmed Trump's power to deport hundreds of thousands of f...
U.S. strikes Iran in response to a drone attack on a ship
The U.S. struck Iran on Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. It's the most significant test yet...
Yves Lacoste, Who Exposed U.S. Bombing of Vietnam’s Waterways, Dies at 96
He used a geographer’s tools to demonstrate that North Vietnamese civilian infrastructure had been deliberately attacked, threatening millions of live...
In AI race vs. U.S., China eyes victory in lower prices and broader appeal
U.S. AI companies seem to be in the lead, but that could be short-lived as Chinese competitors offer cheaper products with more commercial appeal worl...
Supreme Court says U.S. can turn away asylum-seekers at the border
By a 6 to 3 vote, the high court ruled that that federal law allows the government to to stop asylum-seekers from physically setting foot in the Unite...
U.S. Supreme Court backs Monsanto in its fight against liability from popular weed killer
The central issue in the Roundup case, filed by Missouri resident James Durnell, was who decides what should appear on a pesticide or insecticide labe...
The push to rebrand the country, which started in the last decade, was inspired by politicians and coincided with an international public relations ca...
With a Round of 32 spot already clinched, the U.S. takes on Turkey in the World Cup
Two U.S. wins and two Turkey losses already on the books mean the Americans have won this World Cup group no matter the outcome of Thursday's game. St...
The memory chip crunch is paying off for this U.S. company
Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 billion to an incredib...
Clashing U.S. and Iranian Claims on Nuclear Inspection Show Challenge Ahead
President Trump said that in the latest round of peace talks, Iran had agreed to full inspection of its nuclear sites. Iran’s government said it had n...
Mideast Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Offer Conflicting Accounts of Nuclear Discussions
President Trump said Iran had agreed to the “highest level” inspections, hours after an Iranian official said there were “no detailed discussions on t...
U.S. lifts Iran oil sanctions. And, federal judge rules SAVE voter tool unlawful
The U.S. has temporarily lifted oil sanctions on Iran as peace talks continue. And, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's data system,...
China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017
A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the world’s fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the special-purpose chips called graphics ...
