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With border crossings at record lows, state authorities are being sent to arrest people accused of committing crimes in Texas ...

President Donald Trump will wait another two weeks before deciding whether or not to intervene in Israel's war with Iran in ...

President Trump has entered the Situation Room as he mulls using a 30-ton 'bunker buster' bomb to devastate Iran's nuclear capabilities after Iran escalated its attacks on Israel overnight.

The United States is the largest consumer market for firearms in the world, and that market is largely dominated by pistols. Pistols — a specific category of handguns that excludes revolvers — ...