Israel’s government has approved a ceasefire and hostage release resolution for Gaza brokered by US President Donald Trump. Follow live updates.

Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer announced Thursday that he would spend $12 million backing California Democrats’ redistricting push this fall, becoming the latest megadonor to enter the high-stakes ...

DHS and DOGE have disqualified dozens of groups that support Islamic life from receiving security grants administered by FEMA ...

Human Rights Watch doesn’t want your money, Pete Davidson and Louis CK. Instead, they would like comedians to advocate for Saudi Arabia to release human rights defenders.

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María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader driven into hiding since a disputed election last year, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for keeping “the flame of democracy burning ...

More than two years after Hamas and its allies kidnapped 251 people into Gaza, 47 hostages remain in the enclave, with at ...

McCain, 71, is expected to make a “full recovery” and will be traveling from Rome, where the WFP is based, to Arizona to focus on her recuperation.

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Persistent worries about the higher cost of living and few job opportunities pushed consumer sentiment down to its seventh-lowest level on records going back to 1952.

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Federal workers are now feeling the reality of the shutdown. Many are due this week to receive partial paychecks, compensating them only for the days they worked before the government shut down on Oct ...