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...
The Justice Department is fighting an effort by former President Trump to delay his documents case until after the 2024 election, pushing back on claims the government hasn’t done its part to provide access to evidence. A recent motion seeking to delay the process through a law governing the handling of classified records in court...
Former President Trump tore into Forbes Magazine after it again dropped him from its annual list of the wealthiest Americans. The former president ripped the magazine in a Truth Social post on Monday, calling it "very badly failing" and asserting it "lost most of its relevance long ago." Trump bemoaned that Forbes "took me off...
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley raked in more than $11 million in the third quarter of fundraising this year between three of her political committees, her GOP presidential campaign announced Monday. Her campaign noted that close to 40,000 new donors gave to her in the third quarter and that she's ending...
Twice as many Ukrainians say they want Kyiv to keep fighting the war against Russia’s invasion, rather than negotiate to end the war sooner, according to a Gallup poll published Monday. The survey, conducted July 27–Aug. 3, shows 60 percent of Ukrainian residents said Ukraine should continue fighting until it wins the war, compared to...
New York Democrat Rep. Ritchie Torres is breaking with some of his Democratic colleagues in expressing support for Israel amid its ongoing war with Hamas.