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US military downs 2 Iranian attack drones as Iran claims a strike on a US radar in Bahrain

By The Associated Press
Nov 13, 2026 11:18 am - The U.S. military said it intercepted two Iranian attack drones headed toward Bahrain, as Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed it struck a U.S. early warning radar system in the kingdom. The Guard also said a tanker struck a naval mine while attempting to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, causing an explosion.
Democrats are weighing impeachment of RFK Jr. while courting his supporters

By ALI SWENSON
Nov 13, 2026 9:25 am - When Democrats take over Congress in January, one of their many oversight targets will be Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose overhaul of longstanding vaccine guidance and cuts to medical research over the past two years have drawn fiery criticism. Some high-ranking lawmakers have suggested impeaching him.
Ukraine fires nearly 1,200 drones at Russia as US-led talks consider wider European security

By SAMYA KULLAB
Nov 13, 2026 6:47 am - Ukraine fired almost 1,200 drones at Russian targets overnight in one of its biggest aerial attacks since Moscow’s full-scale invasion nearly five years ago.
Trump bluntly tells JD Vance to shift focus from Iran to targeting ‘corruption and crime’ at home

By AAMER MADHANI
Nov 12, 2026 1:41 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday directed Vice President JD Vance to shift his focus away from the Iran war and instead devote himself to fighting what the president says is corruption and crime in Democratic-controlled cities and states.
US envoys meet with Putin in Moscow on Ukraine talks, then head for Dublin to see Zelenskyy

By HARRIET MORRIS
Nov 12, 2026 6:58 am - U.S. envoys met Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin and then left for Ireland to talk with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Washington sought new momentum in its peace efforts.
Judge slaps DOJ effort to derail ‘Broadview Six’ hearing, calls AG’s evidence production ‘noncompliant’

By Jason Meisner
Nov 11, 2026 12:01 pm - In another sign of the deepening credibility crisis for the Justice Department, a federal judge in Chicago said this week the government’s professed confusion over an upcoming evidentiary hearing in the“Broadview Six” case was “immaterial” and that they failed to comply with her orders for discovery.
White House confronts Democrats over planned probes, claiming they may be 'blatant criminality'

Nov 11, 2026 8:59 am - The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration, going as far as claiming that such investigations — a standard oversight function of Congress -- may amount to “blatant criminality.”
World leaders urge stronger and faster action at UN climate talks over inadequate response

By SUZAN FRASER, VICTORIA MILKO and TAMMY WEBBER
Nov 11, 2026 8:01 am - World leaders began formal talks at the United Nations climate conference in Turkey on Wednesday, seeking agreement on concrete steps to curb global warming after a year of deadly floods, heat waves and other climate-related disasters.
How Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's extramarital affair could cause collateral damage in Washington

By JOSH BOAK, JESSE BEDAYN, CHAN HO-HIM, EILEEN NG and ERIC TUCKER
Nov 11, 2026 7:44 am - Extramarital affairs are usually private matters. Jensen Huang’s has global implications.
Russia and Ukraine agree to a large exchange of prisoners of war, officials at Abu Dhabi talks say

By BASSAM HATOUM
Nov 11, 2026 7:15 am - Officials at U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday that the sides have agreed a large exchange of prisoners of war.

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