President Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset after remarks from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid, the Israeli opposition leader. Their remarks came as a peace deal with the Hamas militant group in Gaza began to take hold, and the remaining living Israeli hostages from Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel were returned in…
Over the next 24 hours, the world has witnessed extraordinary scenes of hostages being released from Gaza and reunited with their families. President Donald Trump also addressed the Israeli Knesset, saying today marks the “historic dawn of a new Middle East” before world leaders convene in Egypt to discuss the subsequent phases of his 20-point plan for…
Here’s the latest • US President Donald Trump hailed a “dawn of a new Middle East” in remarks before the Israeli parliament on Monday after Hamas freed all living hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners under the US-brokered ceasefire deal. Trump has arrived in Egypt for a summit with world leaders on Gaza’s future. • The 20 remaining…
Taylor Swift has announced two projects for Disney+: A full concert film, The Eras Tour | The Final Show, as well as a six-episode docuseries on the tour, both arriving on December 12. “It was the End of an Era and we knew it,” Swift wrote on Instagram today. “We wanted to remember every moment leading up to the…
CEASEFIRE HOLDS A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has held in Gaza for a third day, bringing a rare moment of calm. Thousands of Palestinians are moving north toward Gaza City, hoping this pause signals an end to months of devastating conflict. HOSTAGE AND PRISONER RELEASE The ceasefire is paving the way for a…
BACKGROUND Tensions have flared along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The Taliban government confirmed it launched attacks on Pakistani troops in several mountainous areas, calling these “retaliatory operations” after accusing Pakistan of violating Afghan airspace and bombing a market inside Afghanistan’s border. The situation remains tense, with casualties still unclear. THE ATTACKS AND RESPONSES Both sides reportedly…
Michigan authorities have named the suspect in a shooting that killed at least two people and injured several others as Thomas Jacob Sanford. Sanford, 40, reportedly opened fire during a service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, about 50 miles north of Detroit. As of Sunday evening, seven…
President Donald Trump has introduced a new round of tough tariffs on a range of imported goods, including the largest tariffs yet on brand-name pharmaceuticals and new tariffs on heavy-duty trucks—all effective next week. President Trump announced Thursday (September 25) that, effective October 1, he would impose a 100% import tax on pharmaceuticals, a 50%…
They are highly likely to elect a new Democratic House member in a special election Tuesday. That would-be lawmaker, Adelita Grijalva, told POLITICO she plans to become the 218th and clinching supporter of a bipartisan effort to force public disclosure of federal investigative files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a controversy that Johnson…
The special election on Tuesday in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva is widely expected to narrow the GOP’s already slim majority in the U.S. House. Democrats enjoy a nearly two-to-one voter registration advantage over Republicans in southern Arizona’s left-leaning congressional district, which…