Post By : 2025-05-29

Security breaks down in Gaza as desperate people search for food

There is a state of chaos, a breakdown of security, and looting in north Gaza's main city, where Palestinians are desperately searching for food and where aid is difficult to access. The Hamas-run interior ministry said seven of its police officers deployed to a market in Gaza City on Thursday were killed by an Israeli air strike as they attempted to restore order and confront what it called "looters". The Israeli military has not commented on the incident, but it did say it had st

Post By : 2025-05-27

Trump administration moves to cancel federal contracts with Harvard worth some $100 million

The federal government is poised to direct its agencies to move to cancel contracts totaling about $100 million with Harvard University, two senior Trump administration officials told CNN, the latest barb against the school as it refuses to bend to the White House’s barrage of policy demands amid a broader politically charged assault on US colleges. The latest Harvard directive will be delivered Tuesday in a letter that also will order government agencies to look for new vendors

Post By : 2025-05-27

Trump’s talk on Ukraine is cheap, but the Kremlin has set him a pivotal test

  When it comes to ending the war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump’s statements and social media posts have become meaningless. Receding chances for a ceasefire and peace deal soon will depend instead on whether he finally finds the steel to reinforce his rhetorical lashing of President Vladimir Putin over the weekend with action. The Kremlin is betting he won’t. It dismissed Trump’s frustration with the most intense Russian drone attacks on Ukraine as a s

Post By : 2025-05-27

FBI deputy director says bureau will pour resources into cases including Supreme Court leak and cocaine at the White House

Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino said Monday that his agency will revive or devote more resources into several investigations of unsolved cases from the Biden administration that have "garnered public interest" and have long ignited claims of corruption by allies and supporters of President Donald Trump. Bongino identified three cases that he said pointed to "potential public corruption," including an investigation into a pair of pipe bombs that were found near the Democr

Post By : 2025-05-26

Venezuela held an election for an oil-rich region. The main problem is it belongs to another country

  Venezuelans on Sunday for the first time elected a governor and other lawmakers for Essequibo, an oil-rich region that Venezuela has laid claim to even though it is widely recognized as being part of neighboring Guyana. Essequibo’s 125,000 inhabitants, who account for more than 15% of the English-speaking country’s population, did not take part in Sunday’s election. The vote, which was widely criticized by Guyanese officials, instead saw Venezuelans pick a

Post By : 2025-05-26

Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery after lashing out at political opponents in Memorial Day post

President Donald Trump honored fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day Monday hours after blasting his political opponents and perceived enemies as “scum” in a social media post marking the solemn day. In the early morning Truth Social post, Trump criticized members of the federal judiciary as “USA hating” as well as “monsters,” and his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, as “incompetent.” The all-caps message, po

Post By : 2025-05-25

EU calls for 'respect' after Trump threatens 50% tariffs

The European Union's trade chief said the 27-member bloc is committed to securing a trade deal with the US based on "respect" not "threats". It comes after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 50% tariff on all goods sent to the US from the EU. "The EU's fully engaged, committed to securing a deal that works for both," EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said after a call with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lu

Post By : 2025-05-25

Russia launches largest air attack yet on Ukraine

Russia has intensified strikes on Ukraine, with the highest number of drones and missiles launched in a single night yet. At least 14 people, including three children, were killed and dozens injured, officials said. The attack came a day after the Ukrainian capital Kyiv suffered one of the heaviest assaults of the war. Russia has been ignoring calls for a ceasefire. "Without really strong pressure on the Russian leadership, this cruelty cannot be stopped," Ukraine's president said.

Post By : 2025-05-25

King's invite to Canada sends a message to Trump - and the world

A decade ago, a portrait of the British monarch caused a row in Canadian politics. Now, the King is being invited to deliver the Speech from the Throne. What's changed? In 2011, shortly after forming a majority Conservative government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper caused a national uproar when he sought to emphasise Canada's ties to the British monarchy. In one example, he replaced two artworks by a Quebec painter with a portrait of the Queen. Some rebuked the gesture as being out of to

Post By : 2025-05-25

Trump says the clock is ticking for 150 countries to make a deal or face higher tariffs

If you thought President Donald Trump’s trade war was over, he has some news for you: Tariffs are going up again. At the conclusion of his Middle East trip Friday, Trump acknowledged that trade negotiations are progressing too slowly to accommodate every country that wants to strike a new trade deal with the United States. So Trump said he’d give other countries a few more weeks, and then Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would simply te

Post By : 2025-05-24

Hectic two weeks leaves Russia confident - and peace in Ukraine feeling no closer

It's 2:30am. Inside the Kremlin walls I'm wandering alone through the vast grounds trying - and failing - to find my way out. I spot a checkpoint, approach and show my passport. "Nyet vykhoda!" ["No exit!"] replies the guard. He points in the opposite direction. I walk back and, eventually, come to another checkpoint. "No way out!" says the sentry. I'm lost. Inside the Kremlin. In the dead of night. It's like being in a John le Carré novel. It

Post By : 2025-05-21

Did Trump really strike Gulf deals worth $2tn?

Trump started the four-day visit in Saudi Arabia where deals worth $600bn were announced Flying home from his Gulf trip last week, President Donald Trump told reporters "that was a great four days, historic four days". Visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he added in this trademark swagger that "the jobs and money coming into our countries, there has never been anything like it". Trump claimed that he was able to secure deals totalling more than $2

Post By : 2025-05-20

Trump’s legislative agenda clears key committee vote after weekend of negotiations

The House Budget Committee voted Sunday night to advance President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, with the sweeping bill clearing a key hurdle while setting up a potentially contentious series of votes with hardliners this week. GOP leadership spent the weekend racing to get the president’s tax and spending cuts bill back on track after hardliners on the Budget Committee dealt it an embarrassing setback late last week. It next moves to the House Rules Committee, wh

Post By : 2025-05-20

Trump says Russia will ‘immediately’ work toward a ceasefire after phone call. But Putin seems unmoved

For President Donald Trump, Monday’s phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amounted to a major occasion — meant to ascertain his counterpart’s willingness to bring the conflict in Ukraine to an end. “I said when are we going to end this, Vladimir?” Trump recounted later to reporters. “I said when are we going to end this bloodshed, this bloodbath?” For Putin, it seemed to be a much less momentous event. Unlike Trump, who conducted the two-ho

Post By : 2025-05-20

Russia and Ukraine to 'immediately' start ceasefire talks, says Trump

US President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will "immediately" start negotiating towards a ceasefire and an end to the war, after a two-hour phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Trump, who described the conversation as having gone "very well", also said conditions for peace would need to be negotiated between the two parties. Despite the note of optimism from Trump, who also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, any ceasefire or peace deal do

Post By : 2025-05-20

CBS News boss Wendy McMahon exits amid Trump pressure

The top executive in charge of CBS News resigned on Monday amid President Trump’s intensifying political pressure against the news operation. Wendy McMahon alluded to a “challenging” past few months in a farewell memo to employees. “It’s become clear that the company and I do not agree on the path forward,” she wrote. “It’s time for me to move on and for this organization to move forward with new leadership.” While McMahon did not address Tru

Post By : 2025-05-20

Supreme Court lets Trump move toward ending temporary deportation protections for Venezuelans

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to strip temporary deportation protections from potentially hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. In a brief and unsigned order, a majority of the high court ruled that the administration could move forward with its plans to end a form of humanitarian relief known as Temporary Protected Status — a move that, immigration attorneys say, stands to make more people vulnerable to deportation.

Post By : 2025-05-20

Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online

Six months after the Democratic Party’s crushing 2024 defeat, the party’s megadonors are being inundated with overtures to spend tens of millions of dollars to develop an army of left-leaning online influencers. At donor retreats and in pitch documents seen by The New York Times, liberal strategists are pushing the party’s rich backers to reopen their wallets for a cavalcade of projects to help Democrats, as the cliché now goes, “find the next Joe Rogan.” The

Post By : 2025-05-19T17:05:30

Trump will ask Putin in upcoming phone call if he is "serious" about peace, Vance says

Vice President JD Vance said he believes that President Donald Trump will ask Russian President Vladimir Putin if he is “serious” about peace with Ukraine in a phone call this morning. Vance stressed that the United States is “not going to spin its wheels” in its attempts to reach a resolution. “The talks have been proceeding for a little while. We realize that we’re at a bit of an impasse here. I think the president’s going to say to President Puti

Post By : 2025-05-19T17:05:10

White House says Qatari jet donation is “the Air Force’s project” and Trump “has nothing to do with it”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said today that the controversial Qatari plane that President Donald Trump said he plans to accept is “the Air Force’s project” and that Trump “has nothing to do with it.” Leavitt pushed back on reports that the Qatari royal family will gift the Trump administration the luxury plane, which would be retrofitted and used as Air Force One during Trump’s second term. She criticized the media for what she called “a

Post By : 2024-06-29T12:49

Biden campaign fundraises $27 million after first debate

The Biden campaign has raised $27 million starting from the day of the first presidential debate through Friday evening, a campaign spokesperson announced on Saturday. The number comes in the middle of President Joe Biden’s post-debate fundraising swing, during which the campaign is looking to keep pace with former President Donald Trump’s recent donation momentum. The Biden campaign, the Democratic National Convention, and Biden PACs and committees jointly raised $85 million in May,

Post By : 2024-06-29T11:29

Iran warns that ‘all options are on the table’ if Israel launches offensives against Lebanon

Iran has issued a stark warning to Israel about what would happen if they launch a full-scale attack on Lebanon, in response to strikes from Lebanon-based Hezbollah. “Albeit Iran deems as psychological warfare the Zionist regime’s propaganda about intending to attack Lebanon, should it embark on full-scale military aggression, an obliterating war will ensue. All options, incl. the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, are on the table,” the Iranian mission to the U.N. said

Post By : 2024-06-11T11:30

Biden’s overlooked campaign to protect Americans from Big Business

President Joe Biden has embraced a decidedly pro-consumer agenda at a time when many Americans aren’t feeling confident about the state of the economy — even though it may do little to assure voters whose primary economic concern is higher prices.  Through his executive authority, Biden has taken steps to combat “junk fees” — hidden fees that make everything from airline bookings to concert tickets more expensive than their sticker price, but also just feel lik

Post By : 2024-05-23T09:15

Ukrainian Echoes From America's War for Independence

Ukraine's fight for freedom has significant echoes from America's war for independence that could help Americans better understand and assess the war in Ukraine. A Gallup poll shows that 36 percent of Americans think the United States is doing too much to help Ukraine defend against Russia's aggression. But some of these skeptics might be more supportive if they understood how much it resembles our struggle nearly 250 years ago. American and European support for Ukraine—over $1

Post By : 2024-05-19T07:40

Following the Flag Around the World

A great quality of Spokane and the Inland Empire is the respect we have for military service. My father embodied this. He was born in Spokane, served in the Army Air Corps in World War II, and went on to a career in the Air Force, including several tours at Fairchild. He retired to a house in the Valley that was also my childhood home. As I write, the Lilac Festival is underway with its annual Armed Forces Torchlight Parade, honoring our military. I chose a different service, the Foreign Service

Post By : 2024-05-15T04:41

Putin's Shake-Up of Russian Military Leadership

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not shied away from expressing frustration with the Russian war effort in Ukraine. Over the nearly two and a half years of the conflict, he has removed multiple senior military commanders and officials, generally due to dissatisfaction with their performance. Last week, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was the latest to be relieved of his position by Putin. But why would Putin oust a longtime loyalist with deep roots in the Russian military establishmen