Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump gestures as he walks with his lawyer Todd Blanche during his criminal trial over allegations he falsified business records to hide money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan State Court in New York City, USA, May 6, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid |…
President Biden stopped an arms shipment to Israel last week to prevent the U.S.-made weapons from being used in a long-threatened attack on the city of Rafah, administration officials said Tuesday night, a sign of the growing rift between Washington and Jerusalem about warfare. The president held back 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs…
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his Investing in America agenda at the Wilmington Convention Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, on May 2, 2024. Almond Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden met on Tuesday with a number of top executives from various industries, some of whom were targets of his regulatory agenda….
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to stop the expansion of facial recognition technology at airports across the United States and limit its use under the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill before Congress. Citing privacy concerns, Senators Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, and John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, are proposing to block expansion of…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and attorney Susan Necheles attend his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 7, 2024. Win Mcnamee | Via Reuters This is developing news. Check back throughout the day for updates. Porn star Stormy Daniels took the witness stand…
The Biden administration has repatriated a family of 10 American citizens who were stranded for years in desert camps and detention centers in Syria run by a Kurdish-led militia fighting the Islamic State, officials said. The government also brought a pair of half-brothers to the United States – only one of them, reportedly seven, is…
Young people are seen on the Emory University campus in Atlanta, Georgia on October 14, 2022. Elijah Nouvelage | AFP | Getty Images The youngest generation of American workers is willing to move away from states that enact abortion bans and reject job offers in states that already have abortion bans, according to a new…
The outrage of young Americans over the war between Israel and Hamas has dominated political discussion for weeks. Democratic and Republican lawmakers have made pilgrimages to Columbia University and other campuses to support or denounce demonstrations in solidarity with Gaza, and President Biden addressed the unrest in his remarks on Thursday. But recent polls suggest…
A man rides a horse-drawn cart along a street devastated by Israeli bombings in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 9, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Mohammed Abed | Afp | Getty Images Israeli forces on Monday launched attacks on the southernmost city of Rafah,…
The University of Chicago has built a brand around the idea that its students should not be afraid to encounter ideas or opinions with which they disagree. To support this, the school provides incoming students with copies of its 2015 statement on free expression, known as the “Chicago Declaration,” which states that freedom of expression…
