Palestinians face starvation and severe malnutrition as Israel’s blockade continues, say aid agencies Soaring prices of basic foodstuffs, diminishing stocks of medical supplies and sharp cuts to aid distribution threaten newly catastrophic conditions across Gaza, Palestinians and international aid officials in the battered territory are warning. Humanitarian organisations including the World Food Programme and Unwra, which supplies food and services to more than 2 million Palestinians across Gaza, have now distributed the last of their stocks of flour and other foodstuffs to the dozens of community kitchens in the territory that serve basic meals to those with no other option. Continue reading...

If confirmed, the agreement would pause fighting which has raged in Gaza for more than a year and see a number of hostages released.

California’s farm owners bet on President-elect Donald Trump and won. His campaign promise of mass deportations could ruin them.

The billionaire and his company needed Speaker Mike Johnson's help to stop legislation that would have regulated social media for the first time.

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to “vigorously pursue the death penalty” after President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 fe...

Hardliners openly admit they felt they lost every funding fight this year. They’re hoping the incoming president turns that around.

President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend suggested the US should retake the Panama Canal, an idea that was immediately rejected by the government of Panama, which has controlled the passage for d...

The Arctic island is not for sale, its own government and that of Denmark continue to emphasize.

American presidents have often gone to war against the First Amendment — and won.

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday, in his first rally-like speech since the November election, threatened to retake control of the Panama Canal, pushed back on criticism of Elon Musk’s influence,...

The measure would expand Social Security benefits to public sector workers who also collect pensions.

His push ran into longstanding GOP resistance to raising the debt ceiling.

The suspected driver, a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia, was arrested on the scene. He arrived in Germany in 2006 and had worked as a doctor, local officials said.

President-elect Donald Trump confounded members of Congress and flipped the government spending debate on its head when he demanded a premature increase to the debt ceiling on “Biden’s watch” rather t...

Facing intense pressure of the federal government potentially shutting down within days and disaster aid coffers that need replenishment, lawmakers are racing to cobble together a temporary government...

The unelected tech billionaire’s outsize role in sending the federal government careening toward a potential shutdown alarmed Democrats, academics and watchdog groups.

A Missouri man who pleaded guilty to entering the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, will be allowed to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next month, a federal judge ordered Thursday.

Welcome to the new Washington of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Biden administration says shutdown would hurt families gathering for the holidays.

A group of Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee has argued in a new letter that allegations against Pete Hegseth should disqualify him from serving as the next defense secretary.