The Group of Seven (G7) nations added their weight Wednesday to calls for “humanitarian pauses” in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. “We stress the need for urgent action to address the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” a statement by the group read. “All parties must allow unimpeded humanitarian support for civilians,...

This year is “virtually certain” to be the warmest ever recorded, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Copernicus made its statement Wednesday following new data indicating last month was the warmest October ever recorded. The month saw an average surface air temperature of 15.3 degrees Celsius, surpassing the past three decades’ average by 0.85...

More Palestinians are fleeing south in Gaza as food and water are running out in the north amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, according to a United Nations agency. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said about 15,000 people fled from the north of Gaza on...

If the U.S. government wants to drive change in prices and standards, the airline industry overall needs a more level playing field for competition.

House Republicans elected Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah) to be vice chair of the House Republican Conference on Wednesday, after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) catapulted up from the position to grasp the gavel. Moore is a second-term lawmaker who sits on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, as well as the House Budget Committee. He...

The FHFA made a smart move when it changed the requirement for a tri-merge credit report to a bi-merge report, and we should applaud the FHFA, not criticize it.

Texas voters on Tuesday decided to put billions of dollars into natural gas power plants as part of an effort aimed at increasing the reliability of the state’s electric grid. The creation of the Texas Energy Fund was approved in a 65-35 vote with more than 95 percent of the votes having been counted. The...

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) clashed Tuesday evening over abortion rights in his state. As DeWine appeared on her prime-time program Tuesday, Collins pressed the governor on the restrictions to women's reproductive health care that he and Republicans in his state have supported. "You’re talking about the health of the...

Two-term Utah GOP Rep. Blake Moore won a crowded race Wednesday morning to replace Speaker Johnson as Republican Conference vice chair.

Texans voted overwhelmingly in favor of a ballot measure green-lighting a billion-dollar program to ensure the state develops more fossil fuel power generation.