What to Know About the U.S. Military Draft Pool and Automatic Registration

For decades, draft-eligible men ages 18 to 25 have been required to register with the Selective Service System. Most states offer a registration option on driver’s license applications.Read More
Student Hit by Projectile During ‘No Kings’ Protest Lost an Eye, Lawyer Says

The student, Tucker Collins, 18, was observing demonstrators in Los Angeles when he was struck, the lawyer said.Read More
Judge Rejects Hegseth’s Second Attempt to Restrict Reporters at Pentagon

A federal judge gutted a set of rules that were adopted after the court declared an earlier press policy unconstitutional, in a case brought by The New York Times.Read More
Amid Trump’s Threats, NATO Labors to Survive the Iran War

President Trump is citing the unwillingness of European nations to back the United States in the conflict as another reason to scale back or abandon the alliance. And he still wants Greenland.Read More
3 Russian Submarines Detected Near Britain Were Spying, U.K. Says

John Healey, the defense secretary, said the vessels were gathering information about undersea pipelines, and said he believed President Vladimir V. Putin “would want us to be distracted by the Middle East.”Read More
Zelensky Sees Small Window for Peace

Talks to end the war in Ukraine could resume soon, said President Volodymyr Zelensky as he expressed skepticism about a breakthrough.Read More
Putin Announces Orthodox Easter Cease-Fire, but Ukraine Is Skeptical

The cease-fire would be in effect this weekend, the Kremlin said, but each side accused the other of violating a similar pause announced last year.Read More
Israel Agrees to Hold Talks With Lebanon

Also, vegetative patients may be more aware than we thought. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.Read More
New Charter Allows RFK Jr. to Reclaim Vaccine Policy Despite Court Ruling

The charter, published on Thursday, alters the makeup and purpose of the panel, opening the door for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reclaim his revision of national vaccine policy.Read More
Melania Trump Says She Was Not a Victim of Jeffrey Epstein

Responding to what she said were smears, the first lady said she never had knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of victims. She called on Congress to continue investigating.Read More