JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sought Wednesday to blame a recent breakdown in Gaza ceasefire talks on the decision by some European leaders to recognize Palestinian statehood. Talks over a lasting ceasefire have repeatedly stalled since the early months of the war ...

Today is Friday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2025. There are 131 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup. Also on this date: In 1791, ...

If you had to sum up President Trump's second term so far in one word, you could do worse than "epic." Trump may be on the path to the most consequential presidency since Ronald Reagan's. We don't know how it will end — an unforeseen crisis could upend everything — but the emphasis has ...

Today is Thursday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2025. There are 132 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in the aftermath ...

Promising severe consequences if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine and then apparently reversing himself is what sends a signal of weakness, not only to Putin, but to the world. On Saturday, Trump posted this on Truth Social: “It was determined by ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians had their first chance Tuesday to tell lawmakers how they feel about a partisan plan to win Democrats more U.S. House seats by making a new political map in response to a Republican redistricting effort in Texas that President Donald Trump ...