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The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can p...

Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o...

Fencing went up Wednesday around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs. That vote came after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building. The Republican president had said in a social media post that the closure was…

“A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is critical for peace, stability and security in the Middle East and beyond. It is a fundamental national interest for Canada, France, and the...

The 2025 results from the influential global study show a downward trend in students' performance. Germany's 15-year-olds are faring worse than ever.

Today's strong policy announcements must be followed by an escalating response.

Ashley St Clair was speaking at the Venice film premiere of Alex Gibney’s documentary Musk, where she warned of his dangerous influence • Musk review – epic study of the world’s richest and most banal man Elon Musk is sowing “deliberate division” via his social media platform X that will be catastrophic unless regulated, the mother of one of the 14 confirmed children fathered by the world’s richest man has warned. In Musk, a new documentary by veteran film-maker Alex Gibney, former Maga influencer Ashley St Clair says Musk told her in a text message he wanted to have a child with her because he needed to have “a legion of children before the civil war”. Continue reading...

Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they ...

Israeli opposition leaders demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's removal from office Tuesday over a bombshell report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him of an impending Hamas attack roughly a week and a half before the Oct. 7, 2023, assault.The report, excerpted from a forthcoming bo...

Republican Randy Fine says British companies complying with London's planned restrictions on illegal Israeli settlements could face limits on doing business with the state of Florida and local governm...

Nicaragua has taken Berlin to the International Court of Justice, accusing it of facilitating genocide by providing Israel with political, financial and military support.

New development heaps international pressure on Israel over its settlement expansion

A three-day ceasefire collapsed almost as soon as the president’s negotiators packed up and left.

Israel’s new settlement construction plans threaten to split the occupied West Bank, poking a finger in the eye of those who support Palestinian statehood. With the Trump administration largely keepin...

Six months after the U.S. bombing of the school in Minab, Iran that killed over 150 civilians, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is still refusing to release its investigation’s findings into the s...

A federal judge has again blocked the U.S. Postal Service plan for President Trump's attempt to limit mail voting for the midterm election, as the legal fight drags on.