Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday slammed the latest U.S. offer for renewed nuclear diplomacy, but the White House was undeterred, with officials saying they are preparing for “a long process,” even as Tehran ramps up its uranium enrichment to near bomb-grade levels. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that “indirect” talks with Iran …

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President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he plans to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, closing the book on America’s longest war. “We went to Afghanistan because of a horrific attack that happened 20 years ago,” Biden said in a speech Wednesday. “That cannot explain why …

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Sweetface “Nyx” Shelton, a well-loved brindle-furred American Mastiff who served with the Alaska National Guard for more than three years, died April 9 at age 4 — just weeks after earning a prestigious state medal for her work. Her death came just over a week after her last day as the Alaska National Guard Sexual …

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BRUSSELS  — At its start, America’s war in Afghanistan was about retribution for 9/11. Then it was about shoring up a weak government and its weak army so that Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida could never again threaten the United States. Now it’s about over. With bin Laden long since dead and the United States not …

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