Get what you need to know to start your day. Even before the drone strike that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan on Sunday‚ the Biden administration was planning for a moment just like this‚ debating how it might strike back in ways that would deter Iran’s proxy forces and send a message that Tehran would not miss. But the options range from the unsatisfying to the highly risky. Mr. Biden could order strikes on the proxy forces‚ a major escalation of the whack-a-mole attacks it has...

On Thursday evening‚ the state of Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen gas. Now‚ there are dueling narratives about what happened. Alabama claims it went perfectly‚ proving that nitrogen is a humane‚ effective alternative to lethal injection (which it previously tried‚ unsuccessfully‚ to use on Smith). It says that based on this experience‚ other states should follow its example. But witness accounts suggest that Smith’s death was cruel and tortuous. I wanted to be one of those...

Snopes‚ a media outfit still regarded by some as an arbiter of truth and a checker of facts‚ has issued a correction after pushing a blatant falsehood that painted President Joe Biden in a positive light. Biden was in Wisconsin last week‚ hyping his administration's pre-election injection of taxpayer funds into infrastructure projects in the swing state. During his promotional tour‚ the 81-year-old Democrat joined Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in visiting a construction site in Superior. While...

Authorities are investigating what they believe was a swatting incident at Rep. Tom Emmer's home west of the Twin Cities over the weekend. According to the Wright County Sheriff's Office‚ deputies responded shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday to Emmer's home in Delano. They were responding to a report of a "possible homicide/hostage situation" at the residence‚ the sheriff's office said. Deputies checked the residence and determined the report to be unfounded. Authorities were able to get in contact...

As the House GOP works to oust Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas‚ former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff called on Republicans in the lower chamber to drop the "impeachment charade." In an opinion piece published Sunday in The Wall Street Journal‚ Chertoff contended that Republican lawmakers have failed to make their case against the Biden administration cabinet member. "As homeland security secretary under President George W. Bush — and as a former federal judge‚ U.S...

The deaths of three American soldiers—who were killed overseas on Sunday—has prompted a comparison of political records on troops' safety between the two frontrunners fighting it out for the White House. Three U.S. service members died and at least 34 were wounded this weekend in a drone strike at a base in Jordan near the Syrian border‚ which officials say was carried out by Iran-backed militants. Jordan is a close ally of the U.S. and has condemned the "terrorist" attack‚ while Biden said...

Days before the New York City Council was set to vote on a measure requiring more documentation on police stops‚ the NYPD pulled over a member of the body — and he said he was given no reason for the stop. Yusef Salaam‚ the newly elected councilmember representing Harlem’s Ninth District‚ said in a statement Saturday that he had been stopped by police the previous night while driving with his family. Salaam was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned and later exonerated as a member of the Central...