Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has asked the country’s Parliament to authorize the military to help defend Saudi Arabia after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensified their attacks on the kingdom, targeting airports and oil infrastructure. Al-Sisi stressed that it would be a defensive mission and only if the kingdom requests assistance. “Egypt will…
A group of Democratic senators is demanding that the federal agency overseeing Medicaid — the health coverage program for people with low incomes or disabilities — institute tougher standards for government contractors running complex computer systems that millions of people rely on to get benefits. Three Democratic senators issued recommendations a year after launching an…
Washington — President Trump is getting bipartisan blowback over his surprise decision to waive new sanctions on Russia two days before they were to go into effect. Congress approved the bipartisan legislation — championed by the late Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who died before it was passed — and it was signed…
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said Monday that his country had been subjected to another night of Russian missile and drone strikes, “and again there was no warning from partners.” Zelenskyy has accused the U.S. of limiting intelligence, and possibly other assistance to Ukraine amid renewed tension with President Trump, who accused the Ukrainian leader over the…
7:19 AM Houthi rebels kill 20 soldiers, Yemen’s Saudi-backed military says Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck a military camp for government forces in southern Yemen on Monday, killing at least 20 soldiers, two Yemeni military officials said. The rebels fired ballistic missiles at the al-Alam military camp in the southern province of Shabwa in an…
A member of the U.S. Air Force was injured and later died after he fell while rappelling from the ceiling of the Alamodome stadium in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, ahead of a University of Texas at San Antonio football game. The incident took place during a pregame ceremony, before the official kickoff of UTSA’s…
Hurricane Trudy brought heavy rain and powerful winds to parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast on Sunday, impacting sections of the country’s western and southwestern states that were already targeted by Hurricane Simon last week. The National Hurricane Center, which is based in Miami, warned that hurricane and tropical storm conditions could materialize in areas under weather…
Attorneys for Representative Ilhan Omar have accused the Justice Department of violating a magistrate judge’s order by failing to follow certain protocols designed to safeguard her constitutional interests as a member of Congress during the search of her home in Washington, D.C. In the Oct. 16 letter, Omar’s attorneys Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz asked…
The 16-year-old gunman who shot and killed three children and one teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday has been identified as John Griffin Jr. III, two law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation told CBS News. Police say he was shot and killed by a bystander at the school. The attacker…
Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday found that billionaire Elon Musk and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, as well as other senior Trump administration officials, engaged in a coordinated campaign to spread false information about a former FEMA official and impugn her integrity. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick condemned the Trump administration for…
