THE NEW SPEAKER AND UKRAINE. The political world is consumed with the fighting going on after Hamas's attack on Israel. How could the vaunted Israeli intelligence services have been so surprised? How extensive will Israel's retaliation be? Will the conflict spread?
Former President Trump will appear at an event in New Hampshire Monday, following campaign stops over the weekend in Iowa. Trump continues to dominate polling of the 2024 GOP presidential race in both states, which kick off the primary season. The main difference is that the distant second-place candidate in Iowa is Florida Gov. Ron...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the counteroffensive against Hamas militants was “just getting started” and pledged to “defeat them forcefully.” Netanyahu spoke to leaders of border towns and cities near Gaza on Monday and praised their leadership after Hamas militants killed and abducted hundreds of Israeli civilians in an attack that...
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Around 4,000 union workers at Mack Trucks facilities went on strike Monday morning after rejecting a tentative contract Sunday evening. Striking Mack workers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida are represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, which is also actively engaged in separate negotiations with three major Detroit automakers. Nearly three-quarters — 73 percent...
Israeli helicopters are striking territory in Lebanon in the wake of the Palestinian militant group Hamas’s attack over the weekend. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a brief statement Monday that its helicopters were in the process of striking Lebanese territory. While it did not provide any other details about the strikes, the IDF Homefront Command has...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce Monday that he will run as an independent presidential candidate and not a Democrat. Kennedy is slated to speak Monday in front of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. While he had not won that much traction in the Democratic primary, Kennedy could play a big role...