A routine training patrol on the Hudson River turned into a rare rescue for the New York Police Department’s harbor unit. Officers inspecting the ice on Tuesday morning noticed what appeared to be a white head protruding from a floating piece of ice. “Last week, when it was cold, a lot of stuff was getting […]
A bill in the Arizona Legislature would require county election offices to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to be present at polling places in November. The bill would be the first in the nation, as several civil rights groups, lawmakers and political candidates said it would amount to voter intimidation. Republican lawmakers want […]
The inaugural meeting of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is being held on Thursday. Representatives from more than two dozen countries set to focus on reconstructing war-torn Gaza and building an international stabilization force there. Ahead of the meeting, Trump said so far, board members have pledged $5 billion for reconstruction efforts. It’s estimated to cost $70 billion to rebuild the devastated enclave. Members of the board […]
In this Media Miss Minute, a new report suggests the Trump administration knew immigration enforcement agents were using force more frequently, well before two American citizens were killed. Plus, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is moving to grant the Pride flag the same federal protections as the U.S. flag. Media Miss by the right: ICE ignored […]
President Donald Trump’s tariffs have raised billions of dollars since he implemented them in January. Who pays for those has been hotly debated inside and outside of the Washington D.C. beltway. The latest finding saying American consumers bear that cost has the White House lashing out. White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett on Wednesday criticized […]
After indirect talks in Geneva, Vice President JD Vance issued a blunt warning: Iran has two weeks to meet U.S. demands. He said the negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough and that Tehran has not agreed to what he called the administration’s core requirements. The U.S. is insisting Iran halt uranium enrichment, arguing it gives […]
A senior U.S. arms-control official says seismic data from June 22, 2020, point to a suspected low-yield nuclear test at China’s Lop Nur test site. Speaking at the Hudson Institute, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Yeaw pointed to data from a monitoring station in Kazakhstan that detected a magnitude 2.75 event roughly 450 miles from […]
Officials in California confirmed Wednesday that eight people are dead and another is missing and presumed dead after a large-scale avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California. Search-and-rescue crews were able to extract six additional people who were caught in the avalanche Tuesday but not buried. It was the deadliest avalanche in the United States since a […]
MUNICH, Germany — Black BMWs and Audis rolled up to Munich’s Hotel Bayerischer Hof, their tinted windows concealing presidents, prime ministers and military commanders. From nearby rooftops, snipers scanned the streets below, where police sealed off blocks throughout Old Town. This was the scene in the Bavarian capital last Friday, the opening day of the […]
The National Institutes of Health announced its director, Jay Bhattacharya, would also temporarily head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The New York Times reports. Bhattacharya is the third person to lead the CDC since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Last summer, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy fired […]
