Dua Lipa is a singer and songwriter based in London, and now she has propped up a library. I think that’s great. The world needs more book-peddlers, and everyone should read more books. Lipa is marketing her library as a repository of “banned books,” which sounds transgressive and edgy until you see her list. Out […]

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States would impose a 20% toll on the value of any cargo being transported by a vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Trump further announced the reintroduction of a blockade on vessels transiting Iranian ports. On Tuesday, Trump said he would replace the toll with new […]

More than two dozen Democratic senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) are demanding the Trump administration reveal by next week the findings from a Pentagon ​probe into a Feb. 28 strike at a girls' school in Iran that killed 175 people, most of whom were children. “The [Defense] Department must promptly provide Congress with the...

Thousands of cases have been confirmed across the U.S., but it's likely the true number of people who have fallen ill is even higher.

House Republicans on Tuesday broke a weeks-long impasse that had brought much of the chamber’s legislative business to a standstill, passing a rule that sets up floor debate and final votes on several measures. The 215-211 vote delivers a key win for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who had spent weeks trying to unify his conference...

FIFA on Tuesday unveiled the six celebrities who will star at the closing ceremony of the men’s World Cup final on Sunday. Singers Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger and Robbie Williams, along with streamer IShowSpeed — whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr. — will deliver performances prior to the match kicking off at MetLife Stadium...

California will begin offering instant rebates of up to $3,500 to first-time electric vehicle (EV) buyers later this summer, replacing some of the incentives lost after the Trump administration phased out EV and clean energy tax credits. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday signed new legislation establishing a $270 million rebate program for California...

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Tuesday touted his efforts to overhaul the central bank’s approach to inflation and the economy at his first congressional hearing as its leader. In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Warsh laid out the significant changes underway at the Fed meant to address the bank’s handling of inflation and...

Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who landed a commercial airplane on the Hudson River, recently revealed he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

A new report shows Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers engaged in a misuse of force against individuals at immigration protests 412 times over the span of a year. The report was authored by the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley (HRC), which said they...