The U.S. military just put more teeth behind President Donald Trump’s promise to protect Christians in Nigeria. U.S. Africa Command coordinated strikes that hit Islamic State fighters in northeastern Nigeria after a top ISIS leader was reportedly taken out. That kind of action is exactly what you’d expect from a strong, clear policy — and More

President Donald Trump just turned up the heat on Iran in a way even his critics can’t ignore. After a wave of drone attacks in the Gulf that rattled U.S. partners, Trump posted blunt warnings and ordered a Situation Room meeting to lay out options. This is not a press conference soundbite — it’s a More

A disturbing video out of a Washington, D.C., Chipotle shows what happens when a “teen takeover” becomes a full-blown brawl. Chairs flying, screams in the background and a pack of juveniles treating a public restaurant like a wrestling ring — it’s ugly, it’s dangerous, and it’s exactly the sort of behavior that should make every More

President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice quietly reached a settlement with the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. The move pulls a big story off the front page, at least for a moment, but it raises more questions than it answers about who is held accountable when government records are stolen More

The criminal trial of former Richneck Elementary assistant principal Ebony Parker opens this week in Newport News. Parker faces eight felony counts of child neglect after a 6-year-old first grader brought a loaded handgun to school and shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner. The case has already produced a $10 million civil verdict for Zwerner and More

A judge in New York just handed down a ruling that will shape the fate of Luigi Mangione as he heads into a state murder trial — and it centers on something ordinary Americans carry every day: a backpack. The court decided whether the items taken from that backpack during his arrest at a Pennsylvania More