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A U.S. citizen heading to a medical appointment says she was violently dragged from her car, denied medical care, and detained by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, as viral videos fuel scrutiny of an escalating immigration crackdown amid protests.

President Trump’s renewed threat to invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act to quell protests over ICE shootings in Minnesota has intensified legal and political concerns about granting the military sweeping powers to carry out domestic law enforcement.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Trump with her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize during an “excellent” White House meeting, even as the administration signals it may continue working with Venezuela’s interim government rather than her opposition movement.

Many Republicans are breaking with President Trump by rejecting his proposed one-year 10 percent cap on credit card interest rates, warning that government-imposed price controls could lead to unintended consequences and reduced access to credit even as some Democrats express interest in the plan.

President Donald Trump is delaying a decision on striking Iran as internal debates and Israeli concerns raise doubts about whether a military attack would meaningfully weaken the regime while risking major retaliation.

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is being sued by Heather Ammel, who is accusing Sinema of seducing her ex-husband Matthew Ammel when he worked as her security detail while she was in office, ending their 14-year marriage.

President Donald Trump unveiled a broad health care blueprint urging Congress to lower drug prices and insurance costs through measures like “most favored nation” drug pricing and direct health care funding to consumers, while stopping short of replacing the Affordable Care Act and offering few specifics.

David Ellison, chief executive officer of Paramount Skydance, is escalating his bid to pry Warner Bros. Discovery away from Netflix, with lawsuits and the threat of a proxy fight raising the prospect of a highly public, bruising showdown that could become one of the most explosive battles in entertainment history.

Iran’s deadly crackdown on anti-government protests appears to have eased only because armed security forces have effectively locked residents inside their homes, terrorizing cities into silence after thousands were reportedly killed.

A popular soul singer with 2.8 million Spotify listeners and thousands in daily streaming revenue has been exposed as a fully AI-generated act, fueling fresh fears that “fake” musicians are siphoning money and opportunity from real artists.

A.O. Scott argues that Trump’s oft-repeated sign-off, “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” is more than a catchphrase and serves as a linguistic assertion of executive authority that assumes compliance and reflects his broader theory of power.

A viral theory blaming a nearby power substation’s electromagnetic fields for the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers’ long history of injuries has been dismissed by scientists but is spreading fast enough to spark real concern among players and agents.

The Health and Human Services Department under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. quietly removed FDA webpages downplaying cellphone health risks as it launched a new study into potential dangers from cellphone radiation.

United States forces seized a sixth tanker linked to Venezuela in the Caribbean without incident, stepping up enforcement of President Trump’s quarantine on sanctioned vessels amid escalating tensions with Caracas.

Gulf allies including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and Oman are racing to defuse rising United States-Iran tensions through urgent diplomacy, warning both sides that military escalation could trigger widespread regional instability.

Federal prosecutors charged 26 people in an alleged international basketball game-fixing scheme that authorities say involved bribing college players in the U.S. and professionals in China to manipulate scores for millions of dollars in bets.

White House border czar Tom Homan blamed ICE’s poor public approval on flawed media “messaging,” dismissing polls showing widespread disapproval of the agency’s enforcement tactics despite recent deadly raids and documented controversies.

India has revoked recognition of a new medical college in Kashmir after protests by right-wing Hindu groups over Muslim students forming the majority of its first intake, a move critics say politicised merit-based admissions and upended dozens of futures.

A growing chorus of conservative voices is casting anti-ICE protesters as “wine moms,” a rhetorical shift experts say revives an old tactic of delegitimizing dissent—this time by turning a traditionally valued voting bloc into a public enemy.

A Brookings Institution study warns that widespread student use of AI can erode critical thinking, foundational knowledge and social development by encouraging cognitive “offloading,” even as the technology offers limited educational benefits.