Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is closer to releasing hostages captured by the Palestinian militant group Hamas than before their ground operation in Gaza. “Well, we're closer than we were before we began the ground action, because the ground action has put pressure on Hamas to achieve a cease-fire,” Netanyahu told CBS anchor...
Musical artist and actress Cassie has filed a lawsuit against her former boss and romantic partner, Sean "Diddy" Combs, alleging years of 'abuse, violence and sex trafficking' during her relationship with the hip-hop music mogul — allegations he denies. In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura,...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) weighed in on the near-fight in the Senate Tuesday, saying it "looked like a Third World country." “When they’ve got to a fever pitch where they wanna fight, they’re calling each other names,” Manchin said Thursday on Fox News. “It looked like a Third World country or a Banana Republic, and...
IBM confirmed to The Hill it is pulling advertisements from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter Thursday, citing “'zero tolerance for hate speech." “IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation,” IBM told the Financial Times. Elon...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) declared a victory after a New York appeals court temporarily lifted a gag order barring former President Trump and his attorneys from talking about the trial judge’s staff in his New York civil fraud case. “I am pleased to see that after my ethics complaint to the New York Commission on...
Mike Johnson, little known before, is Speaker of the House and the country has had two weeks to digest his views on cultural and economic issues. He opposes abortion, same sex marriage and LGBTQ rights. He says the Bible shapes his world view. He was a leader of efforts to keep Donald Trump in office...
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A pro-Palestine student group and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Thursday they are suing the University of Florida system and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for trying to deactivate the group and violating students’ free speech rights. “Our client, the University of Florida Students for Justice in Palestine, is suing university leaders and...
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