Ukrainian leaders on Monday said they had liberated an eighth village in the counteroffensive launched about two weeks ago as forces continue to inch through heavily fortified Russian-occupied territory. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said forces had taken the town of Piatykhatky in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, where a major Ukrainian advance is continuing...
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said there are no ongoing discussions about issuing Ukraine a formal invitation to join the alliance at its summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, next month. In a joint press conference Monday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Stoltenberg said the issue of Ukraine’s membership was not part of any discussions...
A federal magistrate judge Monday agreed to a motion from the Justice Department to block former President Trump from disclosing information relating to the Mar-a-Lago case, after prosecutors said the investigation remains ongoing. The order sides with the Justice Department in allowing Trump to see evidence collected in the case — including classified documents — but...
Vice President Harris is penning a tribute to Tina Turner, saying as a “lifelong fan,” the “What’s Love Got to do With It” singer “helped evolve the music of our nation.” Turner died last month at 83. In an essay published Monday in Rolling Stone, Harris recalled growing up listening to the performer who was dubbed the Queen...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., quoting a 19th century theologian, famously observed, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” This sentiment comes to mind when I imagine the sight of Union troops arriving in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, armed with delayed news of freedom for those Blacks...
High temperatures prompted severe storms, power outages and wildfire warnings in the Southwest over the weekend as forecasters warn residents to take further precautions. Large portions of the South remain under heat advisories and severe weather warnings Monday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The NWS said excessive rainfall and severe thunderstorms are possible...
Republicans' main Senate campaign arm is unleashing a new effort targeting Rep. Elissa Slotkin over a hush agreement she signed to engage in discussions involving a Chinese company.
Nikki Haley, a former U.N. ambassador and 2024 presidential candidate, will make a major foreign policy speech on U.S.-China policy at the American Enterprise Institute.