The Archives

The U.S. Department of Justice has executed the first-ever deportation using the Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), removing a 47-year-old lawful permanent resident to Afghanistan.

Bearded vultures in Spain inadvertently acted as museum curators by collecting hundreds of human artifacts—including an intact 750-year-old grass shoe—inside their multi-generational cliffside nests.

U.S. President Donald Trump sparked widespread controversy by publicly backing Irish reunification, declaring that merging the Republic of Ireland with Northern Ireland would be "fantastic" and "one of the naturals of all time." Speaking during a visit to Ireland, Trump repeatedly expressed his desire to see a unified Ireland, breaking away from the long-standing, strictly neutral stance held by previous American presidents on the sensitive geopolitical issue.

Lake Mead, the largest water reservoir in the United States, has hit historic, record-low water levels due to an ongoing, multi-decade mega-drought in the American West. As the reservoir's waterline plummets—now sitting nearly 19 stories below its high-water mark—the receding waters have exposed a massive graveyard of long-lost artifacts, including sunken houseboats, speedboats, and even a World War II-era landing craft.

US peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Kyiv on September 6, 2026, for high-stakes talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Their arrival in the Ukrainian capital followed a three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow the previous day. The diplomatic mission represents a renewed push by the Trump administration to establish a framework to end the war, though no immediate breakthroughs were achieved.