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Sen. Tillis accused DHS Secretary Noem of “failure of leadership” and called for her resignation during a hearing on Capitol ...

The senator from NC again called for the resignation of the Homeland Security Secretary and threatened to block her ...

Follow live updates and news coverage as voters head to the polls in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas for the 2026 primary elections for U.S. Senate, House, and gubernatorial races.

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Senators grilled Noem about her early descriptions of two US citizens who were killed by federal officers in Minneapolis, her use of executive jets and whether ICE will be sent to polling places ...

For most of human history, the night sky has been a shared inheritance, a source of wonder. Now, more than a billion children ...

The developers of cult classic horror shooter Clive Barker's Undying tell us how Steven Spielberg, Clive Barker, and Robert ...

Biology students at St. Charles Community College are revolutionizing learning through virtual reality, as they diagnose and cure alien species.

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Five years ago, I visited the border town of McAllen, Texas and saw the chaos. A caravan of more migrants than I could count ...