Twenty-seven animal rights activists were arrested after breaking into the Ridglan Farms breeding facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, over the weekend and removing more than 20 dogs.

As the partial government shutdown entered day 34 on Thursday, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) lines at some airports around the U.S. are stretching outside of terminals, with some travelers told to arrive up to three hours before their flight.

With the war in Iran intensifying debate over U.S. policy and influence in Washington, AIPAC — the most prominent pro-Israel advocacy group in the country — is drawing renewed attention, criticism, and confusion. And as primary election results begin to offer a real-world test of its political influence, here’s a closer look at how the group actually operates.

A top U.S. counterterrorism official resigned Tuesday over the war with Iran, marking the first major departure inside the Trump administration tied to the conflict and showing the divide in MAGA world between the isolationists and the more hawkish wing.

President Trump said Monday that “numerous countries have told me they’re on the way” to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway near Iran where roughly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil flows.

Cuban officials reported an island-wide blackout on Monday, leaving the country of roughly 11 million residents without power. Prolonged blackouts and food shortages sparked a rarely seen protest at the Communist Party headquarters in Morón on Saturday, according to Cuban state media.

Six U.S. service members died after a U.S. military refueling tanker crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Friday. The crash brings the total number of U.S. service members killed in operations related to the war against Iran to at least 13.

Security lines at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport stretched outside the terminal early Friday morning, as spring break travel ramps up and TSA agents miss their first full paycheck due to the continuing partial government shutdown.

A man armed with a rifle drove a pickup truck through the front doors at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan at around 12:30pm Thursday, according to police. A security guard shot and killed the driver. Authorities say no staff or children attending the synagogue’s preschool were hurt, but one security guard was injured in the attack.

In his first message since taking power, Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei vowed that Iran will continue military strikes and keep blocking the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

White House officials are urging House Republicans to avoid talking about “mass deportations” ahead of the midterm elections, and instead focus on deporting violent criminals.

White House officials are urging House Republicans to avoid talking about “mass deportations” ahead of the midterm elections, and instead focus on deporting violent criminals.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday would be the “most intense day of strikes inside Iran” so far in the U.S.’s 11-day war with the Islamic Republic of Iran. We’ve also learned that in addition to seven U.S. troops who have been killed since the war began, 140 U.S. service members have been wounded— eight severely.

President Trump said Monday that the U.S. war with Iran could soon be nearing its end, claiming the country’s military capabilities have been largely destroyed after days of intense U.S. strikes.

TSA staffing shortages tied to the partial government shutdown led to hours-long security lines at airports in Houston, Atlanta, and New Orleans on Sunday — just as spring break travel is kicking off.

President Trump warned Friday that the U.S. will not make a deal with the Iranian regime unless it agrees to an "unconditional surrender.”

“After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction,” Trump wrote.

The U.S.–Israeli war with Iran has created a power vacuum in Iran after the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, and President Trump says he wants a role in choosing Iran’s next leader.

President Trump announced the firing of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, while she was speaking on stage in Tennessee. It marks the first Cabinet shake-up of Trump’s second term and caps a year of controversies for Noem while in the role

The war against Iran entered its fifth day on Wednesday, with the Trump administration touting early successes against the Iranian regime and the president ranking the war a 15 on a 10-point success scale.

We are now on Day Four of the joint U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. President Trump continues to make his case for the war, saying the goal is to cut off Iran’s nuclear capabilities and ballistic missile program, not to influence regime change.