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  MK 84s, BLU-117s: Inside Trump's Plan To Sell Mega-Powerful Arms To Israel

  MK-84 is among the most destructive munitions in Western military arsenals. Its explosion sends large metal fragments in every direction for thousands of feet, ripping through metal and thick concrete.

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  'Why Is Putin's Friend Funding Trump's Son's Wedding?' US Congress Begins Probe

  The Democrats' move comes on the heels of an article by ProPublica that a Russian oligarch, Umar Kremlev, paid for wedding festivities for Donald Trump Jr. in the Bahamas in May.

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  Trump Slams US Supreme Court For Rejecting His Bid To Restrict Mail Ballots

  Donald Trump has been publicly furious with the Supreme Court over its decisions against restricting birthright citizenship and his ability to issue tariffs unilaterally.

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  Trump Threatens To Keep Kennedy Center Shut If His Name Not Added

  Trump himself called into the board meeting and berated a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the board and filed the lawsuit that blocked its renaming, CNN reported.

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  US Announces Visa Curbs Over South Africa "Race-Based Discrimination"

  The new restrictions target South Africans who "enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and/or the incitement of imminent violence against members of minority ethnic or racial groups," the US State Department said.

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  Kennedy Center Board Votes To Close Amid Financial, Trump Branding Dispute

  Judge Christopher Cooper ruled, "Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress's blessing."

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  US Redirects Military Aid From Europe, Middle East To Allies In Latin America

  The State Department on Tuesday notified Congress that it will reprogram $52 million in foreign military financing from Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq to Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

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  Noise From Plant Powering Musk's AI Data Centres Keeps Mississippi Locals Awake

  Gas turbines at the plant have been running all day to provide power to xAI's Colossus data centre in Memphis. Residents say the noise sounds like a jet engine and has made it difficult for them to sleep.

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  "Not People I Interviewed": Trump Slams Judges Over Mail-In Ballot Ruling

  On Monday, the Supreme Court dealt Trump a major blow ahead of November's midterm elections when it denied his request to lift an order halting his plan to limit mail-in voting.

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  Kash Patel Defends FBI Hiring Standard Changes On Prostitution, Bestiality

  The subject arose during a contentious Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in which Patel clashed with Democrats over his firing of agents who participated in investigations of President Donald Trump

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  US Military Destroys 2 Small Iranian Boats Trying To Steal A Drone

  Iranian state media reported Monday that a pair of fishing boats came under attack in Hormozgan province on Iran's southern coast and that several fishermen were reported missing, citing a provincial official.

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  Trump's Name Must Be Kept Off Kennedy Centre Building, US Judge Rules

  The Trump-aligned board at the Kennedy Centre voted in August to inscribe the president's name on the venue's facade so it would read "The John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J Trump."

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  OpenAI Working With Rivals Anthropic, Google To Prioritise AI Safety: Report

  Global concerns about AI's existential risks have risen after the heads of America's leading AI labs came together in a show of unity over the weekend to call for a pause in the development of the technology.

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  Iran Uses Spyware Like 'Chosen Brick' To Target Dissidents: US-UK Advisory

  Britain's National Cyber Security Centre said Iranian state-linked cyber actors had used a spyware family known as "CHOSEN BRICK" to steal emails, messages and other sensitive information

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  'Turning Space Into Battlefield': China, Russia Warn As US Deploys Weapons

  The US confirmed for the first time that it has arms deployed in orbit above Earth. The announcement marked a new stage in the major powers' rush for military space capabilities, driven by rapid technological advancements but lacking a comprehensive legal framework.

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  Saudi Arabia's Limited Options Against Houthis After Trump's Rebuff

  The US has proven to be unpredictable over the course of the war, and US President Donald Trump seems reluctant to widen an already unpopular and stalemated Middle East war ahead of congressional elections.

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  US Judge Blocks Trump Visa Curbs On Foreign Students, Journalists

  Under the proposed new rules, foreigners on student visas would be admitted for a maximum of up to four years after which they would have to apply for an extension.

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  US Confirms It Has Deployed First-Ever 'On-Orbit' Weapon In Space

  Both Russia and China -- the two main geopolitical rivals of the United States -- pose potential threats to US interests in space.

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  On Camera, Indian-Origin Woman, Friend Crushed To Death By Subway Train In New York

  A horrifying video of the incident has emerged online that shows the woman laughing and pulling the man toward her before an approaching train runs over them.

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  Columbia University Sued Over Failure To Protect Pro-Palestinian Students

  At a press conference at Columbia announcing the lawsuit, Mahmoud Khalil said the university exhibited a "rotten, institutionalized anti-Palestinian bigotry" entrenched in every department and backed by its board of trustees.