POLITICS

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released footage on Monday of a call with President Trump, during which the US president told the Israeli leader, “You’re the man I want by my side.” The call came after Trump endorsed Netanyahu for the upcoming October 27 Israeli elections in...

(Headline USA) Federal authorities charged more than two dozen foreign nationals Monday in California as part of a statewide sweep targeting people who officials say have illegally registered or voted in U.S. elections. The arrests are part of a Trump administration effort to root out noncitizen voting ahead of next...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Monday directed the federal government to bolster federal research into women's health through all stages of their lives, a move pushed by his wife, first lady Melania Trump. The Republican president signed an executive order creating a Women’s Health Division at the National Institutes...

(Headline USA) More than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan can stay in the United States without immediate risk of deportation, the Department of Homeland Security said, in what amounts to a temporary reprieve after their right to stay in the country was set to expire Monday. Temporary Protected Status...

(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort to revive a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The agreement would have spared Mohammed the risk of execution in exchange for his guilty plea and a sentence of life...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) White House border czar Tom Homan said over the weekend that federal investigators have a “strong case” against U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar. These comments come less than a week after Homeland Security Investigations searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington, D.C., home. Reports have linked the search...

(Headline USA) Former Cuban President Raúl Castro is facing more charges in Florida related to the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles after the U.S. government indicted the former leader earlier this year. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday accused Castro, 95, of directing spies to...

(Headline USA) The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts dropped out of the race on Sunday hours after he was arrested in a suspected drunk driving crash. Shawn Oliver, a city councilor in New Bedford and a corrections officer, said in a post on X he was ending his...

(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com) Violence against Palestinians and the press has been on going problem in Israel in general for years, but the level of such incidents in the occupied West Bank has reached a fevered pitch in recent months, with Israeli settlers attacking people with virtual impunity. The latest attack...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) One of the Democratic claims behind President Donald Trump’s 2019 impeachment was that his efforts to scrutinize Burisma and its ties to Hunter Biden were politically motivated and not driven by legitimate concerns about potential corruption. Newly released documents appear to challenge that narrative. A trove of...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Bush family found itself at the center of viral attention this weekend after Barbara Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, donated to a political action committee supporting Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. Talarico, a Democrat state representative, is running against Republican candidate and...

(Tom Joyce, The Center Square)  U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren want the Federal Trade Commission to look at whether online real estate companies use deceptive practices that raise homebuying costs. Booker, D-N.J., and Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson this week. They asked the...