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An election worker sorts mail-in ballots in Reno, Nev., on Nov. 5, 2024. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP hide caption toggle caption Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP President Trump has escalated his efforts to influence American elections, signing an executive order that the White House says seeks to create a list of confirmed U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state and use the U.S. Postal Service to “verify” mail ballots are for voters. Speaking just now, Trump said he believes the order is “foolproof.” But election experts have already said the order — which was first reported by The Daily Caller…

An American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi authorities said Tuesday.The journalist, identified as Shelly Kittleson by outlets for which she has written, has reported extensively from the Middle East as a freelance contributor to Al-Monitor, Foreign Policy, Politico and the BBC. She is based in Rome but travels frequently in the region.

The Trump administration must restore the legal status of potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

The United States Men’s National Team are back in action tonight as they take on Portugal in their second and final friendly of the March international window. The USMNT hope to improve after a 5-2 throttling at the hands of Belgium over the weekend.After being told by USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino that Chris Richards would be held out of tonight’s match due to a knee issue, Chris Richards said yesterday that he was “fine” and available for selection tonight. His return could help the USMNT back line against a Portugal team that is dangerous even without Cristiano Ronaldo in…

As the bell rang out over the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday afternoon, it was an unusually beautiful day: 71 degrees, sun pouring on the faces of people swarming through the city. After the brutal cold of winter, it felt like something of a miracle. The markets had spent the day chasing one of their own. Iran’s official news agency reported an unconfirmed phone call between President Masoud Pezeshkian and the European Council president, where Pezeshkian said Iran had the “necessary will” to end the war; provided that “essential conditions are met, especially the guarantees required to prevent repetition…

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination but said it did not have to reveal any employee’s affiliation with a specific group.U.S. District Judge Gerald Pappert said employees can refuse to take part in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation but the agency “needs the opportunity to talk to them directly to learn if they have evidence of discrimination.”He mostly upheld a subpoena but said Penn does not have to disclose any worker’s…

Four years of Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine have transformed not only Ukrainian cities but also how modern warfare is waged, in the first of this two-part story from Kherson.

Going to graduate school can boost your career and salary — but some of the most popular advanced degrees are not worth the cost.That’s one of the main findings of a report released Tuesday by the Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center at American University.

Getty Images Kayla Harrison sees the light at the end of the tunnel. Two months after neck surgery interrupted her big fight with Amanda Nunes, Harrison has a path to resume training.Harrison was preparing to defend the UFC women’s bantamweight title against Nunes at UFC 324, the promotion’s debut on Paramount+. Unfortunately, Harrison was forced off the card two weeks out with herniated disks in her neck. Now, out of surgery and on the mend, Harrison is working toward a comeback.”I look like a real assassin now,” Harrison told Jorge Masvidal and Chris Duncan, the latter of whom headlines this Saturday’s…

A Nike logo is displayed at a Nike store on Feb. 5, 2026 in Austin, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesNike topped Wall Street’s quarterly earnings and revenue expectations on Tuesday but posted a mixed picture in its two most important regional markets. Nike’s largest market of North America continued to show steady growth, as revenue climbed 3% to $5.03 billion, but that was just shy of Wall Street’s expectations of $5.04 billion, according to StreetAccount. Meanwhile, Nike’s Greater China market is continuing to shrink with revenue down 7% to $1.62 billion during the quarter. Still, that total beat analyst estimates…