New Delhi — Glaciers in the Hindu Kush region of the Himalaya mountains are melting at the fastest rate ever and could shed as much as 80% of their ice by the end of this century if global warming continues unchecked, a group of international scientists warned in an alarming new report. The study says…
Washington — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook defended herself against allegations from the Trump administration that she made misrepresentations on mortgage documents, arguing in a new letter that she has “never committed mortgage fraud.” In the letter to the White House dated Wednesday, Abbe Lowell, Cook’s lawyer, said that attempting to fire Cook on the…
Washington — President Trump’s investment accounts have continued to purchase and sell stock holdings in oil and natural gas companies while he oversees the U.S. war with Iran, according to his financial disclosure filings through the second quarter of 2026. As the Iran war continued, paused for a ceasefire and then restarted, Mr. Trump has…
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, settled a landmark social media addiction lawsuit on Wednesday brought by dozens of states, according to a court filing. Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion to the states that sued and add child-safety measures to its platforms. The settlement resolves claims filed by 47 states and…
Washington — President Trump hasn’t settled on a replacement for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, whose last day is Friday, according to administration officials close to the situation. Responsibilities for holding White House press briefings will rotate for now, the sources said, with top administration officials heading to the podium, not members of the…
A Dallas judge has delayed a custody decision, extending a temporary restraining order another two weeks as the legal fight over custody of a baby with a rare heart defect born to a surrogate continues. The hearing on Tuesday gave the public its clearest look yet at the growing, high-profile fight over surrogacy and abortion. Anti-abortion…
The jury in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother who killed her three children, will decide if she can be held criminally responsible for the murders. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the January 2023 strangulation deaths of her children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and…
On a 2-acre property in Mississippi, 52-year-old Krystal Polk’s family lived off the land for generations, raising chickens and pigs, growing onions and herbs and trading their peaches for pears. The land, on the border with Tennessee in the city of Southaven, was her family’s survival, Polk said. “We lived a very simplistic life,” she…
Mike Lindell is withholding the payment required for a recount and audit of ballots cast in the Republican primary for Minnesota governor, claiming that the Secretary of State’s office has proposed an unlawful recount process, according to a statement released by his campaign Monday. The MyPillow founder, who, according to the current results, finished second…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Fed president and CEO Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner Rep. Byron Donalds, Republican of Florida and candidate for governor Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat of Massachusetts and…
