President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving new sanctions against Russia, effectively overriding bipartisan legislation passed last month. The White House justified the move as being in the national interest, yet the decision triggered immediate condemnation from Ukrainian leadership and a chorus of criticism from U.S. lawmakers.
Sayfollah Musallet, a 23-year-old American-Palestinian, died Friday after being beaten by Israeli settlers near the town of Sinjil. Family members and Palestinian officials report that the young man, who had been visiting relatives from his home in Florida, succumbed to his injuries after being denied timely medical access.
A 26-year-old American human rights advocate, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, was killed in the West Bank on Friday after being shot in the head. Eyewitnesses describe the act as a deliberate strike by Israeli forces against demonstrators protesting the expansion of illegal settlements near the town of Beita.
Government lawyers have officially argued that press access to the White House is a privilege rather than a right, a stance presented in a court filing Tuesday. The administration seeks to justify revoking credentials for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, claiming the move is necessary to maintain decorum and security.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has drawn sharp condemnation after publicly questioning the circumstances of a violent assault in the occupied West Bank. The incident left Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine hospitalized after she was beaten by masked settlers while documenting the destruction of Palestinian olive groves near Abu Falah.
As Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares for his upcoming visit to India, a group of six progressive House Democrats has formally demanded an investigation into the Indian government's crackdown on protesters, citing both violent suppression of dissent within India and alleged surveillance activities targeting activists on American soil.
After just five days on the job, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has exited her post. President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that she "reconsider" her role, following a week marked by a disastrous press briefing, revelations regarding misrepresented credentials, and mounting public scrutiny of her professional history.
“We have to take Trump on, but we have to do more,” Senator Bernie Sanders warned ahead of a weekend television special. While Democrats currently hold a polling advantage in the upcoming midterms, Sanders insists that mere opposition to the president is an insufficient strategy for long-term political viability.
Nearly half of all reef-building coral species currently face extinction, a figure that experts warn is likely an underestimate. A new study published in Nature reveals that 44% of these species are threatened, a sharp increase from 33% in 2008, driven primarily by the escalating climate crisis.
The world has crossed a critical climate threshold, with warm-water coral reefs now suffering unprecedented dieback. According to the Global Tipping Points Report 2025 released Monday, the 1.2°C warming mark has been surpassed, pushing these vital marine ecosystems toward a state of permanent collapse that threatens global biodiversity.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is set to begin presenting her 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump to a grand jury early next week. The move signals an imminent charging decision in the investigation, which centers on efforts to overturn the former president's narrow defeat in Georgia.
As President Donald Trump faces sagging approval ratings and potential Republican losses in the upcoming midterms, a circle of loyalists is pressing him to consider declaring martial law. These activists, citing debunked theories of election rigging, argue that federal intervention is necessary to secure the vote.
Since taking office in January 2025, the Trump administration has terminated 212 enforcement actions against 205 corporations. A new report from Public Citizen suggests these rollbacks are not merely policy shifts but a pay-to-play system where financial ties to the president provide a clear path to avoiding legal accountability.
Senior officials at the U.S. Department of Justice have effectively shuttered a years-long criminal investigation into Meta, the parent company of Facebook. Prosecutors in Virginia were reportedly ordered to drop the probe into the platform’s role in illegal drug sales to minors after intensive lobbying from the company’s legal team.
As delegates gather in Yerevan for the COP17 biodiversity summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a sharp rebuke of global financial priorities, declaring that ongoing subsidies for fossil fuels and destructive agribusiness are effectively bankrolling environmental self-destruction.
Fossil fuel companies operating off the northern coast of Alaska have gained legal protection for the incidental killing of polar bears and Pacific walruses. A new US Fish and Wildlife Service rule allows firms to secure authorization for wildlife deaths occurring during year-round industrial activities through 2031.
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers recently secured his team a spot in the World Series, yet his path to the pennant revealed a sobering reality: he only continued his professional career to ensure health insurance coverage for his growing family, highlighting the precarious nature of employer-linked benefits.
A gang of 80 masked settlers descended on an olive grove near the Palestinian village of Abu Falah on Friday, brutally beating veteran Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine. The assault, which occurred as the group torched trees and attacked local farmers, marks another violent escalation during the harvest season.
A controversial pharmaceutical provision tucked into President Donald Trump’s legislative package will cost taxpayers nearly $9 billion over the next decade, according to an updated analysis from the Congressional Budget Office released Monday, nearly doubling initial projections as high-priced drugs evade Medicare price negotiations.
A new analysis from the congressional Joint Economic Committee reveals that Donald Trump expanded his pharmaceutical stock holdings from $1.7 million to $56.2 million last year, coinciding with federal budget policies that shielded specific high-priced drugs from Medicare price negotiations and directly benefited companies in his personal portfolio.
A single, massive donation from Elon Musk is reshaping the Texas Senate contest, as federal filings reveal the tech billionaire funneled $158 million into a super PAC supporting Attorney General Ken Paxton. The move has sparked intense debate over the influence of private wealth in American democratic processes.
The Trump administration is moving to strip the Federal Student Aid office from the Department of Education, creating an independent agency to oversee $1.6 trillion in debt. The maneuver, which critics label an illegal attempt to dismantle federal oversight, risks destabilizing aid for over 40 million student borrowers.
While the Trump family has amassed more than $2.9 billion in cash and assets since the 2024 election, millions of Americans are grappling with the fallout of historic federal food aid cuts. A new analysis suggests the presidency has functioned as a private wealth-generation vehicle amid the dismantling of social safety nets.
A 16-year-old suspect is dead following a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, which left multiple victims, including children, in its wake. Authorities report that the assailant was killed inside the school building, potentially by a bystander, shortly after the initial 911 calls were placed at 1:02 p.m.
A gunman opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, leaving multiple victims—including children—dead before being killed inside the school. Police arrived at 1:02 p.m. local time, shortly after reports of an armed suspect shooting into a vehicle and entering the campus grounds.
Israeli forces entered their fourth day of a raid on Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital on Thursday, triggering urgent warnings from international aid groups. While the military claims to have killed over 140 militants, eyewitness accounts describe a pattern of detainees being taken into the facility's morgue and never returning.
Sha'ban al-Dalou, a 19-year-old software engineering student, was captured on video burning to death during an Israeli strike on a hospital courtyard in Deir al-Balah. The teenager, who had been displaced five times, was receiving medical treatment for earlier injuries when the inferno tore through the tent encampment on Monday.
A seven-year-old girl, Ward Jalal al-Sheikh Khalil, was pulled from the smoldering ruins of the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in Gaza City on Monday, the sole survivor of a strike that claimed the lives of her mother and five siblings among at least 36 people killed in the blast.
A U.S. federal judge has ordered Alabama officials to immediately suspend a voter roll purge that threatened to disenfranchise thousands of eligible citizens. Judge Anna Manasco’s preliminary injunction cites a direct violation of federal law, which strictly prohibits states from removing voters within 90 days of an upcoming general election.
The Department of Justice filed suit against California on Thursday, demanding the state disqualify over 20,000 mail-in ballots it claims belong to noncitizens. The legal action follows California’s refusal to process a list of voters flagged by federal databases, which state officials dismissed as insecure and unsubstantiated.
