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Pentagon Subjects Roughly 50 Members of the Joint Staff to Polygraph Tests in Expanded Leak Hunt
The aggressive effort comes in the wake of news reports about the military’s diminished stocks of crucial munitions as the U.S. fights Iran.
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Judge Will Not Block Pentagon Move to Fire Stars and Stripes Journalists
A judge appeared skeptical of the journalists’ arguments that they were fired for coverage of worsening conditions on a Navy warship.
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Postal Service Internal Watchdog Opens Inquiry After Whistle-Blower’s Complaint
The Trump administration’s effort to screen mail-in ballots for the midterms is facing numerous challenges.
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North Carolina Adds New Restrictions to Vote-by-Mail Program
The changes are almost certain to cause some votes to be tossed. They come at a time when President Trump is promoting false claims of widespread fraud in mail voting.
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Trump’s Latest Clemency Grants Benefit Drug Offenders, Union Boss
The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power.
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C.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles
The agency’s weekly update escalates a political fight after Pennsylvania said two deaths had been caused by the virus.
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North Carolina Set to Mail The Fall’s First Ballots As Trump Tries to Restrict Them
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Postal Service rule that could impede millions of mail voters. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in.
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A Paralympian Takes His Shot Despite Republicans’ Home Court Advantage
Josh Turek is trying to turn deep-red Iowa blue as he runs for the U.S. Senate.
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Argentina Is Ramping Up Its Claim to the Falklands. Here’s What to Know.
President Javier Milei has dialed up Argentina’s claim over the British territory, while President Trump has raised questions about longstanding U.S. neutrality on the dispute.
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Judge Ends Federal Oversight of Teamsters
The union and federal prosecutors agreed that organized crime groups had been rooted out of union operations, the judge wrote.