LONDON — At least 21 people were killed and 179 people were injured after Israeli forces opened fire near an aid distribution site to the west of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. In a statement posted to X, the Israel Defense Forces said,…
The FBI is investigating mysterious texts and calls from someone reaching out to governors, members of Congress and others who has claimed to be White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, sources familiar with the matter said. The calls and texts appear to use Wiles’ voice but are believed to be from an imposter who…
Hamas said it has submitted a response to the latest ceasefire proposal by U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff to mediators on Saturday, reiterating its key demands. Hamas’ key demands are “to achieve a permanent ceasefire, a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and ensure the continuous flow of humanitarian aid,” according to the group….
Two people were shot Friday outside a Minnesota college arena during a high school graduation, police said. The incident took place around 8:20 p.m. outside the Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus as the graduation ceremony for Wayzata High School was taking place, the campus police department said in a statement….
President Donald Trump’s steepest tariffs fell into legal limbo this week, casting uncertainty over a major swath of the president’s signature economic policy. The Trump administration could ultimately prevail in a court battle over the levies or seek other legal authorities to reimpose some of the tariffs, experts told ABC News, but a complete revival…
PBS has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration challenging his executive order targeting public broadcasting. PBS’s lawsuit, filed in United States District Court in Washington, accuses the administration of unlawfully interfering in the operations of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and committing multiple violations of the First Amendment – viewpoint discrimination, illegal retaliation…
Democratic governors Tim Walz and Wes Moore are fired up – but not solely to eat South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn’s so-called “world famous” breaded fish. They’re fired up to refocus their party, and on Friday evening, both pitched their theory of how to build up coalitions and win back the Americans they’ve lost: emphasize…
Senate Republicans have announced plans to launch their own probe into former President Joe Biden over his cognitive abilities while in office, claiming they want to investigate who was running the country during what they call Biden’s decline. Republican Sens. Eric Schmitt and John Cornyn will co-chair a first-of-its-kind Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next month…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed in a speech in Singapore on Saturday that the United States will continue to support U.S allies in the Indo-Pacific region against Chinese aggression as he warned that Chinese military action against Taiwan could be “imminent.” Hegseth made his remarks in a speech at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, which is…
President Donald Trump on Friday touted a “blockbuster agreement” between U.S. Steel and Japanese company Nippon Steel that he said would keep the iconic U.S. steelmaker in Pittsburgh and invest billions in facilities in several other states — though he previously opposed such a merger and offered few details on the intricacies of the deal….
