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Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C. home of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota on Monday, a move that has intensified scrutiny over her citizenship status and potential involvement in immigration fraud. The search was conducted…
A new Fox News national poll indicates that 32% of voters hold a favorable view of socialism, a rating that matches an all-time high for the question, which the network has tracked since 2019. This level of support stands in contrast to…
The historic Limoges Town Hall in France has been largely lost after being set on fire by rioters during ongoing anti-government demonstrations. The building, constructed in 1883 and designated a historic landmark in 1975, suffered severe…
Celebrity chef and television personality Andrew Zimmern argues that an oyster's geographic origin determines its quality more than its preparation method. Speaking to Fox News Digital ahead of hosting the Oyster Bash at the New York City…
Tom Emmer, the No. 3 leader in the House of Representatives and a Republican from Minnesota, has stated that Rep. Ilhan Omar should face imprisonment and deportation if federal investigators prove she or her father lied on citizenship…
Pope Leo XIV will be discharged from Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Saturday to return to the Vatican, the Holy See announced. The pontiff is leaving the hospital after surgeons removed a cancerous node from his right lung.
Kid Rock told Fox & Friends hosts on Friday that he recently dined at the White House with President Donald Trump, comedian Bill Maher, and ESPN host Stephen A. Smith. The musician stated that the four men agreed socialism and communism…
A bystander fatally shot a suspected teen gunman after three children and a teacher were killed at an elementary school. The intervention by a community member ended the shooting. The White House press secretary admitted to never retaking…
Late-night host Seth Meyers stated that the election of President Donald Trump to a second term prompted a team meeting at his show to adjust its comedic tone. Meyers disclosed this during a Tuesday interview with Nayeema Raza, host of the…
President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that White House press secretary Katie Zacharia should "reconsider" if she wants to keep her job. The comment came during a conversation with reporters outside the White House, where Trump…
James Braid has left his position as director of the Office of Legislative Affairs, ending a two-year tenure in which he helped advance President Donald Trump's legislative agenda. His departure was confirmed Tuesday, marking the end of…
Microsoft has stated that Windows 11 is now up to 20 percent more responsive, following months of fixes aimed at performance and reliability. The company reports that the operating system runs better on devices with 8GB of RAM, a result of…
President Donald Trump canceled the Department of Defense's plan to broadcast a firing squad execution, a move that follows intense criticism of the proposed livestream. The execution of Nidal Hasan remains scheduled for December 3.
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker defended his use of inflammatory terms such as "inbred" and "Zionist pig" in a Thursday interview with NPR, arguing that his rhetoric targets specific ideologies rather than individuals. During the conversation…
A heated exchange erupted during the final Senate debate in Maine when a protester interrupted Republican Sen. Susan Collins, leading to a sharp verbal clash with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson. The incident occurred as the two…
Acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve warned that the United States military is abandoning the long-held assumption that combat would remain overseas, preparing instead for a scenario where American forces face attack on home…
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker attributed the declining support for the Democratic Party among Jewish voters in New York to their stance on Israel. The controversy erupted on Wednesday after Piker responded to a CNN segment featuring chief…
Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon stated on Wednesday that she wants her Republican opponent, U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, locked up and punished in jail. Nixon made the comments during a CNN interview with host Kasie Hunt…
More than 180,000 residents of Georgia voted during the initial period of early voting on Tuesday, marking a new benchmark for midterm cycles. According to state election officials, this figure surpassed the turnout from the first day of…
The Eiliko, a digital pet robot, transmits user conversations to servers located in China. The device, described as a marshmallow-shaped toy with changing facial expressions, connects via Wi-Fi to store data on foreign infrastructure. The…
Camas School District superintendent John Anzalone stated that the students who walked off the cross country course will not face disciplinary action for their protest. The incident occurred Tuesday when approximately a dozen runners from…
Residents in Barcelona, Madrid, and other Spanish cities have taken to the streets in large numbers to challenge rising housing prices. The unrest stems from a housing affordability crisis, driven partly by short-term vacation rentals, an…
Joni Mitchell has officially become an American citizen at age 82, concluding a journey that began when she moved to the United States in 1965. The Canadian-born musician announced the development on Instagram, sharing a photograph of…
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., has asked House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to scrutinize the intelligence access of two Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members who won primary elections in New York. The New York City…
Democratic Iowa State Rep. Josh Turek missed 261 votes in the state legislature between Jan. 12, 2026, and May 3, a rate of nearly 58% for that period, according to Fox News Digital. He defended his attendance record during a Tuesday night…
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico released a campaign advertisement on Monday accusing former President Joe Biden of failing the country on border security. The move appears to mark a shift away from Talarico's previous…
MS NOW issued an on-air correction after erroneously reporting that FBI Director Kash Patel had landed in Russia. The network stated that Patel was actually in Virginia, a fact confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shortly after…
The Justice Department has issued a 48-hour deadline for California officials to investigate a list of potential noncitizen voters and set aside their ballots, threatening emergency court action if the state does not comply. Acting Deputy…
Charlie Garret and Sierra Retzlaff walked away from a cross-country race on Tuesday, refusing to compete against a male athlete who had started the season on the boys' team. The two students, along with about a dozen other girls, left the…
Jamaica began accepting third-country deportations from the United States this week, with the first flight of migrants arriving in Kingston on Tuesday. The move marks the start of a new arrangement under President Donald Trump's…
Apple has unveiled a new lineup of smart home products, including a $299 smart display, betting that modern artificial intelligence can finally make connected home devices easy to use. The announcements mark a significant hardware push for…
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson did not appear for a scheduled debate on Monday night, leaving Democratic opponent Keisha Lance Bottoms to answer questions beside an empty podium. Bottoms stated that Jackson is the…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukrainian military drone strikes on Russian data centers have diminished the country's disinformation operations. Speaking on Monday, Zelenskyy described a noticeable improvement in online…
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork, according to the Justice Department. The search, executed under a judicially authorized warrant…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) needs Latino voters to remain with Republicans as they did in 2024, but new polling indicates they are drifting back toward Democrats at levels not seen in years. This shift reflects growing…
UCLA head coach Bob Chesney delivered a pregame speech comparing his team's situation to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés burning his boats, a message intended to eliminate any thought of retreat before the Bruins faced Oregon. The…
Homeland Security Investigations executed a court-authorized search warrant at the Washington-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Monday. The Justice Department confirmed the action was part of an ongoing federal criminal…
Pope Leo XIV arrived at Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on Tuesday for a procedure to remove a small nodule from his lung. The 71-year-old pontiff disclosed the diagnosis on Monday, stating that medical professionals detected…
The Atlanta Dream will likely host their first two WNBA Finals games at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia, rather than their regular home at State Farm Arena, according to a report by USA Today. The decision stems from…
A Biden-appointed federal judge erupted at Department of Justice lawyers during an emergency hearing over the rapid removal of hundreds of trees from East Potomac Golf Links. Judge Ana Reyes confronted government attorneys over the…
The World Health Organization states it cannot assess the public health risk of a recent death in Russia because the country has not reported a confirmed cause. The UN health agency released a disease outbreak report over the weekend…
NPR CEO Katherine Maher is set to receive Harper's Magazine's First Amendment Award on Oct. 26, a distinction that contrasts with her previous characterization of the constitutional provision as an operational hurdle. The magazine…
RJ Mitte, the actor best known for playing Walter White Jr. on the AMC series "Breaking Bad," has died at age 34. His cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
British adventurer Karl Bushby has completed a 28-year journey around the globe, arriving in the United Kingdom after swimming the English Channel from France to England. He announced his arrival on Oct. 5, ending a trek that began in 1998…
Julia Wilson, a survivor of the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, supports the scheduled execution of Nidal Hasan but opposes the military's plan to livestream the event. Wilson told Fox News Digital that while she wants to attend the execution to…
Ukrainian drone strikes that knocked Russian data centers offline last week probably did not disrupt the disinformation bot farms many assume were targeted. A chart circulating on social media, citing Cloudflare data, shows a sharp drop in…
A game-worn Michael Jordan jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals sold for $14 million in a private transaction, establishing it as the most expensive piece of basketball memorabilia ever sold. Hunt Auctions, a Pennsylvania-based firm, announced…
Democratic candidate Annie Andrews and Republican incumbent Sen. Darline Graham clashed on Sunday night during a U.S. Senate debate in South Carolina. The confrontation centered on Andrews' willingness to challenge her own party and…
Homeland Security Investigations raided the Washington, D.C., area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar on Monday morning. The search was part of a criminal fraud investigation into immigration paperwork that Omar's father filled out, according to Fox…
A Virginia museum executive argues that the Smithsonian Institution should present American history with greater emphasis on the nation's achievements as it approaches its 250th anniversary. The comment arrives amid a dispute over how the…
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately cease airing controversial government-funded advertisements on Sunday night. The ads, which critics have labeled as propaganda intended to influence the upcoming midterm…
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed explicitly stated he has no intention of running for president of the United States, dismissing the idea as irrelevant during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. Host Kristen…
Elgin Community College asked Flock Safety to take down its license plate recognition cameras in October 2025. The company said no. Six Flock cameras had been installed at the college in April 2025 to enhance student safety and security…
Mark Travers, a psychologist who studies couples, says a specific communication practice called a partial yield can stop arguments from escalating. He describes the technique as a guardrail that prevents disagreements from shifting from…
Russian authorities have denied claims that a laboratory worker in Siberia died from a bioengineered strain of plague. They stand by their position despite reports of a mysterious pneumonia death. The incident involves Darya Shipilova, a…
Vice President JD Vance stated Friday that he will not watch a potential livestream of the convicted Fort Hood shooter's execution. The sentence is set to be carried out by firing squad in December. Vance questioned whether the event would…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the United States' decision to lift sanctions on Russia, describing the move as neither fair nor honest. In a phone interview with Axios on Friday, Zelensky expressed frustration with…
US equity indexes rose on Friday, driven by a broad-based rally and strong gains in large technology companies, while crude oil prices declined. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.6% to close at 27,346.2. The S&P 500 advanced 0.6% to 7,808.5…
Roman Reigns defended his World Heavyweight Championship against LA Knight at Money in the Bank on Saturday night, ending Knight's bid for the title at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Reigns successfully retained the belt in a…
Hurricane Isaias has made landfall near the Florida Gulf Coast, forcing changes to several college football games, including one cancellation. Despite the storm's impact, No. 6 Alabama will host No. 2 Georgia on Saturday night, though the…
Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby argues that data center operators must invest in local infrastructure to address community concerns. Speaking to Fox News Digital, Crosby outlined how his company integrated into Red Oak, Texas, a town…
President Donald Trump criticized the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Saturday for excluding him from the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize selection. In a Truth Social post, he cited a series of diplomatic and military accomplishments to justify his…
Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed suggested that the University of Michigan football team could not win a game without cheating during a recent event with state farmers. The remark, delivered with a chuckle, drew immediate criticism…
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has voted with Senate Democrats nearly 90% of the time since joining the chamber in 2023, a record that contradicts speculation he may switch to the Republican Party. While the senator has gained a reputation as…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appeared on major broadcast networks to condemn Immigration and Customs Enforcement, yet his earlier statement describing the war in Gaza as a genocide was absent from their coverage. The media attention…
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated Friday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not pause its activities in New York following an incident in the Bronx where agents shot and wounded a man inside a car with a…
China has agreed to cut its exports of hybrid cars to the European Union by half, according to European trade commissioner Maroš Sefčovič. The agreement follows a period of rising tensions between the two trading partners, during which…
The unexplained death of a researcher at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East has intensified scrutiny of Russia's biological weapons capabilities. Marshall Billingslea, a former staffer for the Senate…
President Donald Trump's announcement that Russia will supply diesel fuel to the global market conflicts with recent U.S. efforts to pressure Moscow over the Ukraine war. While Trump claimed the agreement would swiftly lower record-high…
Ukrainian farmers are reducing their planting for the coming season because millions of tons of grain remain trapped in storage, unable to reach international markets. The blockage, driven by intensified Russian drone and missile attacks…
U.S. Treasury yields held steady Friday morning after President Donald Trump pledged that the United States would not launch attacks on Iran before the upcoming midterm elections.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated on Friday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not halt its activities in New York following a shooting in the Bronx. The incident occurred Thursday afternoon when two…
More than half a dozen U.S. House districts in California will elect Democratic representatives in the upcoming election, creating a significant challenge for party leadership. The outcome of these contests hinges on a series of…
ABC News deleted a report on Thursday criticizing the business dealings of Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, following legal threats from a venture capital firm. The network has not provided an explanation or editor's note for the removal…
The Pentagon confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday that the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed. The scheduled event, set for Dec. 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, marks the first execution by the U.S. military in…
President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that anyone using the term "Artificial Intelligence" rather than "Super Intelligence" is "THE ENEMY!" despite the White House continuing to use the standard industry term across its official…
Hasan Piker, a political streamer from New Jersey, is facing criticism after telling New York Magazine that he distinguishes between "good Whites" and "bad Whites" as part of a strategy to reach conservative voters. The 35-year-old…
Documents released by the White House reveal that the FBI monitored the phone activity of Susie Wiles, now President Donald Trump's chief of staff, from February through May 2023. The records, part of the "Plasmic Echo" investigation into…
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, reportedly contacted streamer Hasan Piker to warn that his comments were hurting the campaign's standing with voters. According to a report by CNN published Wednesday…
Richard Barrera, a candidate for California state superintendent, drew sharp criticism after telling university faculty that their role includes teaching students who arrive without foundational math skills. The comments came during a…
Israel marks the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks three weeks before an election that will test Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership amid claims he ignored intelligence warnings. While Netanyahu has maintained political…
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu defended the police response to student protests after severe injuries were reported among teenagers. He stated that accidents can occur during operations triggered by urban violence, rejecting…
Oscar-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi criticized Hollywood's depiction of foreign nations and challenged the United States' democratic credentials during an appearance at the Rio Film Festival in Brazil on Friday. While promoting…
US equity indexes reached new all-time highs intraday Tuesday as large technology stocks drove gains even as government bond yields declined. After midday, the Nasdaq Composite stood at 27,639.2, up 0.6%. The S&P 500 recorded a 0.7%…
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, a democratic socialist, has shifted away from the core promises of her campaign as she confronts deepening public safety and homelessness challenges. The mayor's administration now plans to add nearly 1,000…
Everytown for Gun Safety is launching a $10 million advertising campaign with House Democrats to support former gun safety volunteers running for Congress, according to Axios. The financial commitment aims to assist candidates who…
President Donald Trump has authorized the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army soldier convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, according to Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell. The announcement marks a decisive step toward carrying out a…
Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, has died at the age of 84. The former Illinois congressman, who held the gavel from 1999 to 2007, was the highest-ranking United States official to…
President Donald Trump identified Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as a strong candidate for the role of AI czar on Tuesday. The president stated he intends to finalize the selection within three or four days as the…
Senate Democrats' recent rejection of a federal voter identification bill has handed Republicans a potent argument for the upcoming midterm elections. By opposing a measure that aligns with practices already common across the country…
President Donald Trump stated that his earlier characterization of artificial intelligence safety concerns as a hoax no longer applies because the technology has been renamed Super Intelligence. The president made these remarks on Tuesday…
Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., helped secure the defeat of Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., in the 2026 Republican primary, a move that Haridopolos says was necessary to protect the party's chances in the general election. Mills, who had public…
Buzz Patterson, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and former Delta Air Lines pilot, warned on Thursday that terrorist cells could exist within airline companies, particularly overseas. The alert follows the emergency landing of a…
Former Chicago Mayor and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel told Democrats not to attempt to impeach President Donald Trump if they win control of the House of Representatives in next month's midterm elections. Speaking on NBC News'…
Kieran Crowley, the communications manager for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), clashed with Israeli journalists during a press conference in Serbia on Saturday. The confrontation occurred ahead of the Ireland versus Israel match…
Dan Gainor argues that the current media focus on an "AI apocalypse" is a recurring cycle of fear-mongering rather than a report on imminent danger. The author, a science fiction writer, contends that journalists are amplifying warnings…
Backlash continues over the casting of actress Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan, the Christ-like lion in Netflix's upcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis's "Narnia." The controversy has prompted an online petition demanding that director…
Pope Leo XIV has called for the Catholic Church to form an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to distinguish human creativity from artificial intelligence. The pontiff made the statement on X on Friday, arguing that algorithms…
Zach Bryan wore a shirt reading "Free Palestine" while performing at Gillette Stadium on Friday night, an act that critics say directly challenges the venue's recent decision to ban Macklemore. The country singer's choice of attire arrived…
Newly uncovered documents show that J.P. Cooney, the principal deputy prosecutor for former special counsel Jack Smith, argued in 2021 for repealing the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause. Cooney, who has since joined the advocacy…
President Donald Trump's top national security aides gathered for an undisclosed, multi-hour meeting at Camp David on Friday to discuss the Iran war and the conflict in Yemen, according to three U.S. officials. The session was not…
New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes and ESPN analyst AJ Mleczko shared an awkward moment during a post-first-period interview at the Prudential Center. The incident occurred during the Devils' season opener against the Philadelphia…
Wynonna Judd has publicly rejected Rosie O'Donnell's assertion that she supports President Donald Trump, telling People she is in shock by the assumption. The country music star stated she has never discussed politics with O'Donnell and…
Nike Inc. reported a 4% decline in quarterly revenue and a 26% drop in sales within Greater China, prompting the company to announce a restructuring plan that it says will save $2.5 billion through fiscal 2031. The financial results, which…
The Fresh Market, a supermarket chain headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, has been named the No. 1 store in the Best Grocery Store category of the 2026 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. The company also secured first-place…
Ben Affleck rejected what he called "propaganda" against artificial intelligence, asserting that the technology serves as a beneficial tool for filmmakers rather than a threat to the industry. The actor and producer made these remarks…
The Trump administration and the Iranian regime both state a preference for a diplomatic solution to the war, yet a deal remains elusive due to irreconcilable differences in negotiation style and deep-seated mistrust. Two failed rounds of…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised Yaniv Chayon, a passenger who tackled a knife-wielding attacker inside an airborne cockpit. Netanyahu described the incident as a prevention of another 9/11, citing the heroism of the…
Cornel West sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity to discuss their deep political differences and shared personal values. The progressive scholar appeared on the Thursday episode of "Hang Out with Sean Hannity," explaining that he does…
Russia's state space agency, Roscosmos, is facing scrutiny over its long-delayed Orel crewed spacecraft, a project that has undergone multiple name changes and design shifts over the last two decades. The initiative originated from a…
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett credited the quick actions of passengers and crew with preventing a possible terrorist attack after an alleged cockpit stabbing caused an Israel-bound plane to nosedive. Bennett described the…
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on September 4 to reduce regulatory hurdles in the American beef industry. The directives instruct federal agencies to facilitate the cross-border movement of state-inspected meat and…
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) condemned President Trump's enthusiastic welcome for Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "WTF moment" in an interview with CBS News. Tillis, who has decided not to seek reelection, questioned why Xi received a…
Taiwanese analysts conclude that the recent state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington D.C. resulted in no shift in U.S. policy toward the island. A panel of scholars, military veterans, and government officials at the…
President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that Jay Clayton, the current Director of National Intelligence, would be a good choice to serve as the United States' AI czar. The president is actively seeking to fill this position as demands for…
SpaceXAI's Grokipedia has resumed updating its articles after a pause that lasted several months. The AI-powered online encyclopedia's live updates site is now displaying recent changes to pages, marking a shift from the inactivity…
The U.S. Navy has selected Boeing to develop the F/A-XX, a sixth-generation strike fighter, under a contract valued at more than $20 billion. The Department of War announced the decision on Tuesday, identifying the aircraft as a key…
Five men were arrested near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Sunday on terrorism charges, prompting warnings that the incident may signal a broader threat to U.S. military installations. Former U.S. intelligence official Andrew Badger…
Flytrex is deploying a system in Dallas-Fort Worth that uses artificial intelligence to position delivery drones at restaurant rooftops before customers place orders. By predicting demand, the company aims to have aircraft ready to pick up…
KFC has opened a new restaurant in McKinney, Texas, designed to test how the 75-year-old chain can modernize its dining experience without abandoning its core identity. KFC U.S. President Catherine Tan-Gillespie described the location…
Nikole Hannah-Jones, founder of the 1619 Project and winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, has published a personal account detailing how her commitment to local public schooling compromised her daughter Najya's education. In…
Tekever, a European maker of artificial intelligence drones, has reached a $6.4 billion valuation. This figure reflects a broader surge in funding for defense technology startups across the continent. The company is part of a wave of firms…
The short version: Inflation may stay above the Federal Reserve's target for longer than hoped, according to Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins. This warning came after she supported the recent interest rate increase. In plain…
The short version is that Belarus's leader admitted to a recurring, lighthearted argument with his Russian counterpart about who holds more absolute power. In plain terms, a dictator is a ruler who concentrates all political authority in…
The United States and Iran held their first diplomatic talks since June, with President Donald Trump describing the session as a good meeting. The term "delegation" refers to a group of representatives authorized to negotiate on behalf of…
US President Donald Trump described efforts to limit artificial intelligence progress as a globalist scheme during his address to the United Nations General Assembly. The short version is that the president framed these technological…
US President Donald Trump stated that American officials recently held meetings with a team from Iran. In plain terms, this confirms direct diplomatic contact between the two nations, a term that refers to official government-to-government…
The short version is that the US president called a British plan to hand over control of the Chagos Islands terrible. Ceding sovereignty means giving up the right to govern a territory to another nation, which is what the UK proposed for…
The short version: fuel prices have spiked because of the Iran war, and Republican lawmakers want President Trump to stop US diesel from leaving the country. Diesel is the heavy, refined fuel used in trucks and industrial machinery. This…
President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani struck a friendly tone during recent housing discussions, a notable shift given their opposing political ideologies. The short version is that two leaders who usually disagree…
The short version is that a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's ban on three media outlets is set for a court hearing on Wednesday. The ban refers to a restriction that prevents these specific news organizations from accessing…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is traveling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. The trip happens while U.S. President Donald Trump warns of severe consequences if no deal is reached. In plain terms, this means…
The short version: US and Chinese officials have finished a round of talks on artificial intelligence, and the Treasury Department is calling it a step toward a shared vision. In plain terms, a shared vision is a mutual understanding of…
The short version: the United States and China have agreed to hold talks on artificial intelligence before their top leaders meet. In plain terms, a dialogue is a formal conversation between officials designed to lower tension or establish…
The short version is that businesses operating in occupied Palestinian land are bracing for penalties from the UK, France, and other European nations. These sanctions are designed to hit the economic infrastructure of the settlements. In…
Canada is making an investment pitch to American financiers and the European Union, with Prime Minister Mark Carney arguing the country needs to reduce its reliance on the United States as an economic partner. Diversification, the concept…
The commercial launch market, the business of booking rides to orbit for a paying customer's satellite, is shifting. SpaceX has told multiple prospective customers in recent months that it is no longer accepting new orders for commercial…
A breach of contract claim is a lawsuit that says one party failed to deliver what a written agreement promised. Former Kappa Kappa Gamma members brought exactly that claim to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Monday…
Press credentials, the formal clearances that allow journalists to enter and report inside the White House, have been revoked for CNN, MS Now, and Politico. President Donald Trump ordered the ban, which the administration describes as…
A state dinner is the formal diplomatic meal a sitting president hosts for a foreign head of state. Four executives are among those reportedly set to attend President Trump's dinner for Chi
Hate speech, meaning expression that targets people because of their religion or ethnicity, is at the center of a dispute between a stadium owner and a rapper. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced Macklemore will be removed…
A man believed to have participated in extrajudicial killings, a term for deaths carried out without any legal process or court authority, was deported from the United States to Liberia on Aug. 11. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Saudi Arabia is in line for $24 billion worth of F-35 fighter jets, cleared through a foreign military sale approved by the Trump administration. A foreign military sale is the formal gover
Social Security faces a funding shortfall, meaning the program is projected to pay out more than it takes in, and former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says everyone running for office this November must keep every option on the table as they…
The short version: a prominent Republican has rebuked the president, meaning she publicly called out her own party's leader over his immigration policies and said Hispanic voters feel betrayed. That Republican is María Elvira Salazar, a…
A formal letter the pope writes to the Catholic Church on matters of faith and ethics, called an encyclical, is driving a new campaign to set limits on artificial intelligence. Pope Leo XIV published one in May titled Magnifica Humanitas…
A ceasefire is a formal halt to active fighting while parties work toward a negotiated resolution. Washington cannot get one restarted right now. President Trump plans to meet Gulf state leaders
A trade war truce between the United States and China is approaching its one-year expiry, and both governments are sending their most senior economic officials to New York to talk before the deadline arrives. A truce, in trade diplomacy
A divide inside the technology industry over artificial intelligence development came into view at the White House, where Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang attended a state dinner hosted by President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi…
The world's two leading artificial intelligence powers, the United States and China, are struggling to cooperate on managing dangers from the technology described as potentially existential. Existential, in plain terms, means risks severe…
New federal government reports have put a dollar figure on the Iran war: $38 billion spent, with a depleted military weapons inventory alongside it. A munitions shortfall, meaning the armed forces have consumed weapons faster than…
The latest hostilities between the United States and Iran signal something beyond another entry in a long ledger of confrontations: Washington has run short of patience with a sanctions strategy
A united Ireland, meaning the political merger of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland into a single sovereign state, drew unprompted presidential commentary during US President Donald Trump's visit to Ireland. Trump described…
Every American child is born entitled to the country's opportunities. That is the short version of what Vice President JD Vance argued Thursday at the Republican midterm convention, a party gathering held between presidential elections to…
Two leaders whose governments face significant Western economic pressure are asking a major bloc of economies to pull closer together. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned Western economic…
Prediction markets, platforms where traders buy and sell contracts tied to the outcome of real-world events, are now off-limits for certain public employees who work in elections. Election officials put the
Money held outside China's borders is now in Beijing's tax sights. Offshore wealth, meaning assets deliberately placed in foreign accounts or legal structures to keep them beyond a home government's reach, is what the recent push targets…
A supply shock (a sudden disruption to available output from a key producer) tied to Iran has pushed US diesel prices to a record $6 a gallon. Diesel powers farm equipment and freight trucks, and it runs the industrial machinery that…
An import ban is a government order that blocks specific foreign goods from entering a country at all, and the United States has now announced one covering a range of Canadian products. Those restrictions are set to take effect on…
A billion-dollar investment is going into truck manufacturing in Kentucky. A paint shop, the section of an assembly plant where vehicle bodies receive primer and finish coats before the final build sequence, is what it covers. Ford Motor…
A direct cash payment to every adult American, contingent on a November election outcome, is what President Donald Trump put on the table Wednesday night. The payment, which Trump called a "dividend" (the word borrowed from investing…
When a central bank raises interest rates, the immediate effect is that borrowing becomes more expensive across an economy: mortgages, corporate loans, and government financing all cost more to service. The European Central Bank took that…
A standoff between the United States and Iran intensified after President Donald Trump warned Tehran to stop activity at Pickaxe Mountain, a location U.S. officials suspect is connected to nuclear development. As that warning arrived…
The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, pressing ahead despite a warning from U.S. officials that economic consequences could follow. Sanctions, in plain terms, are formal penalties one government…
Britain is expected to announce a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday. A settlement, in this context, is a community built by Israeli citizens in occupied Palestinian territory that Palestinians claim for a…
A GPU, the processor inside a device that renders everything visible on screen, just picked up a capability that Arm's mobile chips have not carried before. After five years of development, Arm has built an AI gaming graphics accelerator…
Fresh capital is flowing into China's state-controlled financial sector. Beijing has widened its recapitalisation plan, the process of pushing new money directly into financial institutions
A foiled drone attack targeting a German airport has prompted defence officials to warn that Europe is failing to deter Russia's hybrid war. Hybrid war is the term for military pressure applied th
A quarterfinal berth, meaning a place in the eight-team knockout round where medal contention actually begins, now belongs to the United States women's basketball team after a tense 55-52 win over Italy on Sunday in Germany. The Americans…
The United States has sanctioned a Turkish bank it accuses of helping Iran evade international financial restrictions. A sanction is a formal penalty that cuts an institution off from the American banking system and can freeze any assets…
Retailers are marking down outdoor and camping gear for Labor Day weekend, with fish finders, sonar devices that display water depth and fish position on a screen, among the higher-ticket items on sale. Brands including Coleman, The North…
A public argument over the anti-hero, the kind of movie protagonist audiences root for despite questionable morals, broke into the open Friday after California politician Spencer Pratt challenged actor Ryan Reynolds for calling the 1980s…
A criminal vandalism charge against an Olympic athlete connected to damage at the Reflecting Pool is moving toward dismissal. Vandalism, in criminal terms, is an intentional act of defacing or destroying property. The court's current…
Foreign adversaries have been illegally accessing American artificial intelligence systems, collecting those systems' responses to train cheaper competing models, and selling the results at lower prices. The technique at the center of the…
A warning is already on the table. Chancellor John Healey told the Financial Times that Britain faces a hard Budget, invoking what he called a "more dangerous world" as the backdrop. A Budget is the government's annual plan for how much it…
Diesel, the fuel that moves most of the world's freight by truck and rail, has reached a record high price. Ukraine has been striking Russian oil refineries, the facilities that convert crude oil into usable fuels, and the campaign has…
A New Jersey school district is being sued for allowing students to change their names and gender identities in school records without telling their parents. The case centers on an injunction, a court order that temporarily blocks a policy…
A gas retailer that President Donald Trump publicly praised for its low prices is expanding to Detroit, even as a legal dispute with a fuel supplier claiming it was never paid heats up in court. Unpaid fuel, in plain terms, is a vendor's…
Protecting profits, in plain terms, means selling a position to lock in gains before the market can take them back. That discipline has become the central challenge for stock investors in 2026. A review of 12 stock exits, including what is…
A trade standoff between Canada and the United States has sharpened. Canada announced "dollar for dollar" retaliatory duties on American goods, a phrase meaning Ottawa will charge U.S. imports the same rate Washington placed on Canadian…
A voluntary government review of an AI model, meaning a safety check that a company can decline to participate in but still chose to do, has already been applied to OpenAI's next major release. Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, called…
Two nuclear-armed neighbors are further from settling a long-running water dispute after India rejected a court order directing it to honor a decades-old water-sharing treaty with Pakistan. Arbitration is the process that produced the…
A public dispute over two reported measles deaths in Pennsylvania has drawn in a county coroner, state health officials, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and a federal cabinet secretary, all presenting conflicting accounts…
The diplomatic groundwork for a U.S.-China summit is taking shape. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit India, in what would be his first trip there, before continuing to the United States for a m
Age verification, meaning a system that requires internet users to prove their age before accessing a platform, is now at the center of a 47-state settlement with Meta. New York Governor Kathy Hochul says those controls are necessary to…
A fight over trade discrimination is adding fresh tariff pressure to the relationship between the United States and South Korea. Discrimination, in trade terms, means applying rules or condition
A flash flood, meaning a torrent that rises within hours rather than days, tore through the border region between Nepal and China's Tibet Autonomous Region last week, killing more than 600 people and leaving more than 3,000 unaccounted…
A referendum, here meaning a direct public vote on a single question of national policy, returned a verdict against Europe in Iceland. Voters rejected a proposal to restart membership negotiations with the European Union by 52.8% to 47.2%…
An executive order, meaning a formal presidential directive that instructs federal agencies without requiring a vote in Congress, is now aimed at the name of a border lake. President Donald Trump signed the order, saying it would…
America's intelligence chief reportedly traveled to Moscow without public announcement to tell Russian officials not to attack a NATO country. NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is the mutual-defense alliance that commits its…
A push to de-escalate the confrontation between Iran and the United States, the diplomatic term for pulling two governments back from a worsening standoff, reached Tehran on Thursday when Qatar's prime minister arrived for direct talks…
Retaliatory tariffs on roughly $20 billion in American goods are now in place, put there by Canada after trade talks with the United States broke down. A retaliatory tariff is a charge a government places on another country's imports…
A flood along Nepal's border with China has left more than 50 people confirmed dead, with 384 tourists reported missing. Reported missing means their whereabouts have not been established b
Safe transit is the diplomatic concept at the center of these negotiations: the guaranteed right of commercial vessels to pass through a contested waterway without being intercepted or stopped by the countries on either side. Iran and Oman…
China's short-drama producers are making large volumes of cheap serialized content and using audience response to decide which titles earn attention. A short-drama, in plain terms, is a brief serialized video series produced at low cost…
War insurance is coverage that compensates ships and businesses when armed conflict causes loss or damage. That coverage has grown more expensive and harder to secure across the Middle East, and Saudi Arabia is now in discussions about…
A data center is, in plain terms, the physical building where the servers and storage that power digital services sit. The U.S. trade around building and operating them is slowing, and the reason is not weak demand. In this election year
A planned overhaul of Tomorrowland, Disneyland's future-themed section, has reignited fan calls for the return of the PeopleMover, an elevated ride that carried guests above the area from 1967 until 1995. Thomas Mazloum, chairman of Disney…
Ukraine still needs air-defense interceptors, the missiles fired upward to destroy incoming rockets and drones before they reach the ground. Greece holds a stockpile of them, attached to a relatively mode
Molly Gillihan, the kindergarten teacher engaged to Olympic medal-winning swimmer Ryan Lochte, is disputing claims that she dated him while his marriage to Kayla Rae Reid was still active. A homewrecker accusation, meaning the allegation…
A call to hold elections in Ukraine was rejected by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said a national vote conducted during active warfare would split the country apart. Wartime elections, mean
A tariff is a tax one government places on goods imported from another country, used to raise costs for foreign producers and protect domestic industries from cheaper competition. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney told his country that…
Iran's attacks on the American military presence in the Persian Gulf have turned a long-running strategic debate into an immediate one. The question is whether a "military footprint," the network of bases, troops, and equipment
A financial disclosure is the required public filing that shows what a federal official traded and held during a reporting period. President Donald Trump submitted just over 1,000 of them covering the month of June. The aggregate picture…
A strike on a Syrian air base may have been calculated to provoke Turkey into open conflict with Israel, Washington's ambassador to Ankara, Turkey's capital, has said. The envoy called it an "aggressive pre-election concept," meaning, in…
Federal agents arrested a 35-year-old Albany-area woman this month on charges she tried to help ISIS bomb the New York State Capitol. The charge, attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, is the…
White House ballroom construction can proceed, at least temporarily. The Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump may keep the project moving while legal questions around it remain open. In court terms, an order framed "for now" is…
A father who lost his daughter to an undocumented drunk driver will now run the government office created to support people in his position. That office, VOICE, short for Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, is a unit inside U.S…
At least 16 people were killed when Russia launched missiles and drones at Kyiv. A Patriot interceptor is a surface-fired missile designed to destroy an incoming warhead before it reaches the ground. Ukraine is struggling with a shortage…
The phrase "86 47" needs a translation. "86" is American slang, borrowed from restaurant kitchens, for eliminating or cutting something. "47" is the number of the current president. Federal prosecutors say that combination, posted by…
A single Pizza Hut in Homosassa Springs, Florida has more than doubled its dine-in sales since the operator converted it back to the chain's original 1980s look: vinyl booths, checkerboard tablecloths, Tiffany-style lamps, and red plastic…
Economic sanctions are the financial equivalent of a siege: a government cuts off a target country's access to trade, banking, and global markets
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to keep a criminal case alive over a social media post by James Comey that displayed seashells arranged to spell "86 47." The number 47 refers to Donald Trump's position in the presidential sequence…
A burst of call-option purchases followed President Donald Trump's public suggestion that Hyperliquid may be headed toward formal regulation. Call options are contracts that give the holder the right to buy an asset at a fixed price before…
A loophole, meaning a gap in a rule that permits what the rule was written to prevent, is now at the center of a test for U.S. export controls on advanced semiconductors. The United States has banned Nvidi
An export control is a government rule that restricts which goods can cross a border. Beijing has loosened its controls on Nvidia's H200 chips, permitting small shipments to enter the country. The beneficiaries are China's leading…
The earliest harvest on record for France's Champagne region is now underway, driven by extreme heat. Taste profile, the specific balance of acidity, effervescence, and fruit character that makes the wine recognizable from vintage to…
A political dispute over ownership is complicating a miner's effort to raise money. Sanctions, government-imposed restrictions that freeze a target's assets and cut off access to international financial markets, are central to what makes…
Relations between the United States and Brazil are facing a new test, as Washington weighs imposing a sanction against a sitting judge in the country. A sanction, in this context, is a targeted restriction placed on a named individual…
A sovereignty dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage between Iran and Oman where the Persian Gulf connects to the Gulf of Oman, sharpened after President Trump said the waterway would soon come under U.S. control. Iran's…
Consumer sentiment, the periodic survey of how optimistic or pessimistic households feel about their financial condition, has declined alongside retail sales as the war in Iran
A special election fills one vacant parliamentary seat between general elections, normally triggered when the sitting member leaves. Nigel Farage, the British politician and Trump ally, just won one. He will return to the UK parliament…
A price war has opened between OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the largest American artificial intelligence developers, after Chinese competitors applied new pressure on their business. A price war means a cycle of competing cost reductions…
The United States is moving toward an economic pressure campaign against Iran that Bessent describes as without historical parallel. Economic isolation, the deliberate severing of a country
Iran is moving toward full membership in the BRICS financial network. Iran's central bank chief said Thursday that the country is set to join the New Development Bank, the multilateral lending institution built by and for the five BRICS…
Chinese goods, the US government says, are being shipped through third countries before arriving in America, allowing them to enter with paperwork that obscures their origin and sidestep levies imposed on Chinese exports. That routing…
The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage of water linking two larger bodies, remains blocked, Iran says. Shipping traffic through the channel has fallen to near three-month lows. The Persian Strait Gulf Authority stated the waterway "will…
Several American press organizations have filed a lawsuit against President Trump, challenging his practice of publishing official government announcements exclusively on Truth Social. Exclusive publication, meaning the choice to release…
Open-weight artificial intelligence, a category where model parameters are published for any developer to use and modify freely, has a clear leader: Chinese labs. That advantage is now draw
A cyberattack linked to China hit Taiwan using autonomous AI agents, in what was described as an unprecedented operation. Autonomous, in this context, means the software ran reconnaissance an
A U.S. setback in Iran has renewed a pointed question about the future of American war-making: when voters stop punishing failure, does that change how the government fights? Political accountability
The United States carried out a second day of military strikes against Iran hours after President Donald Trump told a NATO summit the ceasefire with Tehran
Fresh military strikes between the United States and Iran escalated with no ceasefire signal from either side. U.S. Central Command, known as Centcom, the American military command that oversees forces across the Middle East, said it…
Russia is preparing for escalation in Ukraine, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that preparation includes bringing in military equipment from North Korea. Escalation means a deliberate widening or intensifying of an active…
Text messages from January 2021 show America's top federal health officials privately debating whether a cytokine response (the immune reaction that produces fever and body aches after a vaccine dose) from the COVID mRNA shot could raise…
Nuclear fusion, the process of joining atomic nuclei to release energy rather than splitting them apart, has become part of Trump Media and Technology Group's stated business plans. The company, which runs the Truth Social platform, is…
The United States launched air strikes against Iran after Iranian forces targeted commercial tankers with cruise missiles, s
The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage connecting the Persian Gulf to the open sea lanes that carry global energy shipments, has stretched past five months with no resolution
The Trump administration has thrown its support behind plans to build a scandium mine in Australia, with backing from the U.S. Department of War. Scandium is a rare metallic element designated as a critical mineral, a policy label that…
A Chinese watchdog has concluded that Trip.com, the country's largest online travel agency, abused its power as a platform. A platform, in regulatory terms, is an intermediary that connects two sides of a market: in Trip.com's case, hotels…
Contempt of Congress means a witness refused a congressional subpoena, either by declining to testify or by withholding documents lawmakers demanded. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 8-5, along party…
A golf tour that lost its only financial backer earlier this year says it has now found a lead investor, meaning the primary financial anchor for any new funding arrangement. LIV Golf disclosed this week that the investor has already…
A former U.S. ambassador is publicly blaming the Biden administration for ceding border politics to Republicans by acting too slowly and without a coherent strategy. Ken Salazar, who served
The rise of socialist candidates into mainstream Democratic politics has alarmed analysts from both parties, who argue that decades of organized institutional change explain how it happened. "Id
With President Trump's approval rating in the 30s and an ongoing war in Iran pressuring the economy, Republicans need November's midterm elections to be about something other than Trump. Their answ
A Republican gubernatorial primary, meaning a party's nominating contest to select its candidate for governor, closed in Tennessee on Thursday. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a two-term senator and former longtime congresswoman known for regular…
Fifty-seven medals came home with Team USA from the Milano Cortina Winter Games, twelve of them Olympic golds, a record for the United States in a single Winter Olympics. The haul included the efforts of Paralympians, athletes with…
The left flank of the Democratic Party, meaning candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America and progressive movement groups, is gaining ground in Midwest primaries. Abdul El-Sayed's narrow defeat of Rep. Haley Stevens in…
A drone carrying what German authorities believe was the plastic explosive Semtex was found hovering between two parked cargo aircraft at Leipzig airport shortly before midnight on August 4. Plastic explosive is a detonator-triggered…
A crowd of roughly 3,500 people booed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani off the stage before he could finish a sentence Tuesday night at the NYPD's 43rd Patrol Borough National Night Out Against Crime event on Staten Island. National…
One hundred billion dollars in tariffs, levied as taxes on imported goods, is being refunded to U.S. importers. Court challenges to the Trump administration's "liberation day" trade policy
A $20 billion investment plan promoted by the head of world football has collapsed, and the official who championed it now says mistakes were made. An investment plan is a structured proposal to raise capital and deploy it toward defined…
The rule that stops any single broadcaster from reaching more than 39 percent of U.S. TV households is headed for repeal. That rule, the National Television Ownership Rule, was set by Congress. The Federal Communications Commission's plan…
The company that runs the internet's largest public repository for artificial intelligence models is sounding an alarm about where the global AI race stands. Clément Delangue, chief executive of Hugging Face, said Chinese AI development…
A deal over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and a critical passage for the world's seaborne oil trade, may be within reach. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said so directly, and President Donald…
Six hundred million dollars in tariff refunds are flowing back to Amazon. A tariff is a tax governments charge on goods brought in from other countries, and the Supreme Court ruled that many of the levies President Donald Trump imposed…
Military strikes against Iran were prepared and then cancelled. President Donald Trump says he reversed the order at the direct request of Middle Eastern nations, and that the "perimeters of a deal," meaning the rough outer boundaries of a…
The central argument about who will lead in artificial intelligence has quietly shifted from raw capability to something more structural. Open-weight AI models, systems whose internal parameters are released publicly so that anyone can…
A planned U.S. military strike on Iran has been canceled. President Trump said he stood down the attack after reaching an agreement on what he called the "perimeters of a deal," a phrase that describes the outer boundaries of a proposed…
When a court declares a tariff illegal, the government must return the tax money it collected at the border. Amazon says it received $600 million in refunds after the Supreme Court ruled that many of President Donald Trump's import levies…
An unopposed re-election bid, meaning a contest where only one candidate appears on the ballot, had looked like Gianni Infantino's to collect. FIFA, the organization that governs global football, is now watching its president navigate…
A streaming personality appeared before college-age Democrats this weekend in what critics called a Mao suit, a collarless tunic style linked to Mao Zedong and long associated with Chinese Communist Party imagery. The clip crossed one…
A stock market debut is the moment a company's shares begin trading publicly for the first time, with a price set during the initial public offering. Innolight, a Shandong-based supplier of data centre equipment to American and Chinese…
Hundreds of petrol stations across Ukraine have been struck by Russian missiles and drones, attacks described as retaliation for Kyiv's earlier strikes on Russian oil refineries
Ukraine's ability to manufacture Patriot missiles domestically is now in question. A Patriot is a surface-to-air missile system, a ground-based interceptor built to destroy incoming aircraft and ballistic projectiles before impact…
Tariffs on Iran, meaning taxes collected on goods at the border when they enter the United States, could be added to a congressional bill aimed at Russia's economy after President Trump said he wants the provision included. The bill…
A market debut is the first day a company's shares trade on a public stock exchange. Innolight's went quietly backward. The Shandong-based equipment maker, which counts both American and Chinese technology companies among its data centre…
Open warfare between two countries means both sides are trading direct military blows with no diplomatic halt in place. That is the state the United States and Iran returned to on Wednesday
A flare-up, the sudden worsening of an existing injury, has sidelined Tua Tagovailoa before the Atlanta Falcons' training camp is even a week old. Head coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed the setback to reporters, though he did not name the…
The head of world football is pushing back against criticism of a plan to sell part of Fifa's commercial operations to outside investors. A "stake," in plain terms, means a share of ownershi
A new sanctions package targeting Russia is being readied by the United States, with officials framing the measures as evidence of warming relations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Sanctions are government-imposed…
A federal appeals court kept restrictions on mail-in voting, the practice of returning a marked ballot by post rather than visiting a polling place in person, blocked in 23 states on Saturd
A split inside the Democratic Party broke into public view Wednesday over what it means to be a Democratic socialist, a term for politicians who run under the Democratic banner while holding socialist positions on economics and government…
Support for President Donald Trump is slipping among blue-collar voters, a term for working-class Americans in manufacturing and manual trades, and the White House is making a deliberate push to reverse that ahead of November's midterm…
The plain claim: without the United States, Israel would not exist. Donald Trump made that statement ahead of a scheduled meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu's expected purpose at that meeting is to argue for…
A temporary halt to fighting between the United States and Iran appeared to hold through Monday, creating room for diplomacy. A ceasefire pause, in plain terms, means both sides have agreed to stop active military operations
A debut pop is the gap between what investors pay during an IPO and what the open market charges once trading begins. When that gap reaches 466%, the company behind it does not simply list. It arrives as the most valuable company on…
The gap between Chinese and American artificial intelligence is closing, one startup now argues. A performance gap, in AI terms, is the measurable difference in how accurately a model handles complex tasks compared to a competitor…
A confidential memo from the final days of the Biden administration laid out a plan to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a legal protection that lets foreign nationals remain in the United States when their home countries face…
Britain's new prime minister is drawing an early line with Washington. Burnham, who officially took office on Monday, said he would be prepared to publicly call out Trump. Calling out a for
For the second night in a row, the United States and Iran both held back from launching strikes at each other. Oman is working toward a transit deal for the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow wa
The United States has carried out additional military strikes on Iran as the number of American service members killed continues to climb. These are described as fresh strikes, meaning they follow at least one prior round of action rather…
A shift in ambition is redirecting artificial intelligence talent away from the United States. More entrepreneurs from China now believe their home market offers greater opportunity than Silicon Valley, a view that, once widespread, tends…