Storms Bring Flood Risk and Travel Delays to NYC, New Jersey and Washington
New Jersey issued a state of emergency, and flooding swamped parts of New York City.Read More
Trump Is Bringing Back the Presidential Fitness Test
The president signed an executive order on Thursday that would reinstate the test for schoolchildren.Read More
Fed Up With Netanyahu and Handling of Gaza War, Democrats Rebuke Israel
Votes in the Senate made clear that the longtime bipartisan consensus in support of Israel is, at least for the moment, in tatters.Read More
Arab States Call for Hamas to Disarm Amid Push for a Palestinian State
“Hamas must end its rule in Gaza,” reads a declaration endorsed by the 22 member nations of the Arab League.Read More
County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit
At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.Read More
White House Unveils Plan for Enormous Ballroom Long Sought by Trump
Officials said a 90,000-square-foot addition to the East Wing would cost $200 million and be paid for by President Trump and other donors.Read More
More Than 150,000 Federal Workers Accepted Trump’s Resignation Incentives
A new government estimate, along with a study by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, provides a long-awaited window into the scale of the departures.Read More
Unnoticed Whistle-Blower Document Alarms Justice Department Veterans
A complaint concerning a top Justice Department official, Emil Bove III, went unnoticed for more than two months, raising worries that an internal watchdog has gone dormant.Read More
In Shift, Hochul Says Starvation of Children in Gaza Is ‘Unconscionable’
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York joined other staunch supporters of Israel who have recently condemned its role in creating the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.Read More
Trump Announces 90-Day Extension for Mexico in Trade Talks
The extension gives Mexico more time to reach a trade deal with the United States and avert, for now, heavier tariffs President Trump has threatened to impose starting on Friday.Read More