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As the midterm elections approach, the health secretary is focusing on “real food.” Anger is rising among some of his supporters.

Ahead of Tuesday’s vote, the Democratic and Republican races have become increasingly personal and contentious.

How long prices remain high will depend on what the United States, Israel and Iran do next.

President Trump again deployed heavy force against a country with which he had been negotiating, continuing a pattern seen in previous attacks on Iran and Venezuela.

The killing of Iran’s supreme leader and other top Iranian officials came after close intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel, according to people familiar with the operation.

President Trump’s envoys negotiated with Iran over its nuclear program. But Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel wanted much more.

President Trump did not deliver a formal address to the American public to explain why the country was at war, a departure from his predecessors.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused Yale, Princeton, Brown and other elite colleges and think tanks of indoctrinating service members with liberal ideologies.

There was no immediate threat from Iran. But the president saw a chance to push a weakened government over the edge, and is betting he can spark a popular uprising.

A new inspector general delayed a decision on whether to approve the project and is said to have raised its potential political ramifications, in a test of the watchdog system …