U.S. Vice President JD Vance, center, walks alongside Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, left, and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar upon arrival in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin, Pool /AP Photo A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance arrived in Pakistan on April 11 for high-level talks with Iranian
A US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance arrived in Pakistan on Saturday for talks with Iranian officials aimed at shoring up a shaky ceasefire and paving the way for a permanent end to the fighting. The United States and Iran began direct, in-person negotiations on Saturday in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel (not pictured), on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 17, 2025. Annabelle Gordon/Reuters Several Democratic politicians have pulled their endorsements of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and urged him to end his campaign for California governor amid sexual assault allegations. House
An artist’s rendering of President Donald Trump’s proposed “Independence Arch” in a handout obtained on April 10, 2026. U.S. Commission on Fine Arts/Handout via Reuters The Trump administration formally submitted designs Friday to the Commission of Fine Arts for a 250-foot triumphal arch planned for Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery. President Donald Trump announced
The United States and Iran will begin formal peace talks on April 11 at Islamabad’s Serena Hotel, with at least three urgent issues needing swift resolution to sustain a tenuous ceasefire before addressing a host of issues that have strained relations between the two nations for a half-century. Topping the agenda is the United States’
Shipping cranes stand above shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2026. Mario Tama/Getty Images The Court of International Trade heard oral arguments on April 10 in a suit challenging President Donald Trump’s recent global tariffs. Trump implemented those tariffs using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 after the
“Ghost guns” seized in federal law enforcement actions are displayed in a file photo at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives field office in Glendale, Calif., on April 18, 2022. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill to ban so-called “ghost guns,” a law making it easier to