A New York Times Saturday story had the headline on its reference box “Cuba Backs Elder Statesman,” when referring to America’s murder indictment of former Cuban president Raul Castro
The resurgence of Ebola in central Africa is prompting international concern, with health officials issuing urgent warnings and travel restrictions as an outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain spreads. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health emergency last week amid a growing number of reported cases in Congo and Uganda. A...
U.S. Secret Service rushed reporters into the press briefing room on Saturday after gunshots were fired near the White House, according to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation. A law enforcement source told NewsNation that a man armed with a pistol opened fire near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and Secret Service returned fire, taking...
Key Senate Republicans are raising concerns about a reported peace deal being negotiated with Iran, arguing it would be a disaster for the United States that would make meaningless the war launched by President Trump nearly three months ago. “The rumored 60-day ceasefire — with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he plans to meet again with President Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly next week, as Russian strikes against Ukraine continue despite pressure on the Kremlin to come to a peace deal. The two leaders will discuss security guarantees, backed by both Kyiv and its...
President Trump called out former late night anchor David Letterman for defending Jimmy Kimmel, who was taken off air this week by ABC over comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “Whatever happened to the very highly overrated David Letterman, whose ratings were never very good, either,” the president wrote late...
The four Republicans who voted with Democrats against reprimanding Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over comments about Charlie Kirk are getting excoriated by the online right — with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who prompted the vote on the Omar censure, leading the charge against Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) in particular. The four — Reps. Mike Flood...
European countries are taking steps to sanction oil infrastructure in China but are unlikely to impose tariffs on Beijing, a step President Trump has set out as a prerequisite of sorts for the U.S. to impose tougher sanctions on Russia. Trump in a Truth Social post this week said he was “ready to do major Sanctions...
The Trump administration’s pressure campaign against ABC and Jimmy Kimmel, which saw the Federal Communications Commission chief turn up the heat on broadcasters, is intensifying fears over the policing of speech — which were already rising before this week’s late night television uproar. Kimmel’s fate was up in the air Friday evening after he was...
Four lawmakers bucked their party in Friday's votes on a Republican stopgap bill to fund the government, which passed the House but was blocked by Democrats in the Senate. House Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) were the only GOP no votes in the House, while Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) was the sole...
President Trump said on Friday that he ordered another strike on a ship in the Caribbean allegedly transporting narcotics, the third such attack this month. "On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility," Trump...
Stephen Miran, President Trump's newly confirmed pick to the Federal Reserve board, said on Friday that uncertainty around U.S. trade policies was partly responsible for slow economic growth this year. Miran, who was confirmed on Wednesday in time to join the Fed meeting Thursday, said growth in the first half of the year was “weaker...
Erik Siebert, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, resigned on Friday amid pressure from the Trump administration to launch an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud. Siebert will be replaced by a new appointee, two sources familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The New York...
