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US Rushes 9,000 More Troops and a Third Carrier Toward Iran as Trump Vows War Will End 'Right After the Election'

The Pentagon is sending roughly 9,000 sailors and Marines and a second carrier strike group into the region, pushing total US forces there toward 20,000, as the seven-month war grinds on.

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BUSINESS · MARKETS

Wall Street's Big Three Cash In: JPMorgan, Goldman and Wells Fargo Blow Past Profit Forecasts

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WORLD · NEW DELHI

'Cockroach' Uprising: India's Capital Rocked by Third Day of Protests Demanding Election Chief's Ouster

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US · MINNEAPOLIS

Musk's xAI Begs Appeals Court to Pause Minnesota's AI 'Nudify' Ban After Two Straight Losses

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US · WASHINGTON

Trump Leaks GOP Senator's Cellphone Number in Clock-Change Showdown

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US · BALTIMORE, MD.

'A Stupid Parking Spot': Baltimore Park Shooting at Youth Football Game Kills 12-Year-Old Girl, Wounds 3

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Taipei Cops Raided a Gay Bar, Made Patrons Squat in Silence — Now the Mayor Is Apologizing

Officers stormed a BDSM-themed gay bar in Taipei's Ximending district, allegedly refusing to show their warrant and hauling dozens off for questioning — triggering a furious backlash from LGBTQ groups and a rare mea culpa from City Hall.

WORLD · YEMEN

BLOOD IN THE SAND: Yemen Death Toll Soars Past 1,500 in a Single Day as War Erupts Anew

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MIDDLE EAST

'Easy Way or the Hard Way': Trump Ups the Ante on Iran as Economy Craters Under US Blockade

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NORTH ATLANTIC

Air Ambulance Carrying Six Vanishes Over Atlantic Near Nantucket

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US Rushes 9,000 More Troops and a Third Carrier Toward Iran as Trump Vows War Will End 'Right After the Election'

Wall Street's Big Three Cash In: JPMorgan, Goldman and Wells Fargo Blow Past Profit Forecasts

'Cockroach' Uprising: India's Capital Rocked by Third Day of Protests Demanding Election Chief's Ouster

US News

Musk's xAI Begs Appeals Court to Pause Minnesota's AI 'Nudify' Ban After Two Straight Losses

Trump Leaks GOP Senator's Cellphone Number in Clock-Change Showdown

'A Stupid Parking Spot': Baltimore Park Shooting at Youth Football Game Kills 12-Year-Old Girl, Wounds 3

World

Taipei Cops Raided a Gay Bar, Made Patrons Squat in Silence — Now the Mayor Is Apologizing

BLOOD IN THE SAND: Yemen Death Toll Soars Past 1,500 in a Single Day as War Erupts Anew

'Easy Way or the Hard Way': Trump Ups the Ante on Iran as Economy Craters Under US Blockade

Air Ambulance Carrying Six Vanishes Over Atlantic Near Nantucket

Celebrity & Entertainment

Alice Cooper Pulls Back the Guillotine Curtain in Tell-All Memoir 'Devil on My Shoulder'

Rapper Lucki Bloodied in ComplexCon Parking-Lot Brawl as Playboi Carti Watches From His Car

SNL Season 52 Opens With Dakota Johnson — But Grammy-Winning Hardcore Band Turnstile Steals the Night

Diddy Sentenced to 4 Years, Avoids the Decade Prosecutors Wanted

Trump's Midterm Marathon Rolls On: After Ohio Rally for Husted, President Heads to Nebraska Next

'She Can Win!': Latino Leaders Rip National Democrats for Starving Texas Longshot of Cash

Trump's Big Midterm "Wins" Spring a Leak — Seoul Disputes $54B Alaska Deal as Iowa Rams Through $1.36B Payout

Last Call for Favoritism: FTC Forces Liquor Giant to Stop Secretly Gouging Mom-and-Pop Stores

OPENAI INSIDER QUITS: Veteran Safety Staffer Blasts "Broken" Culture, Demands Nuclear-Plant Rules for AI

Broadcom to Lend AI Giant Anthropic Up to $42 Billion for Chips in Unusual Financing Deal

Wall Street's Deal Machine Stalls: Global M&A Craters 41% as Borrowing Costs Bite

Sports

Deonte Banks' Pick-Six Seals It as Giants Rout Cardinals to Improve to 3-1

Walker Buehler Steps Away From Padres' Win-or-Else NLDS Fight — for a Baby, Not a Blister

Elbow Trouble Strikes Again: Daniels Ruled Out For London As Jefferson Also Sits