Konstantin Toropin

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  • Rubble remains in the aftermath of an Israeli-U.S. strike in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Amir Kholousi, ISNA)Middle East

    Trump calls death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the ‘single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country’

    By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.(AP Photo)Middle East

    U.S. airstrikes target members of Iranian leadership while retaliation focuses on Israel and American bases in the region

    By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • A drone photo taken on Feb. 4, 2025 in Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez shows a part of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Located on the border between Mexico and the United States, Ciudad Juarez is an important city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, just across the Rio Grande River from El Paso, Texas in the United States. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Tuesday that 10,000 National Guard troops have begun deployment along the 3,200-km border with the United States. (Photo by Li Mengxin/Xinhua via Getty Images)Politics

    ‘Our heads are exploding:’ U.S. military’s “incompetence” led to a laser take down of a Border Protection drone

    By Josh Funk, Konstantin Toropin, and others
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    Dario Amodei says he ‘cannot in good conscience’ bow to Pentagon’s demands over AI use in military

    By Konstantin Toropin, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • A sailor stands in front of the USNS Comfort.Politics

    Trump says he sent a hospital ship to Greenland, so why is it docked in Alabama?

    By Kirsten Grieshaber, Konstantin Toropin, and others
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    Hegseth to meet with Anthropic CEO as safe AI principles collide with military contracting

    By David Klepper, Matt Ott, and others
  • The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) passing through Gaillard Cut. The ship is transiting the Panama Canal en route to its home port of Baltimore. The Comfort, along with the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19), is operated for the Navy by the Military Sealift Command. June 3, 1988. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)Politics

    Trump tried to troll Greenland’s free public health care system with U.S. Navy hospital ships still in dock. ‘It’s a no thank you from here,’ PM says

    By Jamey Keaten, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • FILE – In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Gerald R. Ford embarked on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems on its own power for the first time, April 8, 2017, from Newport News, Va. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via AP, File)Middle East

    Trump says regime change in Iran that ousts Islamic clerics ‘would be the best thing that could happen’ as another carrier heads to Mideast

    By Konstantin Toropin, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • This photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet landing on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 22, 2026. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy via AP)Middle East

    Carrier strike group with stealth fighters arrives in Mideast as Trump weighs Iran attack while Air Force jets and cargo planes also head to region

    By Konstantin Toropin and The Associated Press
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    Trump’s National Defense Strategy declares ‘sharp shift,’ tells allies to take care of their own security

    By Konstantin Toropin, Courtney Bonnell, and others
  • Law enforcement detain a man outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during a protest on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)Politics

    Army readies 1,500 paratroopers specializing in arctic operations for possible deployment to Minnesota if Trump invokes Insurrection Act

    By Konstantin Toropin and The Associated Press
  • A motorcade carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro leaves the Westside Heliport in New York on January 3, 2026. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived Saturday evening at a military base in the United States after his capture by US forces in Caracas. Maduro was seen surrounded by FBI agents as he descended the boarding stairs of a US government plane at a New York state National Guard facility, and was slowly escorted along the tarmac. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Maduro is now in the U.S. to face criminal charges after deposed Venezuelan leader smiles while escorted by DEA agents

    By Regina Garcia Cano, Konstantin Toropin, and others
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    Trump has been laying the groundwork for a strike on Venezuela for a full year. Here’s the timeline

    By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others
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    Trump captures Maduro after ‘large-scale strike’ on Venezuela, exactly 36 years after the seizure of Panama’s Noriega

    By Regina Garcia Cano, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • President Donald Trump arrives to speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Trump says he will lead the design of his new class of warships along with the Navy ‘because I’m a very aesthetic person’

    By Konstantin Toropin, Aamer Madhani, and others