Tel Aviv — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to address the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday as his country faces broad condemnation and growing isolation over Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu arrived in New York early Thursday morning and is due to leave just a few…
Washington — Florida’s Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon said Thursday that “this is not about three letters” amid GOP criticism about her membership in the Democratic Socialists of America. “Let’s be clear. If it wasn’t DSA, they would be attacking me on something,” Nixon said in an interview on CBS News 24/7. Nixon, who represents…
24m ago Thursday and Friday festivities: Military bands, F-22 flyovers, state dinner President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have planned an elaborate arrival ceremony at the White House for their Chinese counterpart, marking Xi’s first visit in over a decade. The ceremony will begin on the South Lawn shortly after 10 a.m. ET…
Some prominent references to President Trump were scrubbed from Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds’ campaign website in recent weeks — but the Republican said Wednesday he isn’t backing away from the president’s agenda. During an onstage interview at the Sunshine Economy Summit, Donalds said his campaign has “been working on website changes for, like, two…
Washington — President Trump is offering a warm welcome to Chinese President Xi Jinping this week as the U.S. tries to choke China’s supply of semiconductor chips for artificial intelligence advancement, as the two countries determine whether their fragile truce on tariffs will continue, and as concerns mount about China’s relationships with Iran and Russia….
Eliminating the funding shortfall in Social Security solely by raising payroll taxes could cost the typical U.S. worker and their employer thousands of dollars — a “financially impossible” burden for many Americans, according to an economist with the Cato Institute. Payroll taxes are the primary funding source for Social Security, although the program now pays…
Washington — Justice Department lawyers on Tuesday defended President Trump’s move to bar three news outlets from the White House over coverage of his administration, arguing that their reporting raises national security concerns and claiming their journalists failed to act with “professionalism and decorum.” In a filing with a federal district court in Washington, D.C.,…
For over 100 days, Sylvia Zin has not been allowed to see or speak with her husband Min Zin, a U.S. citizen and scholar whose work focuses on Myanmar. She says he is being held without charge in China at a detention facility that is referred to by human rights groups as a “black site.” …
When parents can’t find adequate child care, they might miss work, get fired or choose to leave the workforce entirely — all of which not only affects how much money families earn, but costs businesses and taxpayers. And the situation has gotten worse in recent years. According to the study from ReadyNation, the economy is…
HOUSTON — Shanita Terrell believes someone spiked her drink the night she stopped by a Houston bar in 2020. Intoxicated and disoriented, she remembers little of what happened after that. A married mother of two who had recently moved to the city, Terrell did not know the Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy who approached her…
