24 March 2026 For years, joining the U.S. Army followed a relatively narrow path. There were clear limits on age, strict rules around past offenses, and a system designed for a younger generation stepping directly into service. Now, that model is shifting, reflecting a broader change in both society and the military’s evolving needs. In a significant policy update, the Army has raised its maximum enlistment age to 42, a move that signals a willingness to look beyond tradition

09 March 2026 A counter-protester flees after throwing a homemade explosive device towards police during a protest organized by far-right influencer Jake Lang in front of Gracie Mansion in New York on March 7.Photographer: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images A quiet stretch of Manhattan’s Upper East Side turned into the center of a major security investigation after police confirmed that an explosive device had been thrown outside the official residence of New York City Mayor

08 March 2026 The war with Iran was always going to test military strength, but it is now testing something closer to home for President Donald Trump, the patience of American consumers. As gasoline prices climb and economic anxiety builds, the conflict is no longer just a foreign policy challenge. It has become a domestic political one, where the cost of strategy is measured at the pump. In the early days of the conflict, the administration framed the campaign in clear terms

07 March 2026 The setting was as unconventional as the message was direct. Inside a ballroom at his South Florida golf resort, President Donald Trump gathered a select group of Latin American and Caribbean leaders and delivered a blunt call to action. The fight against drug cartels, he said, could no longer be treated as a law enforcement problem. It had to become a military campaign. The proposal marked a sharp escalation in how the United States views the drug trade in the

06 March 2026 The trajectory of the Iran conflict is no longer defined by a fixed strategy but by constant reinvention, with President Donald Trump reshaping the endgame as events unfold. What began as a campaign framed around weakening Iran’s capabilities and encouraging internal change has rapidly evolved into something far more ambitious and uncertain. In the early stages, the administration signaled that its objective was limited. Officials spoke about degrading Iran’s nu

05 March 2026 The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff strategy has entered a new phase, one that shifts the fight from policy to the courts and from Washington to a coalition of states determined to push back. In a lawsuit that could redefine the limits of executive authority, more than two dozen states have joined forces to challenge the administration’s latest global tariff regime, arguing that it crosses both legal and constitutional lines. The dispu

04 March 2026 The vote came after days of rising tension, not just in the Middle East but inside Washington itself, where lawmakers faced a question that has shaped American power for decades. Who decides when the nation goes to war. In the end, the Senate answered in a way that reinforced the status quo, rejecting a war powers resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran. The resolution, led by Senator Tim Kaine, was designed to force t

03 March 2026 The moment came in broad daylight, not under the cover of darkness that has long defined covert military operations. At around mid morning in Tehran, smoke began rising from one of the most heavily guarded compounds in Iran, marking the beginning of an operation that would alter the balance of power in the Middle East within minutes. The strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was not an isolated attack but the opening move in a carefully

02 March 2026 The decision arrived quietly but carried the force of a cultural flashpoint, placing the U.S. Supreme Court squarely at the center of one of the most sensitive debates in modern education. In a closely divided ruling, the court determined that California public schools cannot keep parents uninformed when students express a gender identity different from their sex at birth, temporarily blocking state policies that allowed such privacy. At its core, the case is no