Secretary of State Antony Blinken took questions from the press pool at a Doha, Qatar, plane tarmac Tuesday to press the urgency of a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel. Blinken has been working with Qatari and Egyptian officials to help negotiation efforts.
Israel has released 90 Palestinian prisoners to cheering crowds in the West Bank following the return of three Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza. Some supporters were seen waving Hamas flags after climbing on top of the buses carrying detainees from Israel’s Ofer prison, just outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to…
Hawaii’s Democratic Governor and practicing physician, Josh Green, is visiting Capitol Hill this week to lobby lawmakers against the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. In a Tuesday op-ed for The New York Times, he argued that “our children’s lives depend” on preventing Kennedy from leading the agency….
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon has ignored credibility issues related to new evidence that prompted him to announce his recommendation that the Menendez brothers be resentenced for the 1989 murders of their parents in an effort to “rewrite history,” an attorney for the brothers’ uncle said. Milton Andersen, the 90-year-old brother of Mary…
Ireland faces significant unrest as anti-migrant protests, spurred by a surge in immigration, turn violent. Dublin sees riots, arson, and attacks on migrant facilities. The immigration spike has strained housing and healthcare, while government policies toughen. Historical context explains Ireland’s emigration past and its current migrant influx.
The government will issue refunds to tens of thousands of unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens who applied for a program that was struck down in court.
The gender gap could define the presidential election with close races in seven battleground states. One organization of Republican women shows how they’re making an impact for Vice President Kamala Harris.