CARDS ON THE TABLEHegseth Says Quiet Part Out Loud in Shocking Gitmo RemarkThe defense secretary made it clear where he stands.Vic Verbalaitis
OpinionTELL THE TRUTHThe Scandal of 9/11 and How America Betrayed the Victims Disturbing questions remain unanswered nearly a quarter of a century after the attacks on New York and Washington.David Gardner
THIRSTY TRUMPTrump Sucks Up to Bin Laden’s ‘Attractive’ Ex-HenchmanSyria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa was once detained for fighting U.S. forces in Iraq.Ewan Palmer
‘SO SHORT-SIGHTED’‘Morning Joe’ Slams Musk for Letting Kids ‘Starve to Death’Joe Scarborough let rip at the world’s richest man for destroying USAID without understanding the consequences.Leigh Kimmins
‘Al QAEDA MATERIAL’Hamas Attacker Had Chemical Weapons Manual: Israeli PrezThe documents were allegedly found on a USB drive on a militant killed in a kibbutz.Dan Ladden-Hall
ENDLESSMortar Attack Leaves at Least Two Dead in Besieged TimbuktuTens of thousands of people have been under siege since August as violence spirals following the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers. Alex Nguyen
CIVILIAN CASUALTY?Man Dead by Missile May Not Have Been Al Qaeda Boss: ReportA U.S. official said they were “no longer confident” the man they’d killed was a senior Al Qaeda leader, lending weight to his family’s claims that he had no ties to terrorism.AJ McDougall
‘CRAZY IDEA’U.S. Hiring ISIS Militants to Attack Russia, Moscow ClaimsSome 60 fighters were recruited for the plot, state media reports. Dan Ladden-Hall
exclusiveWEEKEND AT BERNIE’SAl Qaeda Is Planning to Fake the Death of Its Dead LeaderSix months after he was taken out by a U.S. airstrike, al Qaeda is working on a plan to announce that their former leader Ayman al Zawahiri has died of ill-health.Sami Yousafzai
HORRIFICBack-to-Back Bombings Kill 100 in Mogadishu, SomaliaThe attack was launched by the al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabab militant group, according to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, which he says targeted the education ministry.Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
FREE MANOldest Guantanamo Bay Prisoner Freed After 18 YearsSaifullah Paracha, 75, was alleged to have conspired with al-Qaeda in the 9/11 attack, but was never charged with a crime.Alec Karam