Foreign ministers of Germany and the UK visited Jerusalem on Wednesday and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The diplomats urged restraint, while Mr. Netanyahu said Israel will make its own decisions on retaliation against Iran.  

The two parents who were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after their son killed four of his classmates at Oxford High School in 2021 were sentenced to 10–15 years in prison on April 9 in Pontiac, Michigan. James and Jennifer Crumbley are the first parents in the United States to be held criminally liable for […]

WASHINGTON—The professional ethics charges against former Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark are “absolutely unheard of,” Mr. Clark’s attorney argued in his disciplinary trial, which began on March 26. District of Columbia Bar authorities charged Mr. Clark with “attempted dishonesty” and “attempted serious interference with the administration of justice” over his efforts to challenge the 2020 […]

The special prosecutor in the case in Georgia against former President Donald Trump and others has resigned. “I am offering my resignation in the interest of democracy, in dedication to the American public, and move this case forward as quickly as possible,” Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor, said in a letter on March 15 to […]

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled on March 15 Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis does not need to step down from prosecuting the high-profile case against former President Donald Trump and 14 others if special counsel Nathan Wade is taken off the case. The district attorney stepping aside would remove her entire […]

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on March 13 ruled on several demurrers, striking six counts from the 41-count indictment against former President Donald Trump and 14 codefendants. The demurrers were brought by President Trump, former White House chief-of-staff Mark Meadows, and attorneys John Eastman, Ray Smith III, Robert Cheeley, and Rudy Giuliani. Three […]

Hostage and ceasefire negotiations for the Israel-Hamas war resumed in Egypt. Israel’s spy chief, CIA Director William Burns, and officials from Egypt and Qatar were present.  

A shooter who was killed by off-duty police officers after opening fire at a Houston megachurch while seemingly using a 7-year-old child as a human shield, has been identified as a woman named Genesse Moreno, who police said also identified as a man named Jeffrey Escalante. Police said that a woman in her early 30s […]

ATMORE, Ala.—Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method. Officials said Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. at an Alabama prison after breathing pure nitrogen gas through a face mask to cause oxygen deprivation. It marked the first time that a new […]

We have more updates on the Iowa high school shooting that happened on Thursday. New details have emerged about 17-year-old suspect Dylan Butler.

KYIV—Russia unleashed its biggest air attack of the war on Ukraine on Friday, killing 31 civilians, wounding more than 160 others and hitting cities and infrastructure across the country, officials said. NATO member Poland said a Russian missile appeared to have flown into its airspace for some 40 kilometers before returning to Ukraine under three […]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Dec. 18 visited Israel for the second time since the war began as the United States, Israel, and Qatar negotiated a potential hostage deal.  

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Friday filed a complaint against a District of Columbia federal judge who has overseen a number of cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach and rejected arguments from former President Donald Trump’s attorneys. The ethics complaint was filed against Judge Beryl Howell, who was appointed by President Barack […]

Will Ukraine be able to join the European Union? The war-torn nation is now officially on a path to membership.  

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a Jan. 6 defendant’s appeal of the Department of Justice’s novel use of evidence-tampering law to prosecute hundreds of defendants for obstruction of Congress. A miscellaneous order released by the High Court on Dec. 13 granted the petition of Joseph Wayne Fischer, challenging the most widely charged felony […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, the university’s highest governing body announced Tuesday. “Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and to address the very […]

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is demanding the governing board members of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) dismiss their presidents following their controversial responses at a campus anti-Semitism hearing. In a Dec. 5 letter, 72 lawmakers expressed their disappointment over the responses from the three college […]

Israel’s war cabinet on Friday agreed to allow two tanker trucks of fuel to enter the Gaza Strip each day after a special request from the Biden administration. Israel previously said it wouldn’t allow fuel as long as Hamas keeps the 200-some hostages it took after killing 1,200 people in the Oct. 7 terror attack. […]

The White House said on Tuesday that the Hamas terrorist group has a command node beneath Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, where weapons are stored, calling the terrorist group’s action “a war crime.” “We have information that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad use some hospitals in the Gaza Strip, including Al-Shifa, and tunnels underneath them […]

The war that began on Oct. 7 has become the deadliest of the five Gaza wars for both sides. According to Israel, more than 1,400 people have been killed and 4,450 have been injured on its side of the border. At least 203 people, including children, have been captured by Hamas and taken into Gaza. […]

Palestinians described intense bombardments early Tuesday near two towns in southern Gaza, where Israel had ordered civilians to seek refuge. Thousands of people trying to escape Gaza are gathered in Rafah, which has the territory’s only border crossing to Egypt. Mediators are pressing for an agreement to let aid in and refugees with foreign passports […]

Monday marks the 10th day since the start of the most recent Israel–Hamas conflict on Oct. 7. Here are the latest updates on the war: _____ Biden Will Visit Israel Wednesday President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday to show support for the U.S. ally as concerns increase that the raging Israel–Hamas war […]

Friday marks the seventh day since the start of the Israel–Hamas war. At least 2,800 lives on both sides of the border have been taken since the Hamas terrorist group’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7. The Israeli military said early Friday that more than 1,300 people, including 222 soldiers, have been killed in Israel, […]

Thursday marks the sixth day since the start of the Israel–Hamas war that began on Oct. 7. It was the same day Jews were celebrating their holiday Simchat Torah or “the joy of Torah.” See our live updates for Oct. 13 here. Updates from Oct. 12: Israeli Military Warns 1.1 Million Gaza Residents to Relocate […]

Hamas, the group that controls Gaza, said Monday that it would start executing Israeli hostages if civilian houses were bombed. “Every targeting of our people without warning will be met with the execution of one of the civilian hostages,” the Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed branch of Hamas, said in a statement to news outlets. […]

A witness to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy spoke out for the first time in 60 years and refuted a key claim regarding the 1963 incident and a “magic bullet.” Paul Landis, an 88-year-old former Secret Service agent, was just a few feet away from when President Kennedy was shot and killed in […]

More than 30 counties in Florida have been placed under mandatory evacuation orders after experts projected a rapidly strengthening Hurricane Idalia will become an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 intensity when it makes landfall. The hurricane, which is headed towards Florida’s Big Bend Gulf Coast, was picking up speeds of up to 110 mph (177 kph) by late afternoon […]

A debate memo published on the website of a firm linked to the pro-Ron DeSantis Never Back Down Super PAC outlines a plan for the first Republican presidential debate that may reveal who and what Mr. DeSantis perceives as a threat. The two-page document advises the Florida governor and 2024 presidential candidate to, among other […]

LAHAINA, Hawaii—Blackened hulks of burned-out cars, the pavement streaked with melted and then rehardened chrome. Block after block of flattened homes and businesses. Incinerated telephone poles, and elevator shafts rising from ashy lots where apartment buildings once stood. A truck bed full of glass bottles, warped into surreal shapes by the furious heat. Anthony Garcia […]

The Bud Light controversy hurt Anheuser-Busch InBev’s second-quarter performance in the United States, the world’s largest brewer confirmed in its latest earnings report. Anheuser-Busch’s U.S. revenue plunged by 10.5 percent year-over-year, “primarily due to the volume decline of Bud Light,” according to the second-quarter corporate earnings data. Overall, revenue in North America declined by $395 […]

Republican presidential hopefuls and lawmakers have responded to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s latest indictment of former President Donald Trump which charges him in connection with his efforts to dispute the results of the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Trump is indicted on conspiracies against the United States and the Congressional certification of the electoral vote on Jan. […]

MOSCOW—A high-rise building in Moscow’s business district that houses three Russian government ministries was struck by a drone for the second time in three days on Tuesday, in what Russia called an attempted Ukrainian “terrorist attack.” A Ukrainian presidential adviser said Moscow should expect more drone attacks and “more war.” The building that was hit […]

Zooming in on the 2024 presidential race. Republican candidate Ron DeSantis on Monday unveiled his economic agenda. Calling it a “declaration of economic independence,” he’s promising to revitalize the economy.  

The United Nations is calling for the release of the president of Niger. Soldiers in the West African nation staged a coup and detained the president.  

The movie “Sound of Freedom,” which exposes child sex trafficking in America is beating expectations at the box office as the film prepares for international release. Aaron Stevenson, DHS Whistleblower, spoke about child trafficking.  

Details of the Chinese Communist Party’s military ambitions were made public. Project Veritas on Tuesday leaked hundreds of documents on the CCP’s five-year plan.  

Further updates on the U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea and was detained there. The Biden administration is working to establish communications with the North Korean regime.  

An attack before dawn Monday damaged a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine, forcing the span’s temporary closure for a second time in less than a year. Two people were killed and their daughter was injured. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered […]

The House on Friday passed a sweeping annual defense bill that includes GOP-led amendments to restrict abortion coverage and transgender procedures, and eliminate diversity initiatives at the Pentagon. Most Democrats voted against the measure, called the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023, as did four Republicans, with the bill clearing the lower chamber […]

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) spoke on the House floor on Thursday about the origins of The Epoch Times, shedding light on its ongoing mission to provide uncensored information to readers around the world despite facing oppression by the Chinese communist regime. Mr. Norman began his speech by telling the story of John Tang, founder of […]

President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in Vermont on Tuesday after heavy rain drenched parts of the Northeast, triggering evacuations and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage. Mr. Biden, currently at the annual NATO summit in Lithuania, has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help coordinate disaster relief efforts […]

At least one death was confirmed after a storm system brought heavy rain and flooding to the northeastern United States on Sunday and now Monday, prompting officials in New York state to declare an emergency. The National Weather Service also listed much of the northeastern United States under various flood warnings and advisories as the […]

Moviegoers may be surprised to learn that the forthcoming “Barbie”—a movie based on the popular children’s doll toy franchise—has been banned in Vietnam over its depiction of an international maritime dispute with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PRC—a single-party state controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—has asserted maritime rights to much of […]

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is blanketing cities in the United States, with air quality warnings in effect across the Midwest and toward the East Coast as hundreds of fires rage out of control north of the border. The Detroit area woke up on Wednesday to some of the worst air quality in the United States […]

An investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s death in federal custody uncovered no evidence of criminality, a watchdog reported on June 27. Misconduct by jail staffers led to Epstein’s death but no criminal acts were uncovered, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General said in a 128-page report (pdf). The watchdog found that staffers in […]

Rescuers on Wednesday rushed more ships and vessels to the area where a submersible disappeared on its way to the Titanic wreckage site, hoping underwater sounds they detected for a second straight day might help narrow their search in an increasingly urgent mission. The full scope of the search was twice the size of Connecticut […]

The latest round of Russian air strikes hits Kyiv, Ukraine, and European leaders plan to call on China to act as a mediator in the war.  

A number of shootings over the weekend left people dead across the United States. This includes two attacks during public gatherings, and an attack on law enforcement.

Senate Republicans are introducing a bill addressing student loans and college tuition comes as the Supreme Court is expected to rule on President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation.

New York City took more than 30 upstate counties and Long Island to court on June 7, accusing them of violating state and federal law by refusing to take in illegal immigrants relocating from the city. Local officials at these localities issued executive orders and barred hotels in their jurisdictions from accommodating illegal immigrants. The […]