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The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended his decision to repeal the legal determination that serves as the basis for federal rules to slow climate change.

Reaching a permanent deal will be key to ending a war that's shaken the Middle East and global energy markets. But there are vast differences between President Donald Trump and Iran's surviving leaders, and America's ally Israel has its own interests ...

Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, an 11th-hour deal that headed off President Donald Trump's threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization.

Both the U.S. and Iran declared victory.

The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries, led by Pakistan, worked feverishly to head off a further escalation of the conflict.

A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings.

He previously said the U.S. would retrieve the deeply buried material, which is expected to be an intensive undertaking, if it struck an agreement with Iran.

"We stand ready in the background to ensure Iran upholds every reasonable term," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.

Several strikes were in busy commercial locations, causing panic in the streets.

President Donald Trump has suggested the U.S. may consider leaving the trans-Atlantic alliance after NATO member countries ignored his call to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping waterway, as Iran effectively shut it and sent gas ...