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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort

EILEEN SULLIVAN

As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.

Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs

MICHAEL CROWLEY AND EDWARD WONG

The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.

Jamie Beaton Could Be the World’s Most Educated Person

SCOTT CACCIOLA

Jamie Beaton has 12 advanced degrees from Harvard, Yale, Oxford and other top universities, with more on the way. Why? How?

Pentagon Inspector General Details U.S. Losses and Challenges in Iran War

JOHN ISMAY

Helicopters for evacuating casualties were pulled from four countries, and hundreds of military facilities were destroyed, according to a new report

2 celebs to go home this week on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

“Dancing with the Stars” season 35 kicks off with two nights of live performances from a brand new star-studded cast in the two-night premiere.

Senate takes first step to overhaul college sports system

Senate takes first step to advance legislation to drastically overhaul college sports system as we know it, passing a procedural vote for a full Senate vote, 74-24.

WATCH: New video of man launching fireworks that sparked deadly wildfire, police say

Authorities say new video shows a suspect launching fireworks from a moving truck. The 18-year-old faces multiple charges, including first-degree manslaughter.

WATCH: Bystanders chase down crash suspect in California

A man driving a stolen Tesla crashed onto a busy boardwalk at a San Diego beach, police say. A witness wearing "smart glasses" recorded the driver attempting to flee before bystanders restrained him.

Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown

ELI TAN

On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.

Trump May Not Be Entirely Wrong About A.I.

BRET STEPHENS

Has A.I. become death, destroyer of worlds?

It’s Already Too Late to Stop the A.I. Threat

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

China and the United States must work to repair the damage A.I. has done now, not look to future developments.

Rep. Thomas Massie forcing vote on Pete Hegseth's impeachment

Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie seized the House floor Tuesday, launching a longshot bid to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “for high crimes and misdemeanors."

1 dead after helicopter crashes in LA near site of earlier fatal bus crash

The crash happened in Chatsworth, a suburban neighborhood

House Oversight votes to hold Leon Black in contempt of Congress in Epstein inquiry

The House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying two subpoenas related to its Epstein probe.

WATCH: David Muir shares moving moment WWII veteran sings at Milwaukee Brewers game

A 102-year-old Navy veteran was given the chance to sing 'God Bless America' during the seventh inning stretch.