KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire began Thursday, Egypt said, averting a collapse ahead of Saturday's expiration of the agreement's first phase. Officials from Israel, Qatar and the United States started "intensive ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a comment by President Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency does not plan to reduce its staff by 65%, the White House and the agency said Thursday, though major budget cuts are likely. A White House spokeswoman said the 65% figure referred to expected ...
Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positively. How is this possible? Little has brought more misery — first in the Soviet Union, then in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, now Venezuela ... One reason young people support socialism is ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that House Republicans have passed an ambitious budget blueprint for President Donald Trump's agenda, it’s time for the hard work of turning ideas for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and $2 trillion of slashed spending into a bill that lawmakers warn could bring intense ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world, putting numbers on its plans to eliminate the majority of U.S. ...
President Trump and his defense secretary Pete Hegseth have outraged the Beltway by dismissing top generals, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Q. Brown. Also ousted were the chief of the Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force, with perhaps others on the chopping ...